Although it is common practice for home buyers to get an inspection of the home that they are planning to purchase, there are also many advantages for the home Sellers to have their home inspected before putting it on the market. This is especially true in this current “challenging” market for home sellers. Particularly at this time, anything that a home seller can do to set themselves apart from other sellers is important and can reap real benefits. It can pay off in having your home on the market for less time, as well as getting the price that you want.
The single biggest mistake that most Home Sellers make is waiting for the Buyer’s Home Inspection to assess the condition of their home. One of the main reasons that home purchase transactions fall apart is due to defects and/or issues that are discovered during the course of the buyer’s home inspection. Why wait until the last minute to see what issues may come up in a buyer’s inspection that may become stumbling blocks just before going to settlement? Why not become proactive, and allow Nevada Property Concepts Inspection Services to assist you in discovering and understanding the true condition of your home in advance, and this help you turn your home into a buyer friendly home that will sell for a higher price with no last minute negotiations.
Pre-Listing/Pre-Selling Home Inspections
Eventually your buyer is going to conduct an inspection of your home. You may as well know what they are going to find first, by conducting your own pre-listing/pre-selling inspection. Conducting your own pre-listing inspection ahead of time helps in many ways:
- It allows you to schedule the inspection at your convenience.
- It allows you to see your home through the experienced eyes of a critical, unbiased third party.
- It alerts you to any immediate safety issue before agents and visitors tour your home, as well as for your own safety.
- It permits you to make any necessary or desired repairs ahead of time, and at your pace, so that defects won’t become negotiating stumbling blocks later, at the last minute.
- It gives you the time to get your own, reasonably priced contractors, or make any repairs yourself, if qualified.
- It may help the home to show better, after you have completed any repairs or upgrades.
- It helps you to price your home realistically. Based on a true understanding of the condition of your home, and after repairs are made, it will help substantiate a higher price.
- It is the ultimate gesture of openness and forthrightness on your part, and may help to relieve prospective buyers concerns and suspicions.
- It reduces your liability by adding professional supporting documentation to your disclosure statement.
- It helps lighten negotiations and 11th-hour re-negotiations, so the deal is less likely to fall apart at the last minute. The way they sometimes do when a buyer’s inspection unexpectedly reveals a problem.
All in all, a home inspection you have performed should make it easier and quicker to sell your home, and perhaps even get a better price for it. This certainly should make you happy! The buyer should be happy, as well, if the purchase can proceed to closing without a lot of complications. It’s a win-win situation for everyone concerned.
Nevada Property Concepts Inspection Services highly recommends that all home sellers get pre-selling inspections.
Achieve the peace of mind that it brings.
If you need any type of real estate inspection, have any questions about home inspections, want to know what the procedures are, or discuss exactly what is inspected.
Please give us a call at 702-417-9301. We will try to answer any questions you may have. We perform home inspections on all types of homes including single-family homes, duplexes, town homes, condominiums, and foreclosure properties (bank owned, REO, or short sale) so no question is too technical or “dumb”.