When we put the conditional offer in on the house a week or so ago, the realtor strongly recommended a home inspection. We figured that he knows his stuff and if he strongly recommended it, we should take his advice.
I was expecting a half hour walk through and a bill.
Was I ever wrong.
There were two men who went over the place like a CSI team with their flashlights, shining in every nook and cranny, inspecting absolutely everything. They inspected the brick work, and looked for evidence of settling, water leaking, and various other brick related stuff that we knew nothing about. They climbed up on the roof, looked at chimneys and inside chimneys. I was amazed at how they told us all kinds of stuff before we even went inside.
They tested everything, all the appliances that are included, all the outlets, checked for stuff that we would have noticed over the course of the first month of moving in. They pointed out anything that wasn't building code compliant.
We were thoroughly impressed. Our half hour hour and a bill became three and a half hours and a binder full of reports and information about all kinds of stuff.
Well worth it and highly recommended.
We found out about a few minor expenses that we would be facing right away. They told us a few inexpensive ways of saving a bunch of money on heat. Nothing major at all at all was wrong. As a matter of fact, for the most part they were really impressed with the everything from structure to stove.
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