Traversing the Pitfalls of Home Inspections

If in doubt, always get a second opinion
You may experience some initial trauma associated with your first home inspection, especially if your house is older. But rest assured that there are always ways of coming to a mutual solution.

An example is when one inspector comes to your house and says that you have extensive dry rot around your windows and they all should be replaced at a cost of several-thousand dollars. But then another inspector comes and gives you a report that is much better. It seems the windows are only in need of repair. The cost: around $600.

Another example is a roof that one inspector says needs to be replaced at $6000 dollars and another inspector that says it is a good roof with three more years on it, as long as you perform $800 dollars worth of repairs.

The reality is that houses tend to develop problems with age. But many times getting multiple inspection reports can solve allot of headaches. Often times the buyer and seller can reach a mutual agreement that benefit’s both of them. Whether it’s a third and final inspection, a compromise of the two figures reported, or a 50/50 split of work needed, paid by either party.

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