WHY A PRE-LISTING INSPECTION?

A professional “listing inspection” is just good business. It may facilitate a smoother transaction by putting potential buyers at ease, reduce negotiating points and bypass annoying delays.

  Creates buyer confidence & trust.

  Makes your home more attractive to buyers.

  Speeds up the selling process by 10-30 days if report is accepted.

  It may alert you to immediate safety issues before agents and visitors tour your home.

  Minimizes or eliminates negotiation and price reductions.

  Provides excellent supplemental disclosure / lowers your risk liability.

  Move forward on your purchase with confidence.

  Relieve emotional stress.

  You have the option to repair items, hire your own contractors or simply disclose.

  If you don’t inspect, the buyer will!

INFORMATION FOR RENTERS

You sign the lease, move in, stay a few years and now it is time to move. You pack everything up, move out and clean the place up. Now you wait for the landlord to refund your security deposit. A week later, you get a letter from your former landlord explaining that they used your deposit to make repairs to the property. Repairs, what repairs? You left the place clean, nothing was damaged, right?

Maybe not. Your former landlord provides you with a list of items he claims were working when you moved in and now they need to be replaced. Did you properly inspect the property prior to moving in? How about when you moved out, did you properly document the condition of the property? If you are like most renters, the answer to one or both of these questions may very well be no and now it is your word against his.

Don't take a chance, have a professional inspector conduct a pre-move-in inspection prior to any furniture being moved in. I will inspect the property and provide you with a certified inspection report detailing the actual condition of the property and sub-systems. You reference this report years later as proof of the actual condition of the property upon move-in.

Once move-out day arrives and the property is clean and ready to turn-over to the landlord, have a post move-out inspection conducted. I will provide you with a certified inspection report that can be compared to the pre-move-in inspection report. Know if you may be liable for repairs or not ahead of time. Don't wait for the landlord to blind side you and refuse to refund your deposit.

Our Certified inspection reports can be used as evidence of the actual condition of the property should you find yourself in a legal dispute with your former landlord.

INFORMATION FOR LANDLORDS

Have the condition of your property documented by a certified inspector prior to tenant move-in and after the tenant moves out. Both reports can be compared and a summary of damages quickly completed.

Sure you can use the forms provided by the landlord, however, in most cases the forms are limited in what they have you inspect and unless you are a trained inspector, do you really know how to tell if something is wrong? The inspection reports are designed to be an unbiased third party observation of the property and can be used as legal evidence of the actual condition of the property. No misinterpretation of results and no over-looked areas.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION