[CaptainYooh]

For all intents and purposes, it's practically impossible to do a good home inspection at time of purchase. The home inspectors' reports I've seen, were not very useful. Yes, they check if all of the electrical plugs have power and they turn the dishwasher on to see if it works. They also fill a report binder with lots of check-marks and disclaimers.

Things that cost the most to fix in a house are always hidden and normally not reported by home inspectors unless clearly visible. They could be structural (foundation problems, slope-related movements, water, retaining walls), biological (mold, tree roots, smells, wood rot, gasoline spills), chemical/environmental (old asbestos in linoleum flooring and fireproofing) and moisture protection (leaky windows, roofs, penetrations and plumbing). Nowadays, there are also a lot of talk about radon levels. Each one of those areas need an invasive inspection in many areas of the home plus good qualified expert to check and it is expensive from the cost perspective to do even IF the seller agrees to allow it. So, in most cases, it is a better idea to save $300 on a home inspection and bring a trusted structural engineer with you to do a good walk-around inspection of the house structural condition, at a minimum.