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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
I have always used an inspector. To me if you have to forgo an inspector because it’s a hot market, you are following the crowd and maybe should not be buying at that time. All markets pause from time to time and there will always be another house, it’s not musical chairs.
An inspector(and a builder/architect) has always been a winner for me, 5-700 hundred usually results in thousands of dollars in savings. Even if you know the problem, the seller wants to see evidence of it.
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Meh, I’ve always used an inspector but I’m lukewarm at best on the actual value. If there’s something major, I want to know and potentially renegotiate things, and of course that’s meaningful. But in all honesty the inspector opening and closing every door, or flicking light switches and such isn’t really worth a lot to me.
I also hate the inspection because it just gives people a chance to walk through and second guess their purchase. The. They can come back and grind you for a thousand dollars or whatever. It’s pretty ridiculous. When I sold a few years ago the inspector was documenting things like a cracked receptacle cover on the plug for the garage door opener (located on the ceiling of the garage). Sure, it did have a crack, but I’m selling a used house and I think they cost $0.79 to replace. Anyway, the way that contract is written (inspection to the buyers satisfaction) is just asking for trouble and people to get cold feet or try to grind down prices.