Along with the home inspection, it would also be in your best interest to inspect for wood boring insects, such as termites and beetles.
A pest inspection is also required by the lender before they proceed with a loan.
A pest inspection is done separately from the home inspection and is done through a different company that specializes in pest inspections.
Not only are home and pest inspections required by the lending institutions, but it would be in your best interest even if they were not. They cost anywhere from $350.00 to $600.00 depending on the size of the home, and you are aloud to be present and ask questions through the entire inspection.
Imagine if you found your dream home and loved it so much that you purchased it without having the home inspection done. On the day that you and your family move in, it is the happiest day of your lives. Than, three days after you move in, you get your first rain fall while in your new house. Than, the next thing you know, you have rain coming through the ceilings up stairs.
After something like this, you’ll be wishing you had the home inspected.
Believe me, this stuff happens. So be smart, and get a home inspection. It beats paying $15,000.00 to $20,000.00 for a new roof.
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