A home purchase is one of life’s biggest decisions…
we can’t make that decision for you, but we can certainly make it easier!
Yesterday’s philosophy of “Let the Buyer Beware” no longer works. Courts are now ruling that Sellers must tell what they know (and even what they should know) about their homes to prospective buyers. However, Idaho law requires only minimal levels of disclosure by sellers; so buyers are encouraged to obtain their own inspections.
That’s why we welcome your presence during the inspection. We want you to feel comfortable with our thoroughness and inspection practices. Nonetheless, our detailed narrative-style reports are designed to ensure that you have all the information you need without having to attend the inspection unless you want to and are able to. (Many of our clients are out of state.)
Full copies of the completed report are available the following day before midnight. They are typically provided as e-mail attachments in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. They can also be downloaded from our website or printed and delivered. However, you don’t have to wait for the inspector’s formal report for facts that may be important and timely to your negotiations. We will gladly provide a verbal summary of the inspection before leaving the site if you need the information sooner.
We’ve developed rigorous routines to discipline the inspector’s attention to a multitude of important details. The inspector can add many valuable comments for the final report during his tour. (Average homes can generate from 30 to 40 or more report pages.) View Example Report
Your inspection report will address all critical and important aspects of the property and will usually note cosmetic concerns, as well. Maintenance information particular to your house will also be included in the report. Our reports also address the estimated remaining lives of major systems and give cost-range estimates for their repair.
Whenever it’s not practical for buyers to attend inspections, we realize how anxious they are to experience a personal touch directly from the inspector. In those cases, our inspectors provide short summary videos to help buyers feel as though they are attending when they can’t.
