The Do It Yourself
Home Inspection Handbook
Buyer's Edition

 
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This handbook has been created for people who are in the process of selecting a home who wish to carefully examine the building prior to making their final decision to buy. The building inspection format in this report is presented in accordance with nationally recognized standards of practice of the home inspection industry. The purpose of this report is to identify problems which should rightfully alarm a prospective buyer.

Once this easy to follow, step-by-step home inspection checklist is followed, the information obtained will be immeasurable as far as getting a feel for the general weaknesses and strengths of the entire inspection site. Your inspection is meant to assist you with an overall evaluation of a home before you decide to buy and to have the building inspected professionally.

Backing out of a real estate deal is costly. This report will keep you from investing time and money into a potential money pit by showing you how to evaluate a building before it's too late.

This report also contains lists of estimates and lifespans for appliances, types of roofing, home heating and air conditioning systems, and other home components. Estimates for various common maintenance projects are also listed. This information helps you anticipate any expenses which may come up after you have moved in.

There is some important home maintenance information contained in this report package. Following these recommendations will prevent possible equipment failure or future damage to the building. The main reason this advice is presented is to avoid having little problems turn into big problems after you have taken possession of a home.

The report tells you what the home should have to comply with current building code standards. Advice on adressing certain common building problems which you may discover during your inspection are discussed.

Items that cannot be checked during a home inspection and checked by a service professional or warrantied by the homeowner prior to making final settlement are also discussed. This report alerts you to various safety concerns and on spotting hazardous conditions throughout the site. Ways to go about obtaining estimates for major repairs, which can be useful as a tool for re-negotiating the price of the home, are also noted.

This report alerts you to various safety concerns and on spotting hazardous conditions throughout the site. Ways to go about obtaining estimates for major repairs, which can be useful as a negotiating tool for negotiating the price of a home, are also discussed.

Many of the most common deficiencies normally discovered during the course of a professional home inspection are mentioned in the checklist sections of this report. This report is designed in such a way as to assure you that all problem areas are noted. If you read all the information before examining each area of the building and closely follow this inspection format, your inspection report will tell you exactly what you're getting.

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