Home Inspection Contingency Information

The market is tight, the competition is furious, and you are considering waiving the inspection contingency because you do not want to loose this house.

This is extremely risky and exposes you to possible large unexpected expenses when you can least afford them.

We offer the following possible solutions to this dilemma:

  • An Information only inspection. This inspection gives you the information to make an informed go/no-go decision. The inspection is the same one we always do, but you use the information differently. Rather than possibly asking the seller to fix items, you take the house AS-IS, or walk away.
  • A pre-offer inspection. Similar to above, but the inspection is done BEFORE an offer is made.
  • A final walkthrough inspection. In Maryland, "All electrical, heating, air conditioning (if any), plumbing (including well and septic), and any other mechanical systems and related equipment, appliances and smoke detector(s) included in this Contract shall be in working condition" and issues concerning these can be brought to the table at closing. A very brief, verbal only, inspection can be performed at the final walkthrough. It is not nearly as detailed or as through as our full inspection, costs less, looks at less but gives you a chance to have another set of (trained) eyes look at the house one last time.

An inspection provides you the information to make an informed decision. We may only find a few cosmetic issues, or we may find indicators of Major looming expenses. With the rising cost of repairs, do you want to risk having unexpected costly repairs, or would you want to know so you could budget for them?

We really like the phrase that is on the cover of our printed brochure….   

" Don't you wish you knew then what you know now?"

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