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A pre-listing Halifax home inspection by a qualified Halifax home inspector has become even more important than ever!
With the average price of a resale home in Canada falling 3.6%, continuing a trend that started in June, when prices fell for the first time in more than nine years, there are more homes to choose from.
It’s a buyers’ market, with prospective purchasers able to walk away from a sale, if conditions of a home do not meet their approval.
A pre-listing Halifax home inspection by a qualified Halifax home inspector can put you back in the driver’s seat by identifying potential areas of concern up-front. You then have the option to perform repairs immediately, or disclose the areas of concern during initial negotiations.
Other benefits include:
* The seller can hire their own Halifax home inspector rather than be at the mercy of the buyer’s inspector.
* The seller can schedule|arrange the Halifax home inspection at their convenience.
* It might alert the seller of any items of immediate concern, such as radon gas or active termite infestation.
* The seller can assist the inspector during the inspection, something normally not done during a buyer’s inspection.
* The seller can have the inspector correct any misstatements in the inspection report before it is generated.
* The report can help the seller realistically price the home, should problems exist.
* The report can help the seller justify a higher asking price, if problems don’t exist or have been resolved.
* A seller inspection points out problems ahead of time which:
o may make the home show better.
o gives the seller time to undertake repairs and shop for reasonably priced contractors.
o permits the seller to attach repair estimates or paid invoices to the inspection report.
o eliminates buyer obtained estimates from the negotiation table.
* The report might alert the seller to any immediate safety issues found, before agents and visitors tour the home.
* The report provides a third-party, unbiased opinion to offer to potential buyers.
* A seller inspection produces a clean home inspection report to be used as a marketing tool.
* A seller inspection is the ultimate gesture of good faith on the part of the seller.
* The report might relieve a prospective buyer’s unfounded suspicions, before they walk away.
* A seller inspection eases negotiations in general and eliminates 11th-hour renegotiations arising from the buyers’ inspection report.
* The report might motivate the buyer to waive the inspection contingency.
* The deal is less likely to fall apart, as can happen when a buyer’s inspection unexpectedly reveals a problem at the last minute.
* The report provides full-disclosure protection from future legal claims.
In summary, a pre-listing home inspection by a qualified home inspector before you list will give you peace of mind and avoid potential last minute disappointment when a sale does not go through.
Eventually your buyers will conduct a home inspection. You may as well know what they are going to find by getting there first!