Preparing for a Home Inspection

Home Inspections are a vital part of buying or selling a home. A home inspection report gives you a list of anything and everything that needs to be improved or fixed in a home. Home inspectors can also provide you with insight on how various systems in your house work and how you can get the most value out of them. Preparing for a home inspection can ensure the process goes quickly and smoothly. There are very many parts and systems that make up your home and a proper inspector will look at all of them.

On the day of inspection

• Expect the inspector to arrive up to half an hour early to inspect roof and start exterior inspection.
• Make sure all animals are secured.
• Make sure all utilities are on.
• Remove any locks on outside gates, which prevent full access to the exterior.
• When preparing for a home inspection, be sure there is total and complete access to the following areas:
  • Electrical Panel – panel cover will need to be removed
  • Furnace – furnace cover will need to be removed
  • Water Heater
  • Attic Space
  • Crawl Space
  • All bedrooms and living areas
  • All exterior surfaces, siding, decks, etc.

RADON
If Radon is being tested, please review the DEP Home Buyers And Sellers Guide To Radon to properly prepare property for closed house conditions.

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