Common Problems Found During Home Inspections
Buying or selling a home is a huge event in one’s life, but many things can be prevented with proper maintenance and care during your years of ownership. Buying a home can be more costly than need be if you don’t perform a proper property inspection and heed the information your inspector gives you. Selling a home can become expensive as well – if required to repair impromptu issues that arose from a revealing home inspection – right when you were trying to market your home to a potential buyer. Whether you are buying or selling, and whether your problems are structural, or just cosmetic – they can effect your pocketbook and subsequently – your satisfaction with the purchase or selling process or the excitement of moving your new home.
Certain things seem to surface over and over again when professional home inspectors are performing routine home inspections. Interestingly, they are the types of problems that can escalate and multiply quickly. So, staying on top of these areas can save you, or your buyer a lot of money and time, as well as prevent other related issues.
Electrical and Wiring
Electrical problems are a repeat offender on the list of problems found by a property inspector. Not only can electrical and wiring issues cause more electrical issues and short out appliances and larger systems in your home – they are a fire hazard. Make sure you always hire a professional.
Structural & Natural
Foundation repairs, cracking sidewalks, tree roots, and water rot are all things that will naturally occur over time with any home. The long term problem would be doors that don’t shut, rot and mold in the walls, cracks all around your home and more. Obviously this category is a post by itself, for another time – but you can see it can be costly to let these kinds of problems build up.
Air & Heat
As a professional home inspector in Texas – we can tell you – you gotta have air conditioning that works. It is not uncommon to have multiple air conditioning units running a home in August in North Texas. Replacing multiple air conditioning units is extremely expensive. But it doesn’t have to be – with proper maintenance and regular, routine checks – you can keep your machinery in top shape and keep your home cool.
Of course there are several other things that make the list, but living in Plano, McKinney or Frisco – which is our main working area, these three things are some of the most prominent offenders on our list.
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