Is This Your Situation: Wondering If You Should Get a Home Inspection Before Selling Your Home

Are you planning to sell your home this year? When you’re in the preliminary stages of putting your house on the market, you need to decide whether or not you should get a home inspection. Because an inspection can have a number of advantages and disadvantages for both the buyer and the seller, the decision is up to you while you’re still the owner.

Here are both sides of the argument so you can figure out if you should get a home inspection before you sell your house.   

The Arguments for Getting a Home Inspection

You’ll Find Out What’s Wrong – An argument for getting a home inspection before selling your house is that you’ll find out what’s wrong with your place. Because you’ll have the opportunity to fix issues in advance, you can avoid buyer conditions and costs for you and the buyer down the road by taking this approach.   

You’ll Have a Copy Ready for The Buyers – A second argument for carrying out a home inspection before putting your house on the market is that you’ll have a copy of the inspection ready for the buyers. Because you’ll have an up-to-date record of the condition of your home, you can please potential buyers by having this information on hand which can be very helpful in multiple offer situation.   

You’ll Compensate for an Older Home – A third argument for ordering a home inspection before you list your house is that your older home can better compete with a newer home in the same area. Because you’ll have the chance to shed light on where your property is both thriving and lacking, you can offer a well-rounded picture of the available space prior to a buyer seeing the property.

The Arguments Against Getting a Home Inspection

You’ll Have to Pay a Fee – An argument against scheduling a home inspection when you’re planning to sell your home is that you’ll have to pay a fee. Although this fee is minimal, you will end up paying out of pocket for this service. You can save money in the house-selling process by avoiding this procedure altogether.   
 
You’ll Realize Your House Doesn’t Need One – A second argument against performing a home inspection during the selling process is that you may realize your house didn't need one in the first place. Some newer houses are less likely to need repairs and renovations, you can avoid spending money by giving your new and up-to-date home the benefit of the doubt. 
   
You’ll Have to Disclose Issues – A third argument against having a home inspection before you start showing your house is that you’ll have to disclose the issues you find to potential buyers. Because the problems you unearth during the process can cost you money, you can delay the inevitable until after you seal the deal. 

An inspection can help or hurt the buyer or seller financially in both cases, so consider your specific situation before making a decision. For more advice, please feel free to give me a call today.

Modified by: Theresa Tscheschke Gunal ; Used courtesy of Jasser Ryan Go, Home Actions, LLC