Home Inspection Questions

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If you decide to add a home inspection contingency in your offer, you will have a deadline to waive the condition and proceed with the transaction. The typical timeframe to waive this contingency is between 1-7 days of offer signing. 

As a buyer, you will most likely have to incur the cost of the home inspection. As it depends on the company and its services, you should expect to pay anywhere from $300-600.  

The home inspector is a professional who will do a thorough investigation of the property you want to purchase (this part typically takes around 3-5 hours). Once complete, the inspector will provide a full report of what they found and give you some tips on how to maintain the home should you proceed to purchase it. If any issue is found inside the property, you can accept them as-is, or you can try to negotiate with the seller to get the problems fixed or lower the price. It's important to note that we have to be careful not to be overly picky about smaller issues. Still, we will also take necessary precautions on potentially significant problems.  

A. Negotiations usually happen within a few days of the home inspection appointment. If there are any issues with the property that the home inspector finds, the buyer can: 

•  Accept the house as-is 
•  Back out of the transaction 
•  Negotiate. They can offer you a lower sale price or ask you to fix the issues before closing day.