Inspections?

Whether buying or selling, you might want to consider having a professional inspection of the home. Savvy sellers are having building and pest inspections completed prior to listing their home for sale, so they don't receive any nasty shocks, later on.

For example, should a buyer decide they are interested in your home, they may decide to get a Building and Pest Inspection completed prior to putting in an offer. Imagine as a seller, how you would feel if they let you know that they weren't going to make an offer, because your home has white ants, or structural problems that will take thousands of dollars to rectify.

So, there are benefits in completing inspections for both the seller, and the buyer:

 

SELLER	BUYER
No nasty surprises	No nasty surprises
Time to rectify problems and present your home in the best light	No shelling out huge amounts of cash to fix something you didn't know about in advance
No likelihood of contract falling over	Can allow for repairs and put a lower deposit on the house, so as to keep more cash available for repairs, if you decide you still want the house despite the inspection reports.
	May be able to negotiate a lower price on the property because of repairs you will have to make.

FROM THE BUYER SIDE

Never purchase a property without having Building and Pest Inspections completed prior to purchase. Repairs for white ant infestations and damage can run into thousands of dollars and be heartbreaking if you find out after you have purchased the property.