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Home Inspection - Do I have to be there?
We are moving to a new town that is a 6 hour drive away from where we currently live. We just put an offer in on a house, conditional to home inspection. The earliest we could book the home inspection is for next Tuesday. Since it's a week away, we couldn't stay for the inspection because DH had to be back at work.
Now I am debating whether it would be worth it to make another trip back so I can be there for the inspection. My H is traveling out of town next week so I would have to make the road trip by myself and bring my DS with me (no family nearby). It would cost about $600 for me to make the trip (gas/hotel/meals/dog in kennel).
WWYD? Is it worth it to make the trip? The house is 8 years old and looks to be well maintained.
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Re: Home Inspection - Do I have to be there?
Are you working with an agent? I lived 7 hours from the house I just bought and couldn't be at the inspection, but my agent was. I completely trusted her and she was very familiar with the inspector.
If it's you're first house I would definitely think it was worth it. We learned a lot during ours - where important things were, suggestions for how the house could be better maintained, etc.
Even if it's not, what if there is an issue? Hearing it second hand could be troubling and if you're there you'll be able to ask the questions that matter to you.
We've bought 4 homes and I've only been present for 1 inspection, my first, where I didn't have a damn clue what the inspector was talking about because I was 23 and knew so little.
Do you trust your agent and inspector? Then I think it's fine to skip it. Issues always come up in inspections (you've got a lousy inspector if he didn't find anything), but it's nothing that the written report, a phone call to the inspector himself for a further explanation, and a "what should we do?" phone call to our agent couldn't address. Unless you're an engineer yourself, I don't think it makes a big difference whether you're there in person or whether you're reading a report and looking at photos - the fact remains that X is defective.
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We have owned several homes and I honestly can't imagine NOT bring there. You get to see first hand any issues - get the lay person explanation that may NOT be in the report - you get to ask questions - your inspector is human and not legally liable to see every single thing but with you there you are able to also look around and ask questions of anything that looks off.
As a Realtor, I HIGHLY recommend my clients attend the inspection. I also attend them all. The inspector can answer any questions you may have, as well as point out items that may need to be corrected after closing (that are RED FLAGS).
The inspections are good learning experiences too.
Thanks for the input. It is our 2nd house but first inspection. We didn't get an inspection with our first home because it was built new and we worked closely with the builder.
It's a new city for us, so a new realtor and new inspector that we've never worked with before. The realtor was highly recommended by DH's new boss and the realtor recommended the inspector but I've never met him. I'm not excited about making the 6 hour road trip & hotel stay with my 10 month old on my own but it sounds like it might be worth it to be there for the inspection.
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