I Want To Do My Own Home Inspection
Are you kidding me? This is 2013, right? I have a buyer who wants to do his own home inspection! I know all of us have had that request but normally we can talk logic in to the buyer with some simple facts.
First, our contracts are written so that if an item is found or an issue is found during the inspection that a licensed contractor, preferably one in that specialty, has to diagnose and assess the problem. Not Joe Homeowner.
Secondly, who really has 3-5 hours of their time to go through a home and look at all of the mechanics, structure, roof, appliances, you name it.
This buyer of mine insists on doing their own home inspection. His statement to me was that “I have bought and sold many homes, I even helped my brother build his home.” As you can guess I had to bite my tongue, the little devil on my shoulder wanted me to say “Does that give you the knowledge to inspect a home for all potential defects? Are you knowledgeable in all the local building codes? Do you know about temperature differentials on a HVAC system? What about water pressure? Can you eye the flow of pressure from a faucet to know what the water pressure is?”
What I did ask is for him to explain why saving himself $300 was so important. His cockiness, and I would assume pride, must be the answer. I told him that even on the homes that I personally have purchased I always get a home inspection. That had very little effect on this gentleman. Oh, I forgot to mention the most important part. This is a foreclosure home that he is writing an over 6 figure check to buy. I sarcastically said to him, “I’m pretty sure that the home owner took very good care of the house during the process of the bank taking it from them. Those threatening collection calls that they receive nightly, probably many times a night, must have inspired them to go check the air filters and clean the baseboards.” Humor had little effect on him.
Plan B! His wife seems like a pleasant person, I’ve talked to her a few times during this process, I will be able to talk her in to thinking logically on this! Her response “He knows what he’s doing; he’s all the time watching HGTV.” My attempts were over. HGTV, they might as well have told me it trumps me going to space camp as a child and therefore I’m qualified to be an astronaut! Sometimes you have to get out of the way of the client. I offered to pay for the inspection myself to no avail. This guy just doesn’t want to have a home inspection. Hopefully that won’t be the most expensive $300 he never spent.
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