Our Most Popular Service: Pre-Sale Home Inspections

The results of a home inspection in a sales contract can empower a buyer to request repairs, reopen price negotiations, or abandon the deal without forfeiting any money. It might come as a surprise that our most popular service actually represent sellers. Here are three big reasons why you should get a pre-sale home inspection.

1. The current real estate market moves quickly. A pre-sale home inspection gives sellers the ability to fix any problems ahead of time and eliminates any surprise issues that might come up in a buyer's home inspection.

2. Are you selling a second property or settling an estate? The more you know about the property you're selling the better. This was our personal home buying experience. Our seller moved from New York to Massachusetts to be with her daughter. In our buyer's home inspection we noticed that the septic system was completely compromised. A septic system needs to pass inspection prior to selling and thus the seller needed to replace the entire system while she was in Massachusetts.

3. Something that sets a Looking Glass Homes pre-sale inspection apart is our unique ability to help obtain any certificates-of-occupancy or permits needed. We can help avoid that surprise from the building department with a lean against your house. This happens A LOT. Over the course of ownership it is common to do some work on your basement or even build a shed. Building code changes from town to town and it can get very overwhelming trying to close permits during escrow.

These circumstances are extremely common but you are not alone; call in the Residential Specialists. We are your best teammates for the buying & selling journey.