Feb 10 2009
Selling Your Newport Beach Home – Part 4
If you are selling your Newport Beach property, then you can expect that potential purchasers will want to undertake a variety of inspections and checks, to ensure that everything is ok and there are no problems with your home before they purchase. In many ways you are a spectator, as the inspection will be arranged by the purchaser. Harbor Realty can liaise with the purchaser’s agent to arrange inspection times and dates on your behalf.
Inspections will cover a whole range of things; there will no doubt be a full structural survey which will check that the house is basically sound, including all weight bearing beams and joists along with the foundations and roof. If your house has a large amount of wood used as a construction material, then you can expect the buyer to commission a survey for rot and termite infestation as well. Almost all purchasers will want to undertake a mold and moisture survey, especially if you are in a coastal location. Keep these things in mind when you buy your next home as well!
An inspection is not usually intended to make assessments about the cosmetics of a property. If your walls need painting, for example, this will not be indicated in an inspection of your home as it is deemed cosmetic and does not threaten the structure in any way.
Quite often the buyer will be willing to share the full results of the inspection with you, so that you may decide if you wish to make repairs to increase the final sale price of your home.