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Preparing for a Home Inspection
We understand that buying and selling a home can be a stressful endeavor and we want to do everything we can to make the process easier. This helpful guide will assist you in preparing your home for a successful home inspection. We will work with your real estate agent to schedule access but you can reach out to us directly with any additional information or requests.
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Unlock areas that the inspector needs to access, such as attic accesses, electrical panels, closets, fence gates, and crawlspaces. Make sure the utility services (gas, water, electricity) are on. Be sure your pets are secured so they won't be a hinderance to the inspector. Replace any burned-out light bulbs.
​Make sure the inspector has access to all systems and components to the home, including the furnace, water heater, air conditioner units, etc. Remove any items that may be blocking access to the HVAC equipment, electrical panel, or water heater. Check that the garage door is open or able to be opened, and make sure that all panels, shutoff valves, and GFCIs are accessible.
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Remove any stored items such as debris or stacked firewood so they don't get marked as conducive to wood-destroying insects. Trim tree limbs that hang over the roof, vines that are climbing the siding, and shrubs that touch the house. Attend to broken and missing items such as doorknobs, locks, windowpanes, screens, gutters, downspouts, and chimney caps.
We appreciate you taking the time to prepare for our upcoming home inspection. We promise to be respectful of your home while we are there. We will keep the area clean, return the thermostat to the setting we find it at, and lock the doors when leaving. If there are any additional considerations that we need to know, you can contact us directly or you can notify your real estate agent. Please reach out with any questions, concerns, feedback, or if you want to schedule a home inspection for yourself in the future.
