Home Inspection Services

Why do I need a home inspection

Buying a home can be stressful and most likely one of the most important financial decisions you'll ever make. Many first-time buyers don't realize that there are some crucial steps to home buying, with one being to arrange a home inspection. You may also wonder if you even need a Raleigh home inspection, or should you skip it? A home inspection can provide peace of mind to help you feel more secure in your new home and eliminate some of the stress from purchasing a home purchase.

Occasionally, we'll hear a story of a buyer that skipped their home inspection as a negotiation tactic. Forgoing your inspection contingency can sweeten your offer in a competitive seller's market like Raleigh, and this is an extremely risky thing to do. If you are thinking of skipping a home inspection, here's why you should think twice about it:

We Come and Inspect

We know your home is one of the most significant investments you’ll ever make in your life, and home inspections are a critical part of the home buying and selling process. Failure to obtain a home inspection could potentially cost you a great deal of money and a lot of hassle in the long run. Learn more about the services included in your home inspection and the major systems we analyze and assess throughout the process.

Home Inspection Services

Choosing a home inspector can be a difficult decision. Different inspectors have varying qualifications, equipment, experience, and, yes, pricing. One thing for sure is that a home inspection requires a lot of work. The knowledge and experience of Fusion Home Inspections are second to none, and when you hire us to inspect your home, we guarantee that we will give you my very best effort, and this, we promise you!

Visual Inspection Reports

You’ll receive a complete inspection report within hours after your inspection. Forget complicated, paper-based, handwritten home inspection reports. Fusion Home Inspections will provide you a fully interactive inspection report that includes high-quality images and is incredibly easy to understand. We work to provide a thorough, honest, and unbiased inspection report to help you make informed home buying or selling decisions.

Skipping a home inspection in Raleigh because of the seller.

On occasion, a seller may encourage a buyer to waive the inspection (bad idea), or they'll say the house is being sold as-is (be cautious of this). Even if the house is sold as-is, you may negotiate health and safety items that come up during the inspection. Consult with your Realtor on this claim and see if your particular deal would work for you. Sellers are typically more prone to negotiation if a significant health and safety item is found. If you walk away from buying the home, they will be obligated to disclose these issues to the next potential buyer.

In rare cases, a seller may be trying to hide something in the home by selling the property as-is, which is a terrible idea as a seller and can put themselves in a challenging legal situation in the future. However, it still occasionally happens, and as a buyer, you don't want to get caught in the middle of that mess. A home inspection can find these issues and avoid them or mitigate the situation.

To attend, or not to attend your Raleigh home inspection

Whether or not you are available to attend the home inspection, be sure to read the entire report in detail. A thorough home inspection can uncover information that can protect you and help you significantly in both the short and long run. If possible, we always encourage our clients to attend or at least come for a first-hand summary if they are short on time.

Even if you are not on the home inspector's hip during the inspection (we encourage questions, but shadowing can slow the inspector down), this gives you time to walk the property yourself. It's interesting how people make one of the most significant purchase decisions of their lives but only get to see the property for 15 minutes during the showing. The home inspection will give you a few hours to measure rooms, envision furniture and room layouts, and plan out any immediate remodeling projects. You can make great use of the time.

As you can imagine, we do not recommend skipping out on getting a home inspection. But we only say that because we genuinely believe in the value we are providing to future homeowners. Fusion Home Inspections, LLC's mission is to help North Carolina families live in safe, healthy, and comfortable homes, and we believe our home inspections help complete that mission. If we haven't talked you out of skipping your home inspection, you can click the button below to schedule a home inspection in Raleigh that will give you more insight into the dream home you want to purchase.

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Did you fall in love with a beautiful home?

You can fall in love with a home for various reasons. You might love the home's size, the open floor plan, the home's exterior, or the kitchen layout. While the home may look to be in excellent shape as you walk around and through it, the home's appeal can hide real problems. You need a Raleigh home inspector to climb into the attic and inspect every square foot up there and the crawl space or basement. The inspector can discover expensive problems that are not always apparent to an untrained eye when viewing the home with your real estate agent.

A professional Raleigh home inspection can save you from potentially needing to pay thousands of dollars in repair costs down the road. The information in your report will always benefit you more than the cost of your home inspection.

The most important reason to have a home inspection in Raleigh before you buy is to know what you're buying. Research your potential home like you would any other major purchase, such as buying a new car, because the more you know, the fewer surprises there will be. You will also learn vital information about the house, like where the main water & gas shutoffs are located and how to operate them in case of an emergency.

Leverage with your home inspection report

You have a tremendous amount of leverage with an inspection report. You may ask the seller to fix the problems that have been identified in the report, renegotiate the asking price, or ask the seller to contribute more to the closing costs. You are in the driver's seat if the inspection report shows significant problems with the house, and this is a great reason why a home inspection in Raleigh NC is an excellent investment.

An inspection report helps you understand the home's condition that you want to buy, which can ultimately bring you peace of mind, so you don't want any significant surprises shortly after moving into your new home. Peace of mind is comforting, and you will have the documentation that informs you of the condition of the house, and this is true even on new construction.