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Home inspections are comprehensive, methodical processes that should only be carried out by Home Inspector in Bangor who have the necessary training and certification. They also need to use the appropriate tools and technologies. If one component of a home is missing, then the entire inspection is incomplete. We have learned that some fly-by night operators are luring unsuspecting buyers with low-priced home inspections in order to make quick money. These pseudo inspectors are luring many unsuspecting home buyers. Here are a few of the downsides to getting an inspection done.
Reason 1. They Will Miss Issues
A home inspection is done to identify all issues in a house that’s ready to move into. There is a high chance that issues will not be identified if an untrained individual performs the home inspection. It could be due to lack of knowledge, the use of the wrong tools or the inability of the person performing the inspection. This means that, while the buyer may think he has received an inspection report, the issues will begin to unravel over time. The buyer then ends up spending money and time in the future on issues that trained home inspectors could have easily detected. If safety issues are missed during an inspection, this can be dangerous for the owner of the home or expensive equipment.
Reason 2. They could cause serious damage to your dream house
Home inspections are non-invasive and require that the house is in the exact same condition as it was at the start of the inspection. This cannot be guaranteed if a pseudo-home inspector conducts the inspection. These people have caused damage to electrical circuits, tiles or walls because they did not understand what they were doing. In the end, the homeowner ends up having to spend a lot of cash in order to repair the damage.
Reason 3.They may harm themselves
A home inspection includes checks that can be dangerous if they are not done correctly. This is especially true for electrical tests. A home buyer does not want to be held responsible for injuries caused by a pseudo-home inspector during an inspection. You should remember that these pseudo-home inspectors do not carry any insurance. This means that you are liable for damages caused to anyone, including the person who performs the inspection.
Reasong 4. The reports they produce will be incomplete or bloated
Some of these pseudo-home inspectors also bloat reports with unnecessary photographs. One example is pictures of hollow tiles. The home inspection report will become bloated if the inspectors start taking one picture per hollow tile. It is not worth submitting a report of 90 pages if 75 of those pages are filled with photos of individual hollow tiles. It is better to take one photo of the entire floor, and then annotate the location of all the hollow tiles. These pseudo-home inspectors do this to hide their deficiencies in one area, by focusing unnecessarily on another. Be on the lookout for these reports.
Reason 5. They will report false negatives
We’ve also noticed that these phony home inspectors sometimes call out problems that aren’t real issues, just because they don’t have the knowledge to tell the difference. These false positives result in builders not taking the report of the home inspection seriously and not considering any actionable items. This wastes the money that was spent on the inspection.
Reason 6. The data from your home inspection will be sold
These fly-by-night inspectors are not concerned with the privacy of the information collected, especially contact details. The data is then made available to spammers or sold.
You can see that there are many reasons to only hire a professional for a home inspection. You should only trust an expert to inspect the most valuable asset you own. Then you may regret your decision, and have to hire a real expert to do the inspection. Never be penny-wise but pound-foolish.
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