YOUR PRE-SALE INSPECTION - A PROCESS
Got questions about getting a pre-sale inspection? Ask us!
Today we completed a pre-sale inspection for a past client who had bought 10 years ago in Murwillumbah and used us for his pre-purchase inspection - thank you sir, for your return business!
Our man had a very interesting query when he booked in:
"Can I confirm please how it will work with your report? The purpose of getting a building inspection done is to prepare our property for sale. If there are repairs that need to be carried out to ensure a clean B&P report I will have those repairs completed. Once I provide evidence of this are you able to amend your report accordingly so the report doesn't highlight these issues? Hopefully you can do so without another inspection."
It seems like this would be a common question in people's minds when preparing to list their property for sale.
Our response was this:
"To answer your question - we are happy to issue you with a second report after repairs have been completed, however we are not able to do so without a second inspection. We can give you a discount on the second inspection but we are not able to modify our reports without actually sighting the rectifications.
There are a few other options if you want to avoid a second inspection:
1. Have the report done and fix items that appear on the major defects list. Keep the original report so that you can show prospective purchasers that the major defect items have been addressed.
2. Have the report done and fix the items that appear on the major defects list. Do not show prospective buyers and let them get their own building inspections done once the house is under contract - chances are, they will do that anyway, as buyers do not always like to rely on the building inspection report commissioned by the owner.
3. Have the report done and do not address any of the items - adjust your sale price accordingly and let buyers know that you have taken those items into consideration."
I hope this conversation has been enlightening and useful - getting yourself truly ready to meet the market is a process and it's important you ask all the questions while you're going through the steps so that you don't get twisted around in the communication. On the bright side, in this market if you listen to the advice of your trusted agent, it shouldn't take long to sell!
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DE-CLUTTERING - THE PSYCHOLOGY & THE PRE-SALE NECESSITY
Your pre-sale building inspection is valuable, as it can reveal a lot about the structure of your property - but decluttering prior to putting your home on the market will make a difference to your bottom line, absolutely!
In 2019, Marie Kondo took the world by storm - simply by Tidying Up…but we believe minimalism was hot long before the concept of a clutter-free life came to our attention in this format.
It’s no secret that de-cluttering your house is imperative prior to selling it in order to achieve the best possible price. But what are the deeper issues involved here?
The Mayo Clinic classifies hoarding disorder as “a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions because of a perceived need to save them. A person with hoarding disorder experiences distress at the thought of getting rid of the items. Excessive accumulation of items, regardless of actual value, occurs”.
You don’t have to have a diagnosable condition - the majority of us keep too many things around! Prior to selling your property, it is important to the bottom line that a serious, almost brutal de-cluttering session takes place.
So what can be done to get through it? Chunk it down in to steps:
Go room by room with a set time frame for each area
Try to disconnect a little bit beforehand - YOU are not YOUR THINGS
Create 3 Categories for your things - (1) Keep, (2) Donate/Give Away and (3) Throw Out
As for Step 3 - the hardest step - you need to be a bit brutal and ask yourself a few questions:
Will I miss this object in a years time? (No? Get rid of it!)
Am I saving this for a Rainy Day? (Rainy Days never come!)
Who would genuinely benefit from this object? (Gift it!)
Our pre-sale building inspection can reveal a lot of important issues with the structure of your house, but in the end, potential buyers need to be able to picture themselves - with their stuff - in your house.
Dwell Building Services believes that knowledge is power! We aim to give you as much information as possible around your property when you're looking at buying or selling. We specialise in:
- pre-purchase building inspections
- pre-sale building inspections
- defect reports
- dilapidation reports
- building consultations
Servicing from Byron Bay to the northern Gold Coast, we pride ourselves on our independent streak, delivering honest and accurate building inspections for over 15 years!