BEFORE YOU SELL GET A PRE-SALE BUILDING AND PEST INSPECTION

by Dwell Building Services | August 2020 | Building and Pest Inspections Gold Coast

Before you go to sell a property, you do a lot of different things in preparation: you declutter your house and maybe tidy things up, you get a few different agents in to give you an idea of price and how they plan to market the home, you talk to your solicitor/conveyancer and probably even your accountant. So why not also talk to a building inspector about getting a pre-sale inspection done?

Getting a pre-sale inspection will make selling a less stressful exercise and set you up for success.

The “satisfactory pest and building inspection” clause is very common in sales contracts, so you can be pretty sure that your house will, at some stage be subject to a pest and building inspection – so why not get a pre-sale inspection and find out what your purchaser will know eventually? That way, you can decide whether or not you’re going to fix potential issues, decide to sell “as is”, tell prospective buyers all, or leave them to their own due diligence.

It comes down to one thing – If you’re armed with the information in advance, you can make better decisions about how you’re going to proceed.

Do you really want to spend all the time and effort it takes to get a buyer to contract, just to have it fall over in the final hours because of something you could have prevented? A pre-sale inspection will reveal all sorts of things to you and ultimately can help you (and your agent) negotiate a fair price for your home.

Most people realise your house is not a new car, there are going to be maintenance items for them to deal with when they own it – that’s the nature of property. But how well do you know your home? Obviously it hasn’t fallen down around you so it must be fine, right?  Well maybe not…have you recently been in the roof space or the subfloor? What about on the roof exterior? The “hidden” parts of your home will be inspected upon sale – it might be the first time they’ve been looked at since you did your pre-purchase inspection however many years ago. Who knows what’s living up there, or what’s sagging down there??  It’s better for you, at point of sale, to be the one who knows first.

Our pre-sale inspections are thorough and you get a full consultation on site with our inspector. Your knowledge is our number one priority.