CRI Home Inspection and Consulting Services, provides quality home and commercial inspections for Riverside, San Diego, Orange, San Bernadino and Los Angeles Counties here in beautiful Southern California. We are your experienced and unbiased advocate in the home buying process. Allow us to provide you with knowledge and know how about your prospective purchase before making one of the largest investments of your lifetime. 951-751-5360 or email at Jeremy@RiversideHomeInspection.biz
Home Inspector Tips
Tips from your authority on Southern California Home Inspections
Newly Built Home Misconceptions:
- The first mistake you can make is to assume that because your home was built recently, it is free of defects. As a Construction Superintendent I built over a thousand homes for builders who's primary concern was how fast and how cheap you could put up a house. Solution/Tip Find a builder who is recognized for quality and not quantity. Have a professional inspector inspect the home during construction at the critical points; Pre-foundation, Pre-Insulation, Pre-Drywall and if possible have the inspector with you on your final walk.
- Don't trust that the City or County Building Officials will ensure that the home is being built to code. There are good inspectors and there are bad inspectors just like anywhere else. As a Superintendent I had to schedule the city inspector to come out and inspect at critical stages of construction. Well in a city that I wont disclose the inspector would come to my office on the day I had scheduled the inspection to take place on. Instead of the inspector inspecting he would eat his lunch, take a nap and then sign my building cards without even looking at the home. Our tax dollars at work. This was very scary for me and I would have to be very diligent to ensure that I would not miss anything. Solution: Have a third party inspector look at your home prior to you investing yourself, time and your life savings to ensure that the home is built to his and your standards.
- Make time for your home inspection it will benefit you in the end. It is extremely important you make time for your inspection and be present. The home inspection is your opportunity to ask as many questions as you can manage, insuring you get the most for your money. I've had to do re-inspections for clients who have had other inspection companies do there inspection for them in the past. The home owner was not satisfied or didn't understand the content of the report. Nine times out of ten we find items that the other home inspector missed, which they might not have if you or the Realtor were there. Anyways, so they elected to spend an additional two to three hundred dollars and hire me to re-inspect their home. Another important item of information is that you cannot depend on your agent to ensure your inspector is doing a thorough job. Agents are very busy and the last thing an agent is going to tell an inspector is, "Can please find as many things as possible that slow down or kill my deal? Thanks."
