Pre-offer Home Inspection Reports? I don’t like them here in Sonoma County!
April 11th, 2008 . by Mike KellyI do a pest report here in the greatest state of California but insist the BUYER order/pay for the home inspection. I don’t want any whisper of “steering” (hey, I’m in California!!Land of lawsuits, disclosures ad infinitum!!) or handing a Buyer a home inspection I ORDERED. No, let them get dragged around by the home inspector and shown every nook and cranny of their new digs and be given THEIR OWN report with list of summary items to work on. We can then negotiate this through.
My pest control operator has a pretty god idea and gives me an idea of issues relating to items OTHER than pest control (active infestation or dry rot). When the market was very hot we had agents/Realtors ordering all reports and giving them to the buyers to inspect and the buyer’s agents telling their clients to accept them or they’d loose the house!! Lovely fiduciary arrangement that one!
