WHY IS A PRE-OFFER HOME INSPECTION A GOOD IDEA?
In busy, tilted market conditions, when there are far more buyers than sellers, many purchasers find themselves in multiple offer situations. In these situations, anything a purchaser can do to help make their offer more attractive will increase their odds of being the buyer that gets the house. One of the things that can be done to help make the offer more attractive is to go in with a “clean” offer. While removing a home inspection condition from the offer may appeal to the home’s vendor, it may not be in the purchaser’s best interest. So, what do you do? You want the house, you want the inspection, but adding the inspection as a condition of the offer can seriously reduce it’s attractiveness to the vendor. There is a solution that can be a win win for both the home buyer and the home seller. The solution is a Pre-Offer Inspection. A Pre-Offer inspection is the same inspection, only done before the offer is registered. It involves getting the vendor’s permission to enter the home for
