{"id":4963,"date":"2018-02-21T03:32:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T03:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/?page_id=4963"},"modified":"2021-11-03T20:17:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T20:17:47","slug":"home-inspection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/home-inspection\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Inspection"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Home Inspection Definition<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Home inspection<\/strong> is a careful examination or scrutiny of a property\u2019s setting, contents and the mechanical-structural conditions that exist at the time of service (ATOI: \u201cat the time of inspection\u201d).<\/p>\n<h2>Explanation<\/h2>\n<p>The real estate inspection service provided to a client should include any aspects of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the roof<\/li>\n<li>chimney<\/li>\n<li>the fireplace<\/li>\n<li>attic<\/li>\n<li>ventilation systems<\/li>\n<li>insulation<\/li>\n<li>ceilings<\/li>\n<li>siding<\/li>\n<li>exterior<\/li>\n<li>all trims-soffits and fascia\/gutter systems<\/li>\n<li>doors<\/li>\n<li>windows<\/li>\n<li>deck or porch areas<\/li>\n<li>crawl space or basement conditions<\/li>\n<li>cooling and heating systems<\/li>\n<li>electrical systems<\/li>\n<li>plumbing systems<\/li>\n<li>kitchen appliances<\/li>\n<li>interior\/exterior walls<\/li>\n<li>floors<\/li>\n<li>garage condition<\/li>\n<li>the driveway<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and more when selling.<\/p>\n<p>To have all these areas reported will give one who is in a real estate transaction the ability to make informed decisions for a market presentation and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/real-estate-broker\/\">broker<\/a> to make a more accurate BPO (Brokers Price Opinion).<\/p>\n<p>When buying, informed decisions are necessary for potential future cost updates, as well as a buyer&#8217;s broker&#8217;s ability to specifically negotiate any or all reported issues for the client.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode_tabs horiz_tabs\"><div class=\"scT\"><ul class=\"scT-tab clearfix\"><li class='tS' style='width:100%;'><a>Expert Contributor<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class='scTC scTC633' style='display:block;'><p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Walter-Kunstmann.jpg\" alt=\"Oleg Donets headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" \/>Walter Kunstmann<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>PROPERTY INSPECTOR<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Expert contributor at RealEstateWords.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/contributors\/walter-kunstmann\/\"><strong>View profile<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10688 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Real-Estate-Words-Contributor.png\" alt=\"Real Estate Words Contributor badge\" width=\"200\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dadada;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#F4F4F4;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Interested in becoming a contributor? 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Explanation The real estate inspection service provided to a client should include any aspects of: the roof chimney the fireplace attic ventilation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11179,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4963\/revisions\/11179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}