Pre-listing or Seller’s Inspections are becoming more popular throughout the Puget Sound and lead to quicker home sales.
A pre-listing inspection:
- Shows potential buyers that your home is ready for them to move in!
- Allows you to address any potential issues before your listing goes live.
- Minimizes market time by correcting problems, adjusting your sales price, or providing the information necessary to disclose the “as is” condition of your home.
- Avoids prolonging the sale by waiting for repairs and/or being forced to reduce your sale price.
- Eliminates “repairs” as a negotiating tool for the buyers.
- Can be scheduled at your convenience.
- Provides a third-party, unbiased opinion from a licensed home inspector to offer to potential buyers.
- Alerts you to any items of immediate personal or safety concern.
- Provides a report that can help you realistically price a home if problems exist, or can help you substantiate a higher asking price if problems don’t exist or have been corrected.
- Provides additional time to shop for competitive contractors, allowing you to make repairs or attach accurate repair estimates.
- Provides a report that can be used as a marketing tool, may relieve a prospective buyer’s unfounded suspicions, may lighten negotiations, and may encourage a buyer to waive their inspection contingency to facilitate a speedy sale.