Absolutely. I'll never forget the initial comments from a buyer client.
- I'm buying a new house and wanted to find out if a new home inspection is worth it since the home has already been inspected.
- When the buyer arrived for the inspection review, I reminded him of our initial conversation and asked him if his life is worth more than the $750 he paid us? Of course it was he replied.
- The picture shown below are of 3 vents that did not vent combustion gases through the roof from 2 furnaces and 1 water heater.
- The house had been inspected by the local municipality on 4 different occasions. Plus the builder inspected the house. No one caught the issue.
- A Certificate of Occupancy was issued in August of 2023 because the house was complete and "passed" all the final inspections.
- In January of 2024, we inspected the house and discovered what no else noticed. Huge Carbon Monoxide issue. The buyer was so glad he had the home inspected. It saved his life.
- With any new home inspection, you always find issues that were not correct.
- It's the big issues that count especially when its a life safety issue. Not every house has big issues like structural defects from broken trusses or joist, mold, gas leaks, elevated radon gas, or missing carbon monoxide detectors. But they are out there everywhere no matter what the price point.
- Is it really worth saving the fee if one of these issues were overlooked or life safety issues were missed by the builder and their inspectors? Do you want to take the chance?