"Check it before you buy it." That is a phrase no home buyer should forget. Why? You buy a new house. You move in. The furnace breaks down. The refrigerator does not work. The door falls off. The air-conditioning makes the place feel like Death Valley in July. The roof leaks. Sound familiar? Well, it happens. To avoid these all-too-common discoveries, you need to hire a professional home inspector to look at your prospective home and give you an analysis.

A San Diego home inspection is more valuable than an appraisal if you are buying a house. It is the most under used, and most needed part of the preliminary steps to be taken before a purchase. Over the past two decades the pre-purchase inspection of a home has become a fact of life for San Diego home buyers. It is a logical extension of the consumer protection movement into the housing market. It is not to be confused with an appraisal. An appraisal tells you how much the house is worth in dollars. An inspection tells you if it is sound.

The professional home inspection has gained near-unanimous acceptance as the best means for protecting the interests of all parties involved in a sale. Many smart lawyers and mortgage officers now require it as an integral part of the purchase procedure. The courts have ruled that brokers have to disclose not only what they know, but also what they should know, about the condition of a house when they sell it. Still, only an estimated 25 to 30 percent of home buyers actually get professional inspections before they make a deal. My feeling is that you do not buy a home unless you put in the contract that it is subject to your approval of a professional inspection. The same goes for a condo or co-op.

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