Hiring a Kalamazoo Area Home Inspector is practically a no-brainer nowadays.

Hardly anyone who just recently purchased Kalamazoo homes ever foregoes a home inspection. But does a home inspection really occur after purchase or just prior to it?  When is it really the time to hire a Kalamazoo area home inspector to check your potential new Kalamazoo homes ???

New Kalamazoo Homes

It is strongly recommended with any new home purchase that you ensure that you fully comprehend and understand all the rules and requirements of your warranty program prior to taking possession. You can visit the specific website of your program and review it in detail.

However, if you have not yet purchased your new home, it is a good idea to consider the services of a professional Kalamazoo Michigan home inspector. If your home is not yet built,  in your Agreement of Purchase and Sale, you may require that the builders include a clause stipulating that a Kalamazoo homes inspector be permitted. Be careful though, because some builders are hesitant to allow this service. If this turns out in your case, then you may want to reconsider your choice of builders.  Don't assume that the building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical inspectors from your local munifipality will do the inspections for you.  Those code requirements are minimums and those inspectors and not working for you.

It is also a good idea to consult an experienced real estate lawyer to rally the builders to your cause. You can ask them, prior to the signing of any new home purchase agreement, to negotiate your contract is such a way as to allow a Kalamazoo Michigan home inspector’s services during construction or immediately after. Your lawyer may also suggest that you have a copy of the floor plan for your new home, included in the agreement papers.

If your builder still will not accommodate you for a home inspector, it is still in your best interest to consider having him accompany you, especially during your PDI or Pre-Delivery Inspection which happens before you start to occupy the house or make any money changes. Why during PDI? The reason is that during PDI, you are going to be asked to create a list of deficiencies with the builder representative. Your Kalamazoo Michigan home inspector should come in handy right about that time. And after you move into your new home, you are usually give a period of thirty days in which you may forward a list of building deficiencies to the warranty program. That is another opportunity for you to enlist the assistance of a Kalamazoo Michigan home inspector.

Existing Kalamazoo Homes For Sale

With resale homes, hiring a Kalamazoo homes inspector is a little different. In most resale transactions, the real estate agent may now include a clause in your offer to purchase, making the services of a Kalamazoo Michigan home inspector as one of the conditions. If the Kalamazoo Michigan home inspector gives a satisfactory report, then that’s the go signal you’re waiting for to close on a sale. But if he gives you the red light, then you shouldn’t either.

There is a lot of free information available to you about buying, selling or investing in Kalamazoo real estate. For complete information about the Kalamazoo real estate market including current Kalamazoo homes for sale, property values and more please visit the most complete website online dedicated to everything Kalamazoo real estate.

Visit http://HomesofSWMichigan.com and spend a few minutes searching for Kalamazoo homes, Portage MI homes or any types of real estate in SW Michigan.

So please feel free to contact me with any of your mortgage questions and I will me more than glad to answer your queries. Call me on my cell at 269 760-1558 or email me at JoelNelson@KW.com.

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Joel Nelson
Keller Williams Realty - Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, MI

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