While a home inspection is now a given when purchasing a new home, hiring a professional Salt Lake City Utah home inspector does not guarantee that a newly purchased house isn’t harboring any unpleasant surprises. What does that mean for the home buyer? More costs that turn out to be completely useless?

Not exactly.

By and large, Salt Lake City Utah home inspectors or just home inspectors in general are poorly regulated. The level of performance of each professional varies widely. In fact, according to the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI), a trade group based in Des Plaines, Illinois, only about 14 states require occupational licenses. And among those that do require licenses, only very few follow the lead of New Jersey, where inspectors must pass a lengthy written test and perform as many as 400 inspections. Not only that, but on some cases, they are even required to complete a training program at a state-approved home inspection school before being accredited.

Salt Lake City Utah home inspectors and other such inspectors in many other states do not require certification requirements at all. Then, again, Salt Lake City Utah home inspectors are an indispensable workforce for the home buying community. So what do you, as a home buyer, have to do to protect your interest and hire a truly professional Salt Lake City Utah home inspector?

Here’s a list of what you can do to get the most out of your home inspection.

The great thing about Salt Lake City Utah home inspectors these days is that their work is so popular that not only home buyers require them, but home sellers as well. In fact, a lot of home sellers hire Salt Lake City Utah home inspectors to assess their homes in order to avoid any unpleasant surprises when they’re ready to close on a sale. This is what you should be looking for.

Use the Inspection Clause in the Purchase Contract

A Utah Real Estate Purchase Contract allows home buyers a due diligence time period after signing to have the property inspected.  It is important that you utilize the due diligence clause in the contract for a Salt Lake City Utah home inspection and if issues come up to have specialty inspectors check it out.  The results of the inspection can be used to ask the seller to fix trouble spots, to adjust the selling price to cover the cost of necessary repairs OR to decide to walk away from the home if the problems are much greater than you are ready to tackle.

References

With the absence of any state laws regulating the licensing of Salt Lake City Utah home inspectors, the best place to turn to would be trade associations. These types of organizations usually have a better barometer of a Salt Lake City Utah home inspector’s experience and skills than the typical word of mouth references you get either from your real estate agent or a few friends.  ASHI (American Society of Home Inspectors) is one of those organizations that certify home inspectors.

Get the Results in Writing

After performing an inspection, a Salt Lake City Utah home inspector is required to give you a copy of the report he made in a few days. Pay attention to this report as it is often an excellent gauge of how exhaustive the work is. If it’s little more than a checklist, then it’s insufficient. A complete report is even 20 to 100 pages long.

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Salt Lake City, UT

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