QUESTION: Who is going to tell you all about the problems that exist both inside and outside your building that will cost you a lot of money in repairs in years to come?
ANSWER: A Massachusetts licensed home inspector should provide the buyer and seller knowledge of all the problems that exist in the house except a roof. Most don’t inspect roofs.
QUESTION: Can you rely on inspectors, only, to protect your interest? And that’s both the buyer and seller as will be explained by Larry Miller, a realtor based in Amherst Mass.?
ANSWER: No, you can’t rely on a home inspector as the only source of information on the property. Why? Because he or she may devote two hours max for the inspection. They miss a great deal. And that’s an experienced, licensed inspector, not someone who is inexperienced.
QUESTION: A realtor should know all about the house and be able to point out any problems along with the home inspector?
ANSWER: Realtors are not home inspectors. In tours of a building they will usually catch the obvious problems like water stains on walls, cracked windows and siding, to name a few. But they are not always on the ball. The realtor who represented Shawn and Sukru Senveli in the purchase of their 1940s home in Westborough missed so many visible problems . You can read about the problems the Senveli's faced and money they paid to fix what the seller should have done here.
QUESTION: Who will know everything about a house from the inside to out?
ANSWER: A Massachusetts licensed contractor such as Northeast Home & Energy will be able to advise home and building owners when replacing windows, siding, or roofs and may also discover leaks in the ceiling from the roof or between walls when they install insulation. If Northeast Home & Energy is replacing siding, removing or adding insulation, it will be very evident where there is a leak or where animals can be found between walls and attics.
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