generally enough reason to have a home inspection.
Engage specialists to check the conditioning system, plumbing, and electricity. This could save you thousands of dollars by uncovering existing issues. They will also check mold growth and other possible environmental health threats caused by lead, fungus, and asbestos. Even new houses need to be checked duly and thoroughly. It doesn’t matter that the house recently had all the municipal inspections by the builder. If you negotiated NOT to have an inspection to win in the offering process - still have an inspection, even after the closing by a licensed inspector, so you know exactly what the condition is of your new property and what possibly lies ahead, for your knowledge. If anything is found from that after closing inspection, use the report as a "to do" list and budget for any larger tickets items for down the road.
#4. Have a Pest Inspection
The best approach is to hire a licensed pest inspection company. They’ll check your future property for contamination by flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, fleas, rats, mice, bedbugs, termites, beetles, carpenter bees, ants, and other types of pests. Most home inspectors can recognize wood destroying and other types of infestations, but they are not expert. If there is some sort of infestation, a pest expert should be called in to determine the extent of damage and the "fix". There’s no need to explain how much harm even a small number of termites can do. These issues can lead to major repair expenses and even health issues.
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