North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Musings of chief inspector and president of SENWI House Inspections

Friday, April 10, 2009

Senwi Inspection Philosophy

At Senwi House Inspections we believe in protecting the consumer. We want to provide you with as much information as possible before you make your home purchase. We're not judgemental but impartial. We neither love nor hate the property. Our goal is to help you make an informed decision.

The process of buying a home can be stressful. Many homes have latent defects that the vendor either did not know about or in rare cases tried to conceal. A home inspection is usually recommended to provide you peace of mind but can often have the opposite effect if the inspector does not adequately explain the reported defects.

At SENWI, our inspectors sit down with you and explain the defects in as much detail as required for you to understand the problem. We will provide you unbiased information to help you make a logical as opposed to an emotional decision. We will be able to provide recommendations on how to address the problem and, by removing the unknowns from the situation, will help you lower your stress. Many defects can be addressed with very little investment of money or time if caught early. For those defects that do represent a significant cost to address, you can work with your Realtor to see if the asking price for the home takes into account this defect. If it does not, ask the Realtor to work on reducing the vendor’s price to compensate. Remember inspectors and their reports do not “kill deals”. We just provide information. We do not create it. Our inspector will never “Fail” the dwelling. What kills a deal is the buyer’s unwillingness or inability to address the defects found by the inspector. In some cases, walking away may represent the best option for the buyer.

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