| You should care, whether you're the buyer, | | | | plumbing, kitchens and appliances, the HVAC |
| seller or investor. In Arizona real estate, | | | | system, wiring he can see, like in the attic, |
| Professional Home Inspectors are licensed and | | | | other electrical items like whether each |
| certified. They have to pass a rigorous | | | | outlet works and whether or not there are |
| course of work at an accredited school, then | | | | GCFI Circuits close to water areas like sinks |
| must work on the job for a minimum number of | | | | and tubs. |
| inspections working directly with a Licensed | | | | |
| home inspector after sitting for their state | | | | Important: The inspector records all of his |
| exam. | | | | her observations, writes them in the standard |
| | | | report, and including taking pictures, leaves |
| Professional inspectors usually are hired by | | | | a copy with the buyer. The seller by law is |
| the buyer and inspect the home that was | | | | also entitled to a copy even though the buyer |
| purchased using an agent who found the home | | | | is probably paying the inspector. With this |
| on the Phoenix MLS. The home could be in | | | | information and any other information |
| Ahwatukee, Chandler, Gilbert or Phoenix, or | | | | gathered during the inspection period, the |
| any other part of Arizona. If the buyer | | | | buyer has one and only one chance to ask the |
| indeed used a Realtor they most likely wrote | | | | seller to make repairs or accept the house as |
| the offer on the standard Arizona Offer to | | | | is (the default) or cancel the contract in |
| Purchase agreement. The standard agreement | | | | writing and receive their earnest deposit |
| allows for a 10 day inspection period | | | | back. This request is usually done on a form |
| commencing the day after the last counter | | | | called the Buyer's Inspection Notice and |
| offer signature was completed. | | | | Seller's Response. |
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| During the inspection period the buyer has | | | | Although it is not a checked box option, I |
| the opportunity to inspect virtually all the | | | | also include for my buyer clients, an amount |
| systems of a house and can thereby determine | | | | of money the seller can simply pay to the |
| if the house has any problems serious enough | | | | buyer in lieu of making any repairs at all. |
| to ask the owner to repair or replace an item | | | | This has the advantage of the buyer being |
| or simply fix something. It is during this | | | | able to oversee all of the repairs, rather |
| 10 day period, the buyer in almost every | | | | than risking that the seller make all the |
| circumstance should hire a Professional home | | | | requested and accepted repairs with a minimum |
| inspector. In Arizona, including Phoenix, | | | | of quality. |
| real estate inspectors have a standard form | | | | |
| they fill out on every home they inspect. | | | | In any event, hiring a Professional Home |
| The form allows for inspections of the | | | | Inspector is imperative to getting the home |
| exterior including cracks, the roof, | | | | you really thought you were buying. |