| When you receive your home inspection report you | | | | foundation, stucco and framing should be left to the |
| will find out about many things that will need to be | | | | professionals. |
| fixed or repaired. Some things will be small and other | | | | In the state of California your home inspector can |
| repairs will be large. In some cases a handy man will | | | | not make any needed repairs on the home or |
| do. In other cases a contractor will need to be called | | | | property for a minimum of 12 months. If your home |
| in. It is important to ask the inspector his opinion on | | | | inspector offers to make any repairs, call someone |
| the matter. Most Home Inspectors will not reinspect | | | | else. Get a second opinion. Frequently, we get the |
| the repairs on a home or property unless the repairs | | | | request in our office for a "partial" inspection. This is |
| were made by a qualified licensed contractor. Even | | | | just another of those things that truly escapes my |
| then the best home inspectors will want to see | | | | logic. While I am sure that the basis for this request |
| invoices for the completed work. So when the seller | | | | is the desire to reduce the expense of the |
| of the home wants to fix a broken door knob or the | | | | inspection, partial inspections are often a high-risk |
| chalking around a window it is pretty safe to say | | | | event for everyone concerned. The liability for home |
| that would be OK... Plumbing, roofing, electrical, | | | | inspectors is high. So are the dollar amounts involved. |