Highland Home Inspection

Sellers: How to Survive Your Home Inspection
Posted on March 23rd, 2009 by Nachi.org
Tip number 3

Simply following the steps provided in this article will help you survive having your house inspected. Your home inspection is just one more stressful event to add to a likely growing list of events unfolding in the process of selling your home. What with moving, getting the list of needed repairs done, achieving and maintaining that “curb appeal,” the last thing you need is some stranger tromping through your home, looking in all those dark corners. Well, take a deep breath, pick up that last dust bunny under the chair, sit down a moment and read further. I provide real solutions to at least make the Home Inspection part easier.

Turn on all lights and ceiling fans
You may wish to turn all the lights and ceiling fans on in the home just before the inspector arrives. It also helps if you know what all the electrical switches in the home do. The inspector can spend untold time trying to determine what each switch operates. If the inspector wishes to turn on all the lights and fans in your home, please do not follow behind him turning them off (yes, I have had numerous homeowners do this). He has likely done this for the same reason that I do this. Having all the lights on is part of the test of the electrical system to ensure it is checked under a reasonable load. The inspector will turn off the lights and fans when he is done.

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