Sell your home first go!!!
A step-by-step guide to a great Pre-Sale Pest Inspection Report
Selling your home might seem like a simple process, but in reality, there can be a lot of blood sweat and tears go into getting a contract on your property.
Open homes can disrupt the routine of you and your family, there’s the stress of having unknown amounts of people through your home, invading your privacy, and then you have your real estate professional pitching your property to prospective buyers, shaking hands and kissing babies etc.
All of these things are part and parcel of getting your property sold to the highest offer, so ensuring that you have every aspect of the sale covered so that when that buyer makes an offer, it actually sticks.
Pest and Building Inspections are the biggest issues when it comes to a sale contract falling over. Finding out that your home has active termites, or damage which you were unaware of during a pre-purchase pest and building inspection is always going to get a vendor pulling their hair out in frustration, and a purchaser is likely to walk as a result.
Be prepared!
The best thing you can do, even before you list your property for sale, is to have it inspected by a reputable Pest Inspector. If you can be on site at the time of the inspection, it will also help you to understand what items will be looked at during an inspection, and what you should do to make your home as attractive as possible when it comes time for a Pre-Purchase Pest Inspection.
There are some major factors that will influence the risk of a termite attack on your home.
These items include:
- Your current termite protection – All homes should have a current termite management system in place.
- Moisture – Termites require moisture to survive, and areas of elevated moisture inside and outside the property will influence your report.
- Timber items in ground contact – Any timber in ground contact will be commented on in a report, and adjustments to remove timber items from ground contact will be made. Even treated timbers should not be in the ground.
- The visual inspection zone – This is the area where termites will be visible entering a property, and it should be maintained so that the Pre Purchase Pest Inspector can see whether termites have entered a building.
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We’ll explain in detail all of the items of a typical Pre Purchase Timber Pest Inspection Report, so that you understand what items are actually reported on, and what you might need to adjust before a contract is signed.