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Home Inspection! – WT# is Home Inspection?

Loads of people are talking about Home Inspection today, even Google Trends shows an uptick in search term ‘Home Inspection’ in India. Home Inspection It is a concept that has been prevalent in the US for eons, it is in fact mandatory in many states in the US at the end of the warranty period […]

RERA – What Really Matters to Home Buyers

What Really Matters As a first-time buyer of an apartment, before investing all our hard-earned money, we make enquiries with one and all so that we can get the best value for our money. It is during these interactions that we first come across the term RERA * and how this has been introduced by the […]

Home Inspection : If only you knew what we know…

Being Indian For most Indians, buying a home is something we do once in a lifetime and is almost always the most expensive investment we make. Being Indians, even in the most mundane of purchases, we bargain and consistently check for the quality. Why is it that then, do we not get our Home Inspection done? Discrepancy In our experience we have […]

A Better Way

If you are asking your self ‘is home inspection usual’ only after handover? It is usual for a home inspection to be done once an apartment or house is nearing completion. While this is certainly a good procedure, it may sometimes be too late or too costly to set right some of the things which […]

Inspection of Ancestral or Old & Independent Houses

What happens when one is asked to do an home inspection for an old and independent house, where the owner or buyer is keen to stay in the same place for sentimental reasons? The first thing that comes to mind is the level of decay that could have set in. Cobwebs and moth-eaten furniture and […]

It is better to Bite the Bullet

We all know the importance of checking what we are buying even if it is a bag of grocery. But when taking one of the biggest decision in one’s life such as purchasing an apartment, we dawdle about checking it or getting it checked. Ask anyone who has a plan of buying a house, about […]

When will things change?

What steps should you take when you want to keep driving your vehicle when it becomes older? It is easy to guess that – you have to ensure that it is fit to be driven. Because if your brakes fail, for instance, it could cause injury or worse, both to yourself and those who come […]

The extras you get from a Home Inspection

A home inspection is an assessment of the apartment’s or villa’s condition as on the day of inspection. However, home inspectors not only can identify problems with houses, they can also give buyers hints that will help them with the future upkeep. Since a home is probably the biggest investment the owner may make in […]

Health & Safety are also important

As one walks through the house being inspected checking for any defects that could affect the stay as well as liability of a tenant, you may possibly observe points which are not in your regular checklist. What if these additional particulars could affect the well-being of the tenant? Not bringing them to the notice would […]

Should the Buyer be present for the Home Inspection?

However busy the Buyer is, he or she had better find some free time to be present when the inspection is being done. The reasons? For one, you can get everything ‘from the horse’s mouth’ instead of reading a report and not understanding a good part of it. Questions can be asked and doubts got […]