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HAL: It gives the buyer an understanding of not only the condition of the building now
but what his liability would be over a period of time. So let's say over the next five years
or ten years, how much additional money over and above what he's buying the building for
will he have to put into that building to keep it going.
HAL: I break it up into five different categories. The structure of the building, we basically
want to see what kind of bones the building has so we look at the structure, the mechanical
systems, the exterior envelope of the building, the general interior finishes like floors,
walls, ceilings, bathrooms, kitchens, that type of thing.
HAL: A lot of people ask us about what is involved in doing renovations in terms of
costs, feasibility, government regulations so that's another aspect of it which applies
in many cases.
HAL: If it's at all possible, definitely be present at the inspection. It's much easier
for the inspector to point things out to you, see the big picture and so I think that's
very important.
MARLA: I was here when the home inspector was here, and I think that's a really good
idea. I wanted to make sure he was getting in the crawl spaces and getting up in the
attic and checking all the windows; do they open and close properly? I mean I wanted to
see what he was doing and making sure that I knew that he was doing what he was supposed
to do.
MARLA: You're spending a lot of money on a house that you're going to be in hopefully
for a long time and you want to make sure you're not surprised.