Home Inspections in Ladera Ranch

Most inspections are ordered by the buyer, after an offer, inside a contingency period that is already running. A pre-listing inspection turns that around. The seller orders it before the house goes on the market, reads the report with nobody else in the room, and decides what to do about it on their own schedule.

Ingraffia Home Inspections has been inspecting in Orange County since 2003. To book in Ladera Ranch, call (714) 371-8422 or request an inspection.

Why sellers do it

Because the buyer's inspector is going to find the same things, and the moment that happens the price is open again. A repair the seller could have made for the cost of the repair becomes a credit request, a renegotiation, or a buyer who walks. Knowing first is not about hiding anything. It is about choosing between fixing a thing, pricing a thing, or disclosing a thing, instead of having the choice made in the last week of escrow.

What it is

The same inspection a buyer would get. Grounds, exterior, utilities, interior, kitchen and bathrooms, roof to foundation, with photographs and a written report. It does not pass or fail the house, and it is not a code inspection; the FAQ explains what an inspection is and is not. It is a clear-eyed account of the property's condition, which is exactly what a seller needs and rarely has.

What to do with the report

Three sensible things. Fix what is cheap to fix and expensive to argue about. Get quotes on what is not, so the conversation with a buyer is about a number rather than a fear. And disclose what you decide to leave, because a disclosed defect is a fact and an undisclosed one is a liability.

If work is done, a re-inspection documents it, so the buyer's agent sees a completed repair rather than a claim of one.

Booking a pre-listing inspection in Ladera Ranch

Book it the way you would any inspection, and say when you call that you are selling. The rate card is the same either way.