Choosing An Arizona
Home Inspector

Know The Condition Before Committing To Buy There’s no money-back guarantee if you’re not satisfied with your recent home purchase. That’s why you must know about potential condition problems before you make the commitment to buy a home. You need to protect you interests by hiring a qualified and certified Arizona home inspection professional. Click here to read Home Inspector Certification Rules for Licensing by the Arizona Board of Technical Registration.

What Home Inspectors Do
A properly trained and licensed certified home inspector will review your home and perform a comprehensive visual analysis to assess the condition of the house and its systems including interior and exterior components. The visual inspection includes the heating and cooling systems, plumbing, electrical, structural components, foundation, roof covering and site aspects as they affect the building.

A professional home inspector will determine the components and systems that in his/her opinion does not perform properly and should identify items that are beyond their useful life or unsafe. They should also identify areas where repairs are needed or where it appears that systems may have had problems in the past. Home inspectors are intended to provide the potential homebuyer with a better understanding of the home and property conditions as observed at the time of inspection.

The inspector is required to provide a written “Home Inspection Report” that clearly describes and identifies the inspected systems, structures and dwelling components with any visually observed defects. The inspection report should include any recommendation of additional evaluation and detailed in-depth analysis beyond the visual inspection analysis.

A home inspection does not include appraisals or estimates for making repairs or replacements and is not intended to provide warranties or guarantees. The inspector’s role is to help the homebuyer make an informed decision about buying the inspected home.

Choosing A Home Inspector
Buying a home may very well be the most expensive investment a homebuyer will ever make and is therefore crucial that problem defects be exposed before making a purchase commitment. Home inspection is a discipline that requires special training, experience and in-depth knowledge. It is important to choose an inspector wisely.

Any person offering home inspections in Arizona must have an application for home inspector certification on file with the Board of Technical Registration. Please visit that website for detailed requirements of the Home Inspector Certification Program.

Reputable home inspectors generally belong to an industry association that has set standards of training, experience and qualifications. Following are important questions to ask to help you select a professional, credible inspector.

It is advisable to be present during the home inspection to give you the comfort and confidence of a thorough visual review and analysis. For an average size home, the inspection process should take about 3-4 hours. However, be considerate of the productivity of the home inspector’s time without unreasonably interfering with the process.

Click here for a list of Arizona home inspection professionals. However, DreamArizona.Com does not recommend or endorse any inspector. A list of inspectors or advertisers is provided for homebuyer convenience only and it is the sole responsibility of the homebuyer or homeowner to carefully choose the inspection firm.