Checklist For A Home Inspection Greensboro

By Michelle Thompson


The interior appearance of a building can easily sway you into purchasing a home that is full of defects. Do not concentrate on the kitchen layout and size of the bathroom and forget to check the building itself. The architectural design of a new home should meet your preference and lifestyle. The ideal tactic for buying a perfect house is conducting an intensive home inspection Greensboro Process. It is easy and cost effective to repair defects that are identified at an early stage.

Walls of rooms such as bathrooms and kitchens have a high probability of accumulating rusts and corrosions. When you identify high amount moisture particularly on the walls, you should know that there are many cracks. Availability of moisture or high corrosion rates is not a confirmation that the building has structural defects, but dealing with such defects is costly and time consuming. Concentrate on expensive structures whose repair might be expensive. Check the sinks, drains, bathtubs, and kitchen walls. Flush the toilets and confirm if the bowls are filling up immediately.

The ceiling must be firm and they should not have a parachute outlook. You can shine a torch across the entire celling and identify defects and deflections. Make sure you have recorded all the defects identified. The inspection report will help you to convince the seller to reduce the price to account for the cost of repairing the defects.

Make sure all the cabinets available in the building are in a perfect state. Cabinets that contain buildups of molds or mildews have a tendency of releasing damp smells. Spores produced by these funguses can trigger allergic reactions in the body of occupants of the building. You should wear gloves and facemasks during the process of inspecting the cabinets. Excessive moisture and rising damps are confirmed by the damp smells that emanates from the cabinets. Look for large cracks on the outer and inner walls.

Areas that have high contact with water such as bathrooms and bedrooms are likely to possess a buildup of mildew and molds. Those that have been recently cleaned will tend to resemble dirty clouds exclusively on the walls, floors, and ceiling. Confirm if the cause of high mold growth rate is more than poor maintenance or upkeep. A mold remediation company can eliminate mildews or molds that buildup due to poor upkeep.

Check whether the internal wall plastering has fine cracks. These cracks are easy to identify since they take the shape of a map and are concentrated on specific areas. They occur due to inappropriate application of wall plastering during the process of construction. The cracking plaster continues to crack further and sometimes becomes loose.

The external rooflines must be free from defects or deflections and straight. Inspect the roof gutters and verify if they are not corroded or rusted especially on their edges. From ground level, the roof gutters may appear great, but when you check them from top side, they may look corroded. Corroded roof gutters require immediate replacement, which might be a bit expensive.

All the roof downpipes should discharge water into the soak wells. Look for signs of excessive water flow or flooding. These signs are usually detected on the roof downpipe bases. Prior to signing the purchase documents ensure the stormwater wells are perfectly installed and maintained.




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