Need Home Inspector (Concord: sale, real estate, credit)

[kelly123]

Hi everyone. I am so glad that I found this forum. What a wealth of information!! My husband and I are moving to Concord. We have put in an offer on a house and are looking for a really good home inspector. We don't want to use an inspector recommended by our real estate agent. Can anyone recommend a good one in or around the Concord area? Also need a recommendation of somone who can do a water test. Thanks in advance for any help.

[Valerie C]

Hello
Being an agent myself, my recommendations for a home inspector would probably not be welcome, so hopefully someone online will send you a referral. Keep in mind that in NH, home inspectors are NOT required by the state to hold a license of any kind, so you might look for a NACHI or ASHI-certified inspector. Maybe I"m reading it wrong, but it sounds like you don't trust your agent enough to recommend an inspector, which really is too bad when you're trusting them with so much (offers, negotiations, etc)...

Try to have your water samples pulled a couple of days prior to home inspection. That way you'll have all your information to make an informed home inspection response, within the agreed-on time frame.

re: water test. Here's a list of NH accredited test labs: http://www.des.state.nh.us/pdf/labs_wellTesting.pdf

Water Factsheet: Suggested Water Quality Testing for Private Wells

Congrats on making an offer. Hopefully it all goes well for you

[rmcewan]

Originally Posted by kelly123

Hi everyone. I am so glad that I found this forum. What a wealth of information!! My husband and I are moving to Concord. We have put in an offer on a house and are looking for a really good home inspector. We don't want to use an inspector recommended by our real estate agent. Can anyone recommend a good one in or around the Concord area? Also need a recommendation of somone who can do a water test. Thanks in advance for any help.

Kelly,

Test for radon in the well water and in the air too. Radon in water is not part of the standard test.

We just bought a house and had perfect water, but air radon was 4x over the limit. Sellers had to put in a mitigation system at a cost of $1200. Water mitigation is even more expensive and it means you lose all the nice water pressure you may have out of your well. It is important the seller pays for any mitigation, and they should know that once radon is found they HAVE to disclose it to any prospective buyer - so they may as well fix it for you.

43% of homes in NH test above the limit for air radon.

- Rob.

[skinut74]

kelly, my wife and i are in the process of relocating to nh. we found a place we liked and had it inspected by a person named tim at homeguage.com his inspection and report were excellent. we passed on that house but will be using him again for the next one. hope this helps a little.

[kelly123]

Originally Posted by Valerie C

Hello
Being an agent myself, my recommendations for a home inspector would probably not be welcome, so hopefully someone online will send you a referral. Keep in mind that in NH, home inspectors are NOT required by the state to hold a license of any kind, so you might look for a NACHI or ASHI-certified inspector. Maybe I"m reading it wrong, but it sounds like you don't trust your agent enough to recommend an inspector, which really is too bad when you're trusting them with so much (offers, negotiations, etc)...

Try to have your water samples pulled a couple of days prior to home inspection. That way you'll have all your information to make an informed home inspection response, within the agreed-on time frame.

re: water test. Here's a list of NH accredited test labs: http://www.des.state.nh.us/pdf/labs_wellTesting.pdf

Water Factsheet: Suggested Water Quality Testing for Private Wells

Congrats on making an offer. Hopefully it all goes well for you

Thanks for the info. It is not that we don't trust our agent, we just want to use an inspector that is independent of our agent.

[399083453]

Originally Posted by Valerie C

it sounds like you don't trust your agent enough to recommend an inspector, which really is too bad when you're trusting them with so much (offers, negotiations, etc)

Thats just being smart. When a decision to buy or not buy a house, or needing to make a lower offer because of problems based on what comes up in a home inspection. Using the agent's recommended home inspector is not a good example of a educated home buyer. This person is obviously educated. Good for you Kelly.

[Valerie C]

Most Buyer's agents will recommend 3 or 4 inspectors that, through previous experience OR word of mouth, we know does a GOOD and thorough job of inspecting a home. In NH, inspectors are NOT licensed by the state, and any Joe Schmo can take an ad in the phone book and call him or herself a home inspector. that's why I mentioned the ASHI and NACHI designations to Kelly.

The decision of which inspector, bank, title company, etc are all made by the Buyer. These services are paid by the Buyer, and part of our job as Realtors is to be sure these things are handled in a timely and professional manner, specifically staying within the dates and conditions in the purchase and sale contract, to protect the Buyer. If the home inspection response is even a day late, the Buyer has NO RECOURSE and has lost their option to either request repairs, a reduction in price/$$ back at closing, or void the contract based on home inspection results and have their deposit returned.

Of course if a Buyer has chosen to be unrepresented and doesn't have an agent of their own, of course they should NOT use the inspector suggested by the Seller's agent. That would just be a foolish mistake...

Originally Posted by 399083453

Thats just being smart. When a decision to buy or not buy a house, or needing to make a lower offer because of problems based on what comes up in a home inspection. Using the agent's recommended home inspector is not a good example of a educated home buyer. This person is obviously educated. Good for you Kelly.