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You and your pets shoukd be out of the house during the inspection unless the buyer requests your presence.
Don't ya just hate it when people should all over you? Most good folks do.
Realtors have earned their reputation so it is always buyer/seller protect yourself when encountering them so inspections are necessary. If someone is uncomfortable in your home then it is their problem.
I would have no intention of following or even being actually inside the house- I could hang/ work whatever outside. There is nothing that is that flimsy that could break & I have nothing to hide providing the inspector is just looking but if he starts pulling on wires in my furnace or something and screws it up- I will not be happy & feel they should pay for repairs if they cause damage.
I don't know how the inspector busted the bathtub faucet but he did. Then left it running which we found later. Any time now I would be around when inspection was done.
The first one also could not have lied had I been there to correct him. Too many middle men in our two realty bungles.
I sold a few homes for sale by owner and had to be their for access...
Each time it was helpful that I was there.
Once... the inspector started writing volumes on the appliances... thing is the contract excluded the appliances so why inspect?
Another time the inspector could not find the sub-panel in a very old home... he thanked me for pointing it out.
I also always have my document folder with receipts for roof, windows, HVAC, etc...
As a buyer... I like having the seller there... it is often eye opening for the seller to learn his perfect house has issues...
We had that as well. It was known that the new dishwasher was ordered and the countertops ordered and set to be installed. The inspector was going to run the dishwasher which smelled burned when we attempted once. He might have started a fire. Also he wrote that he wasn't able to properly inspect the countertop because the owners private stuff was on it. A placemat.
Who knows what all he would have done had someone not been there.
So far I am undecided whether to be here or not- as I understand as a buyer you would want to look around freely at "your new home" & having the owner may make that uncomfortable or constrained. As an owner- you are still responsible for the property and do not want to have extra repair costs due to someone's carelessness inspecting or even damage to your personal possessions.
I've met the inspector as he had to put in a monitoring device the other day- seems like a nice guy although I was concerned when he turned the basement light switch on and because he didn't see the lights go on immediately, assumed that it didn't work when in reality there are energy efficient lights and they take a minute to warm up. Prime example good thing I was here. I'm sure these guys see the good, the bad & the ugly in homes and probably looking for faults. I know everything works in the house and nothing leaks so I just want it to be that way when I return. I just think in the whole house buying/selling process there is such a huge amount of blind trust required on both sides.
I haven't read all of this but If I was selling and an inspector is going to inspect my house, I'm going to be there, end of story.
That is OK, when it truly IS "end of story."
But, when the homeowners decide to interfere, to the inspection on their own terms, it comes closer to denying the buyers a contractually obligated access.
No house is perfect. It's like refusing to get married to anything less than a Ken or Barbie doll (or wanting monetary compensation for each human flaw). If you love a person -- or a house -- you put up with the little quirks which every person -- and house -- has. Major issues, yes... Nitpicking, no...
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