Home inspectors are professionals who check your new house from roof to basement, looking for problems. A detailed home inspection is essential for anyone who intends to buy a home or who has already bought one for the following reasons:
Gain leverage – if the owners allow you to hire a home inspector inspect a home prior to signing a sale contract, problems with the home might give you leverage in obtaining a lower price, depending on the situation.
Avoid a bad purchase – inspection clauses in sale contracts and/or the law might allow you to cancel a home sale if discovered problems are severe enough.
Make the seller make repairs – the sale contract might provide that the seller has to make reasonable repairs for problems discovered pursuant to an inspection.
Prevent worse problems – if nothing else, a home inspection can turn up minor problems in your new home that you can repair prior to them becoming major problems. For example, a leaky pipe can be patched or replaced before it bursts.