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As the real estate market continues to be competitive a Pre-Listing Inspection will help ensure that your house will be market ready as soon as you are. This cost effective form of inspection will mimic the Buyers Inspection without the full report.  You will receive all the same information that a potential buyer would while considering your home for purchase.  Benefits of this process include:

1. It shows that you are knowledgeable of your home and its components.  This in turn makes the future buyers feel confident that there should be no surprises.
2. Reduce unnecessary repairs.  As sellers prepare their homes for market, many begin to fix those little problems they may have been living with.  Having the expertise of an inspector could help better diagnose any long standing issues, possibly indentifying the exact cause helping to ensure that they are fixed right the first time.
3. Avoid time consuming negotiations in the future.  Knowing the condition of your home will help you price it accordingly.  Both parties will be aware that they home price matches the condition reducing the possibility of drawn out negotiations in the future.
4. A Pre-Listing Inspection can set you apart from the crowd by highlighting your homes assets.

A home buyers inspection is a thorough inspection of all major systems and components of the property prior to purchasing the home.

We strongly suggest that you attend the buyers inspection.  This will give you an opportunity to view the operating components of your home first hand.  Depending on the size and state of your home the inspection could take between 2-4 hours.

A full electronic report including pictures and identification of areas of concern will be emailed within 24 hours.

“Radon is a radioactive gas that can be found in any home, new or old.  This toxic gas comes from decomposed uranium in the soil, and since it always moves from the ground into the air above, it often leaks into houses through cracks in the foundation.  However, you cannot see, smell or taste this gas, which means that even though it is dangerous and cancerous it requires special identification procedures.”

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HomeSafe Home Inspections strongly recommends that Radon be tested for.  As knowledge of Radon is becoming more popular the need to identify it still remains.  Radon is quite common and easy to mitigate if necessary.  When it comes to Radon, inspect, detect and correct.

Radon in Air: conducted using a short term charcoal detector which will then be analyzed by the lab.

Radon in Water: water sample will be collected which will then be analyzed by the lab.

Purpose

• Radon is a carcinogenic gas present in water that has been found at elevated levels in NY and CT homes.

Parameters Tested

• Radon Gas

All EPA state guidelines will be followed.

Purpose

• Indicates contamination of drinking water from septic systems, animals or other sources.

Parameters Tested

• Coliform bacteria & E.coli.

A private well must be maintained and monitored by the homeowner.  Adding a simple water test onto your home inspection will help ensure that your water is safe and useable. Groundwater can become contaminated in many ways and should be regularly tested.

Physical contaminants of well water include sediment, clays and suspended matter.  Chemical contaminants include all dissolved minerals: calcium, magnesium, iron, nitrates, lead, arsenic, selenium, mercury, decaying organic matter, hydrogen sulfide, and others.

For private well systems, we offer laboratory analysis of the water to ensure portability.

Home Drinking Water Test: Test for e-coli and Coliform bacteria, pH, Lead, nitrate (indicator of waste), nitrite (indicator of biological waste)

Standard Water Scan: Tests for common causes of unhealthy water and low water quality.  Choose this water test if you need a basic scan for some of the more common contaminants found in water.  This test covers all known banking requirements including FHA and VA mortgages.

Test includes: total coliform bacterial, fecal/e-coli, lead plus: sodium, potassium, copper, iron, magnesium, calcium , arsenic, pH, turbidity, color, ordor, conductivity, total dissolved solids (tds), sediment, alkalinity, chlorine, chloride, hardness, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, sulfate.