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What Your Home Inspection Should Cover

Siding: 

• Look for dents or buckling

Foundations: 

• Look for cracks or water seepage

Exterior Brick:

• Look for cracked bricks or mortar pulling away from bricks

Insulation: 

• Look for condition, adequate rating for climate

Doors and Windows: 

• Look for loose or tight fits, condition of locks, condition of weatherstripping

Roof: 

• Look for age, conditions of flashing, pooling water, buckled shingles, or loose gutters and downspouts

Ceilings, walls, and moldings:

• Look for loose pieces, drywall that is pulling away

Porch/Deck: 

• Loose railings or step, rot

Electrical: 

• Look for condition of fuse box/circuit breakers, number of outlets in each room

Plumbing: 

• Look for poor water pressure, banging pipes, rust spots or corrosion that indicate leaks, sufficient insulation

Water Heater: 

• Look for age, size adequate for house, speed of recovery, energy rating

Furnace/Air Conditioning: 

• Look for age, energy rating; Furnaces are rated by annual fuel utilization efficiency; the higher the rating, the lower your fuel costs. However, other factors such as payback period and other operating costs, such as electricity to operate motors.

Garage: 

• Look for exterior in good repair; condition of floor—cracks, stains, etc.; condition of door mechanism

Basement: 

• Look for water leakage, musty smell

Attic: 

• Look for adequate ventilation, water leaks from roof

Septic Tanks (if applicable): 

• Adequate absorption field capacity for the percolation rate in your area and the size of your family

Driveways/Sidewalks: 

• Look for cracks, heaving pavement, crumbling near edges, stains

Reprinted from REALTOR^® Magazine Online by permission of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS^® 

Copyright 2005.  All rights reserved.  www.REALTOR.org/realtormag

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