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     What Your Tucson Home Inspection Should Cover

 
Like homeowners insurance, obtaining a home inspection is a mandatory step in purchasing a Tucson home. A good  home inspection can save Tucson home buyers money by locating problems, and allowing them to negotiate with sellers. With a home inspection report in hand,  Tucson home buyers can request  the repairs be corrected or the home price be adjusted to compensate for the repairs. Although some home sellers will have their home pre-inspected before putting it on the market, it's always best for  Tucson home buyers to hire their own inspection company.

1.       Siding: Look for dents or buckling

2.       Foundations: Look for cracks or water seepage

3.       Exterior Brick: Look for cracked bricks or mortar pulling away from bricks

4.       Insulation: Look for condition, adequate rating for climate

5.       Doors and Windows: Look for loose or tight fits, condition of locks, condition of weather-stripping

6.       Roof: Look for age, conditions of flashing, pooling water, buckled shingles, or loose gutters and downspouts

7.       Ceilings, walls, and moldings: Look for loose pieces, drywall that is pulling away

8.       Porch/Deck: Loose railings or step, rot

9.       Electrical: Look for condition of fuse box/circuit breakers, number of outlets in each room

10.    Plumbing: Look for poor water pressure, banging pipes, rust spots or corrosion that indicate leaks, sufficient insulation

11.    Water Heater: Look for age, size adequate for house, speed of recovery, energy rating

12.    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.

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

14.    Basement: Look for water leakage, musty smell

15.    Attic: Look for adequate ventilation, water leaks from roof

16.    Septic Tanks (if applicable): Adequate absorption field capacity for the percolation rate in your area and the size of your family

17.    Driveways/Sidewalks: Look for cracks, heaving pavement, crumbling near edges, stains