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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
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