We asked the founder of one of the nation\u2019s largest inspector associations, a certified professional home inspector, and a top-performing real estate agent what goes into a home inspection report<\/a> for your house and what to make of it after the fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n HomeLight has analyzed over 27 million transactions and thousands of reviews to determine which agent is best for you based on your needs. It takes just two minutes to match clients with the best real estate agents, who will help you be ready for your home inspection.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n A home inspection report is no small task; a complete report can be anywhere from 15 pages for small homes to 70 pages for larger homes. Every page is chock-full of factors that can affect the outcome of your home sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n Before closing, most buyers will get a home inspection to make sure there aren\u2019t any issues with the property. While home inspectors follow the same general format to confirm every inch of the home is covered in the report, no two home inspection reports are the same.<\/p>\n \u201cHome inspectors should not have a bunch of pre-printed material,\u201d says Nick Gromicko, founder of InterNACHI<\/a>, the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors. \u201cThey should include photos of the home and the defects found.\u201d<\/p>\n A typical home inspection<\/a> takes two to four hours, depending on the size of the home. Then, it takes a few more hours to write up the exhaustive report. According to Bill Hirsch, a highly-acclaimed certified home inspector and owner of Total Home Inspection<\/a> in Fairfield County, Connecticut, the entire process takes at least one full day to complete.<\/p>\n \u201cMost buyers will request 10-15 days to get an inspector out to the property. The inspection takes about a few hours and then 1-3 days to write the report up and get it to the buyer,\u201d says Thomas Day<\/a>, a top real estate agent in Pompano Beach, Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n All this work comes at a cost. Home inspections typically run about $250 to $500<\/a>, which includes the visual inspection and the written report. Typically, the cost of a home inspection comes out of the buyer\u2019s pocket. You can have your home pre-inspected before you put it on the market, but you\u2019ll have to cover the cost yourself and disclose the results<\/a> to potential buyers from the get-go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The fate of your home sale lies in the home inspection report. Here\u2019s everything that goes into it, so you can keep your sale on track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":37927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[243,322],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contracts","category-logistics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"homelight](\"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/ccprototypev5\/images\/logo-small-cta.png\"){kind=logo}
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Every component of a home inspection report, explained<\/h2>\n