5280 Home Inspections

You're under contract, the clock on your inspection objection deadline is already running, and in a few days you'll receive a report that could run dozens of pages. Before that report lands, it's worth knowing exactly what does a home inspection include, and just as important, what it leaves out. Buyers who understand both walk into negotiations with leverage. Buyers who don't sometimes learn about a problem only after they've moved in. What Does a Home Inspection Include? The Core Systems A...

A roof that passes a quick visual walk-through during an open house can still fail a real inspection two weeks later — and in a Denver real estate market where offers move fast, that gap is exactly where buyers get burned and sellers get blindsided by a renegotiated price. A proper roof inspection Denver buyers and sellers can actually rely on goes well beyond what's visible from the curb or even from a ladder glance. Why a Roof Inspection in Denver Is Different From "Looking at the Roof"...

The door that won't quite latch and the hairline crack running up from the baseboard in the basement aren't just cosmetic quirks of an older home — in Colorado, they're often the first visible signs of soil movement that a general home inspection can miss if it isn't specifically looking for it. Buyers who skip a structural home inspection because the general inspection "seemed thorough enough" are sometimes making a decision they don't have the full picture for. What a Structural Home...