Why to Get a Termite Report Early in Porter Ranch

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If you’re thinking about listing your Porter Ranch home, you should get a termite inspection, and you should do it before you even list. Most sellers wait until after they’ve sold their home to get this inspection, and more often than not, sellers are sorry they didn't do it earlier.

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You should get a termite inspection before you list

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There are three main reasons why:

1. You need to know exactly where you stand before negotiating the sale price. If you wait until your home is in escrow to get the inspection and find out your home needs thousands of dollars in treatments and repairs, it’s really too late to go back to the bargaining table and ask for a higher price to cover the cost. If there’s nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about.
2. Getting stuck with a rotten wood patio or deck. With the inspection done ahead of time, you’ll know whether or not they need to be replaced. If they’re shot, you can then decide whether to replace or scrap it. In fact, most wooden decks and patios add little to no value to your home. Quite often they are shrugged off as unimportant until it’s too late and the buyer insists that a new one is built.
3. It should be done before painting or replacing your roof. It’s a shame to spend the money upgrading your curb appeal with paint or a new roof only to find out that you’re going to have to spend thousands more dollars to correct termite damage, fungus or dry rot - especially considering a termite report costs less than $100.

If you have any questions about termite reports and inspections or any other real estate questions, give us a call or send us an email! Thanks again for watching our video blog.