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Guarantee in Home Inspections?

Are there any guarantees in the home inspection business?

The answer is YES!!!

Buying a home is without question a MAJOR purchase, and it should go without saying that a buyer would want a guarantee that the home inspector does a good job. Is there any real protection out there when looking for a home inspector, and what can happen if your inspector does miss something?

There are some inspectors out there who offer guarantees of satisfaction on their inspection. This might seem good, but what happens if after 30 days in your new home you discover a foundation issue that cost over $20,000? Getting your few hundred dollars back from the inspector will not be much condolence.

So, what solutions are there for the buyer looking to hire a home inspector?

In all of our years in construction and home inspection, we have finally identified an organization who offers a solution to this. The organization is InterNACHI, and they are one of the nations two largest inspection certification organizations, and their solution is the Buy-Back Program.


Here is how their program works. When done properly, after the closing on your home, if within 90 days you discover a defect that was missed by the home inspector, InterNACHI will buy the home back from you at the purchase price. There are some costs, such as closing fees, that are not reimbursed, but they will absolutely buy the home back for the full purchase price. I will put a link below with a link to their page with details on it below. https://www.nachi.org/buy-legal.htm

This guarantee can only be offered by inspectors who are certified by InterNACHI and participate in the program. This truly is an incredible program in many ways, and in our opinion should give customers a great deal of confidence.  By offering this program, InterNACHI is also making a clear statement about the faith it has in the training and quality of its certified inspectors to be willing to back them with their own money!

Even more impressive is their cost for this program. If your inspector qualifies to offer this program to a customer, the cost to the home inspector is just $5. And this cost is only meant to subsidize the advertising of this program for InterNACHI.

So, as a buyer how do I find a home inspector that is offering this program? The easiest way of course is to book with EHI, as we offer it! But as we do not serve the entire US or even all of Michigan, so here is a link to find other inspectors who participate in this program.
https://www.nachi.org/guaranteed-inspectors.htm


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