Independent Building Inspections

   Editors note:  Today we begin what we hope will be a regular new feature; guest blogs!  From time to time, hopefully often we will offer our readers blog posts of interest and value from writers other than the brokers here at Newcastle Square Realty.  If you can write and feel you have something to say about Damariscotta-Newcastle, the Pemaquid Peninsula, Lincoln County real estate, blogging or even just general interest, let's talk.    Jim

    My name is Jon Angell and I'm the owner of Quality Inspections and a member of the Maine Coalition of Home Inspection Professionals and the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors.

   I remember well our first experience of buying a home!  Ann and I were newly married and living in the city.  We were planning on starting a family and we wanted a home in which our family would be safe and comfortable.

   We found a home out in the country that, today, would be called a "fixer upper". Ann, of course, was eagerly ready to purchase so she could start decorating and gardening. I however, was looking at the cost of home ownership in comparison to renting and trying to determine if this was the right move for us.

   Running through my mind were questions like; Was our estimate of the overall condition of the house correct?  Was there anything we were not seeing that would need repair?  Was the property safe for our new family?

   We looked at that property many times trying to be sure we were making the right decision. We also asked our parents to look at the house so they could offer us their comments.

   As it turned out, we did buy that house and it was one of the best investments we ever made. We were comfortable there and seven years later we sold at a very nice profit and moved up to a larger home.

   Today when the same questions I asked many years ago are asked there is professional help available to provide more surety that the decision to purchase a property is based on a solid estimate of that property's condition.  Your Realtor can provide you with the names of certified home inspection professionals who will work for you, the buyer in evaluating a property's condition.   In some cases it is becoming common for homeowners to have their property inspected prior to putting it on the market so that they can detect and correct problems before it negatively impacts on their sale.

Please feel free to email me with any questions you may have about the home inspection process.

Jon Angell, Owner/Inspector, Quality Inspections