For buyers and sellers
What buyers and sellers should know about the inside of the house in Jacksonville and Eastern North Carolina.
On a home inspection in Jacksonville and Eastern North Carolina, floors, walls, ceilings, doors, and windows are checked for damage and for signs of water. A stain is a clue. It is not the whole finding.
What changes the price
A soft floor, an active ceiling stain, and doors or windows that do not operate are the items buyers negotiate.
Floors
Soft spots, slopes, stains, and loose finishes are photographed. A soft floor at a tub, a toilet, or an exterior door is followed to the plumbing or the water under it.
Walls and ceilings
Stains, cracks, and previous patches are recorded. A stain is checked with a moisture meter when it may still be wet. Thermal imaging, included on every full inspection, is used to find hidden moisture and missing insulation.
Interior doors and windows
Interior doors are operated. So is the inside of each window. Locks, damaged sashes, and doors that do not latch are noted. Exterior doors are checked on both sides on the siding, window, and door page.
A stain has a source
A ceiling stain is not written off as cosmetic. It is tied, when the path is visible, to the roof, a bath above, or a condensate line. The photo and the moisture reading are what a repair request is built from.
The inside shows what started outside
Ceiling stains are followed to the roof or to the plumbing when that path is visible. The outside of the windows, and both sides of the exterior doors, are on the siding, window, and door page.
Those findings can be turned into one list with the repair request builder.
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