Additional High-Intent Seller Questions · Straight answer from Kathleen
Should I get a home inspection before I put my house on the market?
A pre-listing inspection is usually a smart investment, because it turns the buyer's inspection from a surprise negotiation into a known quantity. You find the issues first, fix the important ones, and price or disclose the rest honestly.
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- What happens if I discover a problem with my house before I sell it?
The alternative is not that nothing is found; it is that the buyer's inspector finds it during the offer period, when the news lands with a deadline and a negotiation attached. Knowing your own home's list first removes that leverage.
If the inspection finds something real, we handle it deliberately: fix what is worth fixing, price in what is not, and disclose what the law requires. That is the difference between managing a process and reacting to one.
An honest report also builds buyer confidence. Sellers who share a clean pre-listing inspection often get stronger offers with fewer inspection renegotiations.
On the North Shore
On the North Shore, where older and coastal homes are common, a pre-listing inspection is especially valuable: roofs, water intrusion, heating, and systems all get their moment in the report, before the buyer's inspector writes the same findings under pressure.
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