Originally Posted by
Ken Carr
My question: Do you provide estimated cost of repairs in your reports? I would be interested in what other HI do. Thanks.
Ken,
No home inspector in my area provide cost estimates, at least that I know of. I tell people that bidding on a job can require hours of time and knowledge of material, labor and overhead costs that I do not keep up on. I invest my education time in learning about the systems that I inspect and ways to provide a better inspection.
The unfortunate reality is that people are generally not really interested in how much it is likely to cost to get the work done, they are more interested in how much they can get off of the asking price of the house (I don't tell them that though).