Home Inspection Checklists: 111 Illustrated Checklists and Worksheets You Need Before Buying a Home [Paperback]

Norman Becker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 3, 2003

A prospective home buyer's guide to evaluating a property, inside and out – loaded with inspection checklists, worksheets, charts, checklists, and photographs. This is a must-have for anyone considering a new or used home purchase. (20031014)

Editorial Reviews

Review

explains the most significant potential home defects...warning signs of serious problems...expensive to correct...many photos...diagrams...outstanding... (Inman News Features )

From the Back Cover

Find out if the house that you plan on buying has a leaky basement, termite infestation, faulty wiring or more.

Find the hidden problems before they become your problems, with this easy to carry field guide

If you're in the process of buying a home, this is the one book you need to do it right -- Home Inspection Checklists. Loaded with charts, checklists, worksheets, and photographs, this indispensable volume will help you fully evaluate a property both inside and out, discovering hidden problems before you make a commitment.

Expertly organized by a renowned engineer and nationally known authority on home inspection, this unique workbook takes you step-by-step through the complete home inspection process. You get:

* An easy to use, checklist approach to home inspection
* Scores of informative illustrations
* Useful worksheets covering every conceivable problem area
* Lists for evaluating three separate properties
* And much, much more!

Plus, Home Inspection Checklists is simple enough for the layman, yet detailed enough to serve as a valuable addition to a professional inspector's reference library. When it comes time for you to look at homes, make sure this book travels with you!

Get expert guidance on:

* Roofs
* Walls
* Basements and crawl spaces
* Heating systems
* Water heaters
* Air conditioners
* And much more!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (September 3, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071423044
• ISBN-13: 978-0071423045
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #272,486 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Much too basic and does not cover much on inspection, March 27, 2005

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David Cohen (Oakland, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home Inspection Checklists: 111 Illustrated Checklists and Worksheets You Need Before Buying a Home (Paperback)

This checklist book has some photographs of homes that were OK but the checklist and text part of the book was much too basic. None of the parts of a home inspection were revealed or included in this book. So it is NOT a worksheet with 111 checklists but only a very basic and simple guide. I could not recommend this to anyone. Get another book that has a more complete checklist that you can use and that is helpful. You will never be able to do a home inspection from using this checklist book. If you did then you will be risking a lot since you will not know what to check out and inspect if this book is your guide!!!!