Get on the front foot for pest and building inspections
With 1 in every 3 homes in Australia affected by termites, and termite damage being a major factor in failed building and pest inspections, it makes sense to take the simple step of having a Pre-Sale Termite Inspection & Report prepared for your property before you bring it to market.
A failed building inspection can result in you losing a sale or having to accept less money on the sale of home. Your potential buyers may seek to renegotiate price after the building inspection, it could even result in a potential buyer withdrawing the offer after building inspection.
What is a Pre-Sale Termite Inspection?
To prepare a home for sale and take it to market can be a daunting process. Listing, accepting an offer, and completing the sale while seemingly straight forward, can sometimes encounter a few unexpected hurdles after the contract is signed. After finance, the building and pest inspection stage is the next most likely point at which your potential sale can fall over. Having a Pre-Sale Termite Inspection & Report available to provide to prospective buyers from the start, is a relatively simple and low-cost way that you can get on the front foot for any pre purchase building inspection hiccups, and can even enhance your chances of getting the price you want and still completing your sale – even if termite damage is found. It puts you in control from the start, rather than being reactive to whatever turns up in a building and pest report.
A pre-sale termite inspection involves a licenced pest control technician from Action Termite Solutions attending your property to conduct an extensive internal and external visual inspection of your property to identify any current or previous signs of termite activity. Our technicians have deep knowledge and understanding of termite behaviour, so we are able to identify issues quickly and will provide you with a clear report that you can provide to your agent outlining what was found, any risks identified, and recommendations specifically for your property regarding prevention or treatment.
What to do if you find termites or termite damage?
If we do identify evidence of current or previous termite activity or damage, we can conduct a termite treatment to eradicate active termites in your property. You can then take action to either address any existing termite damage that might be identified in a building and pest report, or provide transparency, and evidence that termite activity has been adequately dealt with to reassure your prospective buyers, and avoid a situation where your buyer is seeking to renegotiating price after a pest and building inspection, or withdrawing their offer after building inspection.
Here are the three main advantages to you of getting a Pre-Sale Termite Inspection by our licensed pest control technicians at Action Termite Solutions, before you bring your property to market.
1. Know your home
If you can’t remember the last time you had a licensed professional carry out a termite inspection, or you’ve never had a termite inspection on your property, having a pre-sale termite inspection report done before you sit down with your agent can give you both confidence that the property is in great shape for sale. Even if you haven’t seen any signs of termites or termite activity, being able to provide your agent with a copy of your termite inspection report that you have just had completed as part of the pre-listing process to prepare your home for sale, gives both you and your agent confidence in the value of your property. It shows that you are all over what is to come in the contract process, and your agent is well equipped with all of the facts regarding any termite management programs you have in place and can also answer any questions the buyer might have in regards to pre-existing termite damage or wood rot if it exists.
2. Eliminate the concerns
Termites are often a concern for buyers, particularly in some Hervey Bay suburbs where termite activity tends to be prevalent. Termite feed on cellulose, found in timber, cardboard and paper and forage in the upper layer of soil, so heavily treed suburbs such as Booral and Burrum Heads see high termite activity. Our lovely leafy suburbs are as attractive to termites as they are to potential buyers. Often, the main driver behind a building and pest inspection is the perceived high risk and concern for undetected termite ingress. By employing Action Termite Solutions to carry out a pre sale termite inspection and if needed, a termite treatment, you can provide reassurance that your property has been adequately protected, and potentially even eliminate the need for a pest and building inspection by allowing the agent to use and distribute a copy of the inspection report we provide. By being proactive in providing a Pre-Sale Termite Inspection Report, you provide tangible reassurance that they will not move in only to find just weeks later that the wall backing onto the bathroom has a crack in the render and termites have gained undetected access and have actually been feeding for well over 6 months (an actual situation one of our client’s found themselves in!).
3. Opportunity to rectify or treat
By employing Action Termite Solutions to conduct your pre sale termite inspection Hervey Bay, the friendly technician will have the opportunity to walk through any conducive conditions for termites, any damage or even undertake a termite treatment to address a termite infestation should one be found. This means that you are on the front foot when it comes to getting your home ready for sale. Not only can the agent be well equipped with responses regarding any termite damage, if there is work that needs to be done, he can also be in front in the negotiation should something be mentioned in regards to the termite damage. If you are not up to date on your termite control program, you can either get one installed and make sure it is up to date or offer the possibility of a slightly reduced price to the buyers to allow for the installation of one.
The key message here is, why wait and see what the outcome of a building and pest inspection is, when you can be fully prepared for whatever is thrown at you throughout your sales campaign. Think of it as a small investment that you can make to equip your agent with the right info to get you the maximum sale price for your most prized possession.
To prepare a home for sale with a Pre-Sale Termite Inspection with Action Termite Solutions, simply get in touch or book online now and get peace of mind before bringing your property to market.
