As a realtor, it is your job to help and guide a potential homeowner to see all the possibilities when it comes to selling his or her house. To attract and even secure a buyer or a tenant, it is imperative to paint a desirable picture. However, with plumbing problems or malfunctions at your property, you can easily lose the lease or sale.
Don’t ignore the plumbing work!
Think about it; a family is excited to move into its new home and has all its stuff moved in. However, tragedy strikes when the house floods only because you as the realtor neglected the plumbing. The new homeowners who were excited to move in now become frantic and turn to you to sort out this mess.
Apart from a catastrophe, broken drain lines and sewerage system are the most expensive repair that a house can demand. The majority of home inspectors, as well as real estate agents, surely look at the roof quite closely along with the air conditioning system. However, they fail to think of the sewer lines. This is primarily because, during a home inspection, sewerage lines aren’t visible. Thus, the idea often slips the mind.
Getting an examination done
As mentioned earlier, crushed pipes usually go unnoticed. Plus, most homeowners think of selling their property once they discover the compromised sewer line and the high cost of repair it brings along. While some homeowners are honest and tell the realtor the truth, many don’t. The realtor then sells the house in good consciousness without knowing about the trouble present underneath.
However, all this mess can be easily avoided by getting a simple examination done by a licensed plumber. This examination involves a camera inspection of the line that shows the interior of the whole sewer line. As a result, your client will be empowered to make an informed decision.
