What is the definition of home inspection? Understanding the official definition of home inspection, may help in understanding what it is a home inspection is. Or, maybe you are just curious.
Home inspection means a visual, functional, non-invasive inspection conducted for a fee or any other consideration and performed without moving personal property, furniture, equipment, plants, soil, snow, ice, or debris, using the mandatory equipment and including the reparation of a home inspection report of the readily-accessible elements of the following components of a residential building: structural components, exterior components, roofing system, plumbing system, electrical system, heating system, cooling system, interior components, insulation components and ventilation systems, fireplaces and solid fuel burning appliances, or any other related residential housing component as determined by the Board, in consultation with the Committee, by rule, but excluding recreational facilities and outbuildings other than garages or carports.
So what is the official definition of home inspection report?
“Home inspection report” means a written report prepared for a fee or any other consideration by a home inspector which:
1) Discloses those systems and components which are designated for inspection pursuant to this subchapter and are present at the time of the inspection, as well as those which are present at the time of the home inspection but are not inspected and the reason(s) they are not inspected;
2) Describes systems and components as specified in this subchapter;
3) States what material defects are found in systems or components;
4) States the significance of findings; and
5) Provides recommendations regarding the need to repair, replace or monitor a system or component, or to obtain examination and analysis by a qualified professional, tradesman or service technician.