HOME INSPECTOR LIABILITY

The Legal Advisor – July, 2005
By Stephanie M. Wilson STOOPS, DENIOUS, WILSON & MURRAY P.L.C.

A typical residential real estate purchase involves several parties, one of which is a home inspector. Many, if not most, buyers hire a home inspector to conduct an inspection of the property prior to close of escrow, and most buyers rely on the report generated by the home
inspector for the condition of the property and ultimately whether they will proceed with the purchase of the property in its current condition. However, often after a buyer takes possession of the property, the buyer discovers problems with the physical condition of the property which were not disclosed by either the seller or by the home inspector in the home inspector’s report. The question then becomes whether the home inspector is liable for any of the buyer’s resulting damages based on the report prepared by the home inspector which did not disclose the physical defects…

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