Who verifies repairs after a home inspection?

You check them yourself, with help from your agent and your inspector. Your agent can ask the seller for receipts and the contractor's name for each agreed repair, and you can pay your inspector to come back and look. Before you sign at closing, the CFPB says to walk through the home and confirm every agreed repair was made.

Who verifies repairs after home inspection?

You do, with help from your agent and your inspector, and there are three checks to make. None of them proves the work was done well. Together, they show you what was done and who did it.

Through your agent, ask the seller for a receipt and the contractor's name for each agreed repair.
If you want a second look, pay your inspector to come back and check the repaired items.
Do a final walk-through before you sign anything at closing.

The CFPB says the final walk-through is when you make sure everything you and the seller agreed would be repaired has been repaired. Bring the repair request and the receipts so you can check each item. If a receipt names the contractor, you can look up their license with the Oregon and Washington license lookups or the license lookup for your state.

Can home inspectors do repairs?

No, not on a home they inspected, if they belong to ASHI or InterNACHI. ASHI's code of ethics says inspectors shall not repair, replace or upgrade, for compensation, the systems it covers for one year after the inspection. InterNACHI's code says members shall not perform or offer to perform, for an additional fee, repairs on a structure they inspected for 12 months.

Those codes bind members only, and they aren't state law. The state that licenses home inspectors may set its own rules. In Washington, for example, the Department of Licensing issues home inspector licenses and takes complaints, so check with the board or agency in your state.

After a roof repair, where do I go to have it checked?

Start with the roofer who did the work, and ask for a written description of what they repaired. Then ask your inspector whether they'll come back to look at the roof and the attic. If your agent has a roofer on their go-to list, that roofer can give you a second opinion.

A second look shows you what's visible on the day. It can't promise the repair will hold, so keep the roofer's receipt and any warranty they give you. If you're still buying, tell your agent what you found before closing. Once the seller agrees to a repair, the repair request is the list you check the work against.

This article is general information, not legal advice. Rules change, so confirm the details with your state's home inspector board.

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A second opinion can come from your agent's list

If your agent uses Proferral, their go-to list opens on your phone with no app and no login, so you can call a roofer or an electrician from it. Nobody pays to be on the list. Proferral doesn't inspect repairs or check anyone's work, so the walk-through is still yours to do. Here's how your agent's go-to list works.

Ask your agent for their list

Your agent sends you the link, and you open it on your phone without installing anything.