In a home over the years, a small routine maintenance issue that is ignored by the homeowner, can turn into a major issue that is undetected until it is discovered during a home buyers inspection.
If a homeowner had a checkup of his home every few years, the examination would constantly bring up the issue and probably lead to correction.
They do not need it, as I give my clients all the home maintenance info possible: “the now that you have had a home inspection” book and a CD with over 200 NACHI articles tailored to their home, and over 100 NACHI graphics. I worked two years to create this CD, and since I have never had a call-back. In some instances, that is good.
“Well Mr. Inspector, I appreciate you doing a maintenance check on my home that you inspected 7 years ago, but why didn’t you catch the defect then?”