How to Prepare for a Commercial Property Inspection
When it comes to commercial property inspection, there is no flat rate price. You can either pay $400 all the way up to $1,000 depending on where the building resides.
In order to not throw away that money, you will want to prepare not only the building, but yourself as well to make the most out of this inspection.
Here’s everything you need to know.
Maintain Awareness of Potential Issues
First and foremost, your building inspection will typically uncover many issues that you may not be aware of.
However, there may be issues that you are aware of prior to scheduling your inspection. If that is the case, you can handle some of these problems prior to an inspector coming out.
By taking care of these small issues, this will allow them to not turn into much bigger issues that will end up on your inspection report.
With that being said some issues you will want to check prior to scheduling your commercial building inspection is:
- Electrical systems
- Elevators
- Heating/cooling systems
- Interior elements
- Paved surface areas
- Plumbing systems
- Roof surface areas
- Sewage systems
When handling these repairs, you will want to have all the necessary paperwork readily available for the inspector. You will also want to ensure that the building is in compliance with all building codes, ADA requirements, and environmental requirements.
How to Pick an Inspector
Before you choose any old inspector, you should conduct an informal interview with a few of them. You should know that when it comes to building inspectors, each state differs from one another.
This is where you will want to ask the inspector a few questions to get to them and their experience. You will want to know the following:
- Have they worked on similar projects in the past?
- What about their inspector certifications?
- What services do they include during the inspection?
- What is the final charge for this commercial building inspection?
By asking these few questions, you will be able to gauge if this inspector would be a good fit for you and your project. This should help you avoid any unwanted surprises during the process.
The Day of the Inspection
The day of the inspection will be a pretty big day. You will want to make sure you do a few things prior to the inspection begins.
If you know of issues that you couldn’t get to prior to the inspection, have a list ready for the inspector. The inspector will still inspect those problem areas, but they will know what to look for as well.
You will also want to ensure that all areas that will be inspected are cleared of any obstacles that could be blocking the inspector access.
Having these things done prior to the inspector coming will ensure your inspection to go fast and smooth.
What’s Next with Commercial Property Inspection?
As long as you take initiative and document or fix the issues prior to commercial property inspection, you should be fine and the process should go by rather smoothly.
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