A home inspections report should contain the following information and you as a home buyer should ask for a home inspection checklist before you agree to the home inspection or settle for a particular home inspector.

A good home inspection report software usually has a checklist of items that have to be inspected.

In general a home inspection should be  carried out for

Structural elements like wall, ceilings etc.

Home exterior elements like wall covering, grdaing, elevation, driveways and fences.

Roof and attic elements like type of roof construction, flushing and gutters.

The main component and source of several concerns plumbing elements like pipe material used, toilets, sinks,showers, faucets etc.

Other elements to be inspected are air conditioning, water heaters, furnaces, ducts, sprinklers etc.

Electrical elements like the main panel and the circuit breakers.

Some of the major applinaces covered are dishwasher, range and oven, garbage disposal, smoke detectors etc.

Garage elements like slab, vents, entry, exterior, windows and roof etc.

Apart from this the report should mention about concrete and how the measurement was done using the concrete calculator.

A home inspection report should mention the health and safety concerns , foundation anomalies, moisture and drainage issues if any. Remember they do not cover the roof condition and do not give a roof certification.

With such a detailed inspection to be done, a good home inspector armed with a good home inspection report software would be able to do the job satisfactorily. In the light of the above elements, buyers who are thinking of not doing the home inspection should cross the fence to the other side and get a home inspection done or at least get a good home inspection report software to do the home inspcetion by themselves.

In the last 12 years the growth of the home inspection industry has been unbelievable and that has spawned many courses and fly by night operators.You would routinely see adverts saying that become a home inspector in 25 days , yes very true that these would  certify you but are these agencies actually accredited or not , please verify for yourself before joining such a course.

Become a home isnpector requires years of experience and huge amounts of knowledge. This cannot be done in a 25 day course. The best you can do is research before singing on those home inspection courses. And all said there is no substitute for the experience gained on the field.

The courses online can train you in the basics of contruction design as well as give you training in the use of the home inspection report software. They also give you training in identifying errors and omissions which can not be uncovered by the uncovered eye.

Do due diligence while signing up for home inspection certification course and make sure you are not duped by scamsters and non accredited institutes.For example the home inspector should check all about the gutters that are there in your house and how easy water can be drained from them and how well they can be cleaned with the gutter cleaning equipment.