A home inspection service can be carried out on many kinds of buildings: a factory, an office, a new apartment, or a resale apartment before purchase.
If you are about to buy a new apartment from a contractor, it is worth seriously considering a home inspection for it. The inspection confirms that the apartment is in sound condition, built according to regulation, and that the contractor met his commitments under the technical specification and safety principles.
In the less favorable case, a home inspection will reveal construction defects, and the professional report becomes admissible evidence if you decide to sue the contractor. You can also ask a real-estate appraiser to assess how much the defects affect the property's value.
Many buyers now know that construction companies do not always meet their commitments, so they order the inspection before handover, or on the day the apartment is handed over.
The process for a new apartment covers several important parameters, giving the new resident confidence that the apartment has no construction defects and is truly in sound physical condition.
Here is what it checks:
The physical and engineering condition of the apartment
This covers the condition of the walls, the level of waterproofing, the building materials used, and whether the flooring matches the contractor's commitments and is in sound condition. It also covers the technical specification: the electrical system, the air conditioning, and the plumbing.
Together, these are the main parameters that determine the apartment's engineering condition.
A clean result confirms there are no construction defects in your new apartment, and it is reasonable to expect none in the future, because the contractor built it in accordance with the regulations and met his commitments to you.
The legal status of the apartment
Beyond the engineering side, it can be worth bringing in a real-estate appraiser to complement the inspection in his own area of expertise: the apartment's legal and zoning status. This meticulous check means digging through bureaucratic paperwork to answer questions such as: is the apartment registered in the land registry (Tabu) in your name?
Did the contractor carry out every change requested in the sale contract? And are there no plans to change the zoning status of the area?
A thorough, professional inspection like this can save you significant expense and headaches down the road, since some defects and faults only surface years later.
In short, a home inspection is as necessary and essential for a new apartment as a mechanic's check is before you buy a new car.
The engineers of Arad Bedek Bayit, led by building engineer Ron Arad, whom courts appoint as their own expert on construction defects. The company has been inspecting apartments and buildings since 2001. Engineer Ron Arad · More about the company