Before hiring the services of a home inspector, it is paramount that you appreciate what a new inspection checklist should portray. Home buyers often do not know about home construction, structural details and other components of the home. They hence experience great difficulty in comprehending the home inspection checklists. Most of them are in fact unwary of the types of defects and how serious they could be. They also cannot tell how thorough the home inspector has done his work. It is of great importance therefore to know what exactly should be covered in the home inspection checklist. In general, the home inspection checklist contains the following items:

Wall construction, floors, ceilings, foundation and roof
Landscaping, driveways, fences, wall covering, grading, elevation, drainage, doors, sidewalks, windows and lights
Ventilation, framing, type of roof construction, gutters and flushing
Identification of materials that are used for potable drains, waste and vent pipes.
Duct work, water heaters, chimney, furnaces, air conditioning, fireplace and sprinklers
Main panel, nature of wiring, fans, circuit breakers, grounding, light fixtures and exhaust ceiling fans