Does the homeowner pay a fee for a formal inspection request?
Initially, yes. The homeowner pays a $250 fee to begin the formal inspection process. The fee pays for the third-party inspection. It’s important to note that in the vast majority of cases, the commission refunds the inspection request fee to the homeowner. This happens for a couple reasons. First, the commission refunds fees associated with inspection requests filed by consumers where there are no items eligible for the process. Second, on eligible requests, if the inspector confirms even a single defect, the commission refunds the fee the homeowner paid. The only time the homeowner is not refunded the fee is when the request contains eligible items, but the inspector cannot confirm a single alleged defect contained in the request.
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