Did you know that almost no one outside of the contractor inspects most new
building in Israel?
NO City Inspector reviews construction during
construction as with most western countries? (known as the 4 phase
inspection process)
NO reviews on preowned homes are done by independent experts before an offer
is made? (not appraisers but qualified inspectors)
Know anyone who is planning to buy in Israel? Send them a note that could
save them real money.
Before you decide buy or rent in Israel, have the building inspected by an independent
qualified professional (not appraisers but engineering inspectors). Many problems have been found in the construction
field in Israel so don't be fooled into believing that all is well because the
owner or real-estate agent dose not mention any problems (there is no full
disclosure law in Israel).
Quality Assurance and Assessment Services helps prospective real-estate
customers review new
and used homes for quality of
construction, durability,
design and function.
Save hundreds or thousands of dollars by finding the defects (major and
minor) before buying the home. These items can be reduced from the price as
needed repairs.
Our web site enables you to understand why you need a Quality Assessment
before a purchase agreement is entered into.
Q: Would you buy a used car without taking it for a review by a
qualified mechanic? (Price= 2.5 to 4.0 % of total cost )
Q: Would an insurance company insure you without a physical
before hand? (Price= varies)
Q: Would you invest $500,000.00 in the equity markets without a
broker?
A: No. So why would spend $500,000 or more to buy a new
or used home without sending a
qualified inspector before hand? (Price= + - 0.65%
)
Many do not fully appreciate the need for both new
and pre-owned home
reviews and suffer legal, economic and emotional distress due to inexperience
or deliberate deception by both contractors and homeowners.
In the past few years there has been an increased demand for apartment inspections prior to closing real estate deals. Avi Bar-Eli: CO: Haaretz.com
I
was surprised when I was building in Israel that no inspector ever
came around to give any kind of approval of our work. We could
have built the houses any way we wanted to.
I agree that this country is in need of better building practices
and more protection for the buyer.
Yonatan C....: Carpenter Israel
Often I have clients that want to purchase an apartment and /or a house and but they don't know which way to go. Now there is an
alternative. Irwin Judy K.... Israel
Consumers seeking pre-owned homes need to understand that they are a risk during the evaluation stage. Home buyers all over the US have
been using
professional home inspections as a tool to justify costs, lower risk and increase leverage when problems
are found. Once on record it is mandatory that the seller give complete disclosure to all potential buyers.
New home buyers in Israel are at risk from contractors who for whatever reason believe or at least pretend their work is "grade A quality" all the while doing what many in the industry call "avoda-aravi" which roughly translated means "bad workmanship". Customers
have come to realize that just because the contractor says so doesn't make it so.
Contractors need supervision to prevent defects from accumulating on the job site.
Some larger firms have started using QC personnel, but this only adds to the problem.
A increasing concept in the Israel home properties development field, the
idea of inspection before buying is gaining strength in the Israeli
residential properties market in cities like Caesaria, Saviyon, Tel-Aviv, Efrat,
Jerusalem and other locations where upscale / upper-end homes and apartments
costing from 2 to 5 million dollars are
now being sold.
Review / Inspection services (not appraisers) are used in the US and other
western countries to qualify homes for the potential buyer before negations for
the structure begin. In Israel the inspection process has been completely left
to the quality control person hired by the builder during initial construction
phase, this inherent conflict of interest has show itself time and again
and needs to be addressed.
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In the past few years there has been an increased demand for apartment inspections prior to closing real estate deals.
