Tips to check before buying a home

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1. Check the area/locality: First before buying home check the surrounding area. Check the distance of hospitals, schools, college, bus stop, market etc. Select appropriate and comfortable home. 2. Check the doors: Some doors not lock properly or it will be loose check properly. 3. Check the Drains: This is important. Sometimes between the house and the sewer line, there will be a backup. Check damages in pipelines. Usually tree branches or a collapsed pipe, but either way, it's hard to spot unless you run a load of laundry, fill up the tub and sinks and let them all attempt to drain at the same time. 4. Check Water facility: Many may cheat you that you saying you don’t have any water problem. But ask neighbors’ about water connection. How frequent you get water . 5. Check for bore well: Check the pump or motor of borewell. Sometimes it struck and not pump the water. 6. Check for water tank or sintex tanks Check How depth it is.?How much water it can store? Whether it is clean or not?. Check these basic things. 7. Taste The Water Your pipes might be old enough that they'll send a little extra something out of the tap and into your glass. Knowing up front if you'll need to install a whole house filter or invest in a few Brita pitchers is always helpful. 8. Open All The Windows: Replacing windows isn't fun and it isn't cheap either. Open those windows to find out if they stick are stuck or just plain old won't open. 9. Turn On All the Faucets (like tap): Check properly they work or not. Whether it’s tight or loose. Or you have to replace it. 10. Light a Fire in the Fireplace: Even though chimneys are usually installed by professionals, that doesn't mean they're always in pristine shape. Cleaning them is as simple as a phone call to a local chimney sweep, but finding out if all the fireplaces in the home draft correctly is another. 11. Flush The Toilets: Knowing that all the toilets in the home can handle toilet paper is a bonus. Although they're easy enough to replace or fix, finding ones that flush well are a bonus. If you're dissatisfied they could issue you money back to make the replacement in order to get you to sign on the dotted line! 12. Open The Electrical Panel: A clean and labeled panel is a happy panel. Something that looks like squirrels got up inside can signal trouble. Look for loose wires or ones that simply don't connect to anything. It could signal that there's live wires inside the walls! 13. Pull the Carpet Back: Before you move in, you'll want to find out if there's hardwood floors and also any mold or mildew under the carpets. Look for the lowest side of the room and if possible pull a corner back. Many homeowners will have a section of carpet removed in a closet to allow you to see the condition of the floors below. 14. Basement Moisture: Although most home inspectors will sniff this one out for you, look for signs of dampness. Even if the walls aren't apparently wet, look for things like dehumidifiers, bucks of silica or other things that grab moisture from the air and keep it at bay. If the home owners are smart enough to move these things, look for places near outlets that look clean (or leave a dust ring) where something like this might have sat.