Most buyers of a used car would take it to an independent or trusted mechanic to get checked or at least buy from a dealership with a six month guarantee.
Many buyers of properties worth 30 times or more than the price of a car neglect to get it checked before purchase. Especially in Czech Republic, this practice of property inspection has really not been common. It was estimated that only 1% of property transactions in 2012 were inspected.
It is even advisable to have new construction inspected as the economic crisis has resulted in building companies using sub-standard materials in order to cut costs.
Many would get a used car inspected before purchase but not a property.
There is currently no regulation governing building inspections (just like the real estate industry) so a person needs to be careful to get a qualified and experienced inspector. There is now an association of property inspectors (in Czech – Asociace inspektorů nemovitostí or AIN)
Here is a list of property inspection companies in Czech Republic with the first three being the largest:
- Bytecheck with offices in Prague, Brno and Ostrava. All inspectors have degrees in construction and use state-of-the-art equipment. They offer inspection reports in English.
- A Buyer’s Choice Home Experts with inspectors in Prague, Brno, Olomouc, Hodonin, Zbraslav, Kladno and Most. This is a franchise originating from North America and all inspectors are trained internally.
- Nemopas DEK with offices in Prague, České Budějovice, Ostrava, Olomouc and Svitavy.
- Nemovitalita with multiple offices in Prague.
- INDOM with offices in Prague and České Budějovice.
- Nemoinspekt with an office in Prague.
Did I miss an inspection company which you have had a good experience with? Please write me at: [email protected].
Updated/Aktualizováno: December 1, 2014,
