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Houses in good physical condition sell for top dollar. Fixer-uppers sell at greatly reduced prices because whoever buys them must spend money on repairs to get them back into pristine condition.
Even if you've lived in your house for the past 20 years, it may have hidden problems you know nothing about. You probably can't see, for example, whether your house's electrical system is shot or whether dry rot is turning the woodwork into sawdust or whether the roof is one rainstorm away from springing a Niagara of leaks.
Invisible defects can be deal breakers because they cost major money to repair. The more you know about your house's hidden problems, the better you can effectively deal with those problems. For that reason, we recommend that you have your property thoroughly inspected before putting it on the market.
