Home inspection process (buyer) template

Steps in this flowchart

• Offer accepted
• Book licensed home inspector within contingency window
• Inspection: roof, structure, electrical, plumbing, HVAC
• Receive inspection report with photos
• Major defects found?
• Remove inspection contingency
• Specialist evaluation needed?
• Order structural, sewer scope, radon or mould tests
• Get contractor repair estimates
• Agent drafts repair request
• Seller responds
• Seller agrees to repairs or credit?
• Sign repair addendum
• Buyer willing to proceed as-is?
• Cancel contract & recover earnest money
• Re-inspect completed repairs before closing
• Proceed to appraisal & closing
• Deal terminated

How to use this flowchart template

1. Click Open in the editor. The flowchart opens on a new page in FlowDiagram — nothing is uploaded and there is no sign-up.
2. Rename, add or delete shapes and drag them where you want; connectors stay attached as things move.
3. Drop in vendor logos from the library — 1,160 of them, including every AWS, Azure and Google Cloud service icon — or restyle it with the colour and theme controls.
4. Prefer text? Edit the Mermaid source below and paste it in through ☰ → Import diagram (see the Mermaid editor); it imports as an editable diagram.
5. Export to PNG, SVG or PDF, or press Ctrl+L for a link that carries the whole diagram.

Mermaid source

The whole template is the text below. Paste it into FlowDiagram, keep it in Git next to the code it describes, or hand it to an AI assistant to extend.

flowchart TD
  A((Offer accepted)) --> B[Book licensed home inspector within contingency window]
  B --> C[Inspection: roof, structure, electrical, plumbing, HVAC]
  C --> D[Receive inspection report with photos]
  D --> E{Major defects found?}
  E -->|No| F[Remove inspection contingency]
  E -->|Yes| G{Specialist evaluation needed?}
  G -->|Yes| H[Order structural, sewer scope, radon or mould tests]
  G -->|No| I[Get contractor repair estimates]
  H --> I
  I --> J[Agent drafts repair request]
  J --> K[Seller responds]
  K --> L{Seller agrees to repairs or credit?}
  L -->|Yes| M[Sign repair addendum]
  L -->|No| N{Buyer willing to proceed as-is?}
  N -->|Yes| F
  N -->|No| O[Cancel contract & recover earnest money]
  M --> P[Re-inspect completed repairs before closing]
  P --> F
  F --> Q((Proceed to appraisal & closing))
  O --> R((Deal terminated))

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