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Home Buying & Pre-Sale Inspection
Home Warranty

Sherlock Homes Inspection will provide for the added protection and security of our clients by furnishing a complementary 90 day limited home warranty by American Home Warranty Company (AHWC) for a home buying inspection.  In addition, every client that purchases a pre sale home inspection (listing inspection) will receive a complementary 120 day limited home warranty. The following provisions currently apply to all AHWC limited home warranties.

AHWC LIMITED HOME WARRANTY
 

If you were buying a home and did not have it inspected by a professional home inspector would you check the flue of a fireplace? Sherlock Homes Inspection of Illinois does !FOR FULL - HOME INSPECTIONS ONLY

This AHWC Limited Home Warranty is for the person(s) home that is the subject of the home inspection report by the AHWA Member Company. AHWA member is not an employee, agent, or representative of AHWC. This AHWC Limited Home Warranty is effective from the date of the home inspection for a period of 90 days for a home buying inspection or 120 days for a presale home inspection .

Benefits under this limited warranty cover failures of listed covered items only, after the full - home inspection, and are subject to all exclusions set forth below. Notice of claims must be received on or before expiration date or the limited warranty is no longer valid.

WHAT MECHANICAL COMPONENTS ARE COVERED?

  • PLUMBING - water lines, drain lines, faucets, water heaters.
  • GAS LINES - gas lines within house.
  • ELECTRICAL - main service panel, wiring.
  • BUILT-IN APPLIANCES ONLY - range, cook top and oven, dishwasher, microwave oven, trash compactor, garbage disposal.
  • CLIMATE CONTROL - all central heating and air conditioning systems. All coverage is subject to the exclusions set forth below.

WHAT STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS ARE COVERED?
 

  • FOUNDATION - poured concrete and block wall foundations only.
  • FRAMEWORK - floor joists, structural framing.
  • ROOFING - roof structure, roof covering (limited to repair of leaking area only).
  • WALLS - exterior and/or load bearing walls, interior wall framing.
  • GARAGE DOORS - attached garage doors only.

All coverage is subject to the exclusions set forth below.

WHAT IS EXCLUDED UNDER THIS LIMITED MECHANICAL and STRUCTURAL WARRANTY

Any item or component not specifically listed above as covered. All secondary or consequential damages. Items listed as defective, needing further professional evaluation, not verifiable, not inspected or not visible at the time of the inspection. Cosmetic repairs. Water damage in any form. Items beneath concrete. Damages caused by the lack of normal maintenance and care. Any climate control system, hot water heater or covered built-in appliances 11 years of age or older. Removal and repair or replacement of walls, floors, roof or concrete to repair components (pipes, wiring, gas lines, etc.). Automatic garage door openers. Blocked pipes. Sewage systems. Mold in any form. Improvements, modifications, upgrades and bringing up to code, rule or regulation. Service calls to perform routine maintenance and service. Fireplaces and chimney repairs. Concrete cracking or scaling. Roof repair is limited to repair of the immediate leakage area only and not to replacement of the entire roof. Repairs and/or replacement materials will be completed in substantially the same kind of material. Interior and exterior painting and all other maintenance items. Any damage caused by vermin (insects, termites, rodents, etc.). All mechanical coverage is limited to within the home's foundation and to a maximum of $500.00. All structural coverage, including foundation and roofing, is limited to within the home's foundation and to a maximum of $2000.00. Indemnification from all loss is not implied by this limited warranty.

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Sherlock Homes Inspection LLC
2722 N 45th Rd.
Sandwich, IL. 60548-9115

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