Create a Home Inspection Checklist in 30 Seconds

How to make a home inspection checklist

A pre-purchase walk-through goes faster when every system has its own rated row and a place for notes. This generator builds a clean, fillable checklist a buyer or inspector can complete on a phone during the visit and sign before leaving.

What to put on the checklist

• Identification: property address, client or buyer, inspection date, inspector, year built, square footage, weather, and which utilities are on.
• Numbered areas — exterior and grounds, roof and gutters, structure and foundation, plumbing, electrical, and heating, cooling and interior — each item rated S, M, D, or NI with a notes line.
• A summary of major findings that separates safety items from repair-and-monitor items and gives an overall condition.

How to fill it and get it signed

• Rate each item on site; use the notes line for defects like a missing TPR discharge or a loose gutter.
• The inspector signs with a printed name and license number; the client adds an acknowledgment signature.
• You receive a completed, dated PDF to keep with the file before closing.

When the walk-through is done, turn the findings into a full home inspection report for the buyer's records.