If you are purchasing a property, the answer is yes. A pre-purchase inspection allows you to make sure that you’re getting what you’re paying for. Selling homeowners may omit or not be aware of pertinent information that could result in thousands of dollars of repairs resulting from costly issues that you were not made aware of. When you’re spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a home, a home inspection is a small price to pay for ensuring that your investment is worth it.