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The Home Inspection
You will appreciate the detailed yet simple to follow report, presented to you on site at the end of the inspection. Your house will be inspected from top to bottom, inside and out. You will be surpassed at just how much we inspect. The following components will all be inspected:

• Air Conditioning and its components
• Attic, insulation, ventilation
• Built in kitchen appliances, countertops and cabinets
• Heating systems and its components
• Complete plumbing systems and water heater
• Driveway, garage
• Electrical system and it's components
• Exterior siding, windows and doors
• Fireplace, smoke chamber and chimney
• Foundation, basement, crawl space, grading
• Porch, patio, deck
• Roof, flashing, gutter, downspout
• Walls, floors, ceilings, doors, closets

Click Here to go on a sampleWalk Through Home Inspection.

A Learning Experience
A Home Inspection is also a wonderful learning experience. It is an opportunity for you to gather information about one of the most important financial decisions you will make during your lifetime... the purchase of a home.

Furthermore, this may also be your only opportunity to really get to know the house that will be your home for many years to come.You may have visited it one or more times with your Realtor. Chances are you have not had time to really look at everything in the home in enough detail to fully understand what you are buying, and then to use that knowledge to succesfully negotiate the purchase. Our Home Inspection is designed to help give you that "up-front" information so that you can be a better-informed homebuyer.

During the Home Inspection
During the walk-through, you will learn about the home's condition as the inspector points out the "plus points" as well as any problem areas that need attention. The inspector will discuss what remedies are possible (in the case of major repairs) as well as telling you how to fix or repair smaller maintenance items.

The Certified Inspection Report
You will receive a detailed inspection report at the end of the walk-through. The inspector will also explain the report and the forms to you. Inspected items that are in working order are checked "performing intended function" and those items that need attention are checked "needs immediate repair or replacement". Those items in the "needs immediate repair or replacement" column are fully described. The problem the inspector observed is clearly noted, and the specific location in the home is given.

The inspection report you receive is not just a "fill in the blanks" report. Rather, it is a detailed analysis of the home you intend to buy, all in an easy-to-read and understand format.

Carbonless copies of all the inspection pages are included so that you will have them if they are needed (or required) by your Realtor or lending institution.

Using the Inspection Report
After you receive the inspection report, you should read it carefully before going back to your Realtor and making the post inspection addendum. This addendum is, in essence, a counteroffer that you make to the seller asking for certain items to be repaired or replaced before you buy the house.

In most cases, the offer you made to buy the home subject to a home inspection by a professional inspector holds the seller responsible to make good only those defects in the home that relate to habitability or safety. Your Realtor will advise you as to what is a defect that relates to habitability or safety.

There will be instances on the report where it is noted that an item "needs immediate repair or replacement". The item in question should be repaired, but may not be something that you can go back to the seller about because it is not a defect, and does not relate to habitability or safety. In most cases these would be smaller items needing a repair that would normally be considered routine maintenance.

We strongly recommend that you insist that a contractor or a licensed professional carries out any repairs to the home that are required as a result of the home inspection. Receipts for the work done can be given to you at the time of closing to show and prove that the work has been properly done.

Find out More
Click on the links below to learn about the forms your
Real Estate agent uses to set up a home inspection
(Inspection Addendum) and to negotiate for repairs or replacement (Post Inspection Agreement) after a home inspection.

After the Inspection
We are available to help you and your Realtor if you have any difficulty in understanding or interpreting a problem or condition that was observed and noted on the certified inspection report.

Our Web site's Technical/FAQ section is also available with information to help you better understand the inspection report as well as to help you with your home's overall maintenance.

Note: Our Buyer's Inspection Service standards meet or exceed both the American Inspectors Society (A.I.S.) inspection standards and the National Association of Home Inspectors (NAHI) standards of practice.