Home Maintenance Inspections for all Home Owners

If you are a current homeowner, we recommend that you receive a home maintenance inspection every 2-3 years after you have closed on your property. For about the cost of a basic automotive tune up, a home maintenance inspection can help to identify problems and damage in your home before they become an expensive or irreversible threat to your fiscal well being.

During the course of living in a home, many home owners often overlook, or become accustomed to seeing deferred maintenance issues within their own home. While some of these maintenance issues may be minor and inconsequential, many seemingly minor issues (like deteriorated caulk around windows), may lead to more serious problems (such as wood rot within walls). Issues like excessive moisture in a crawl space can lead to serious and costly structural damage. And some problems, such as bad electrical wiring or deteriorated furnace vents, are safety concerns and potentially life threatening.

Components evaluated include:

• Exterior
• Roof
• Electrical Service
• Heating and Cooling System
• Plumbing
• Water Heater
• Foundation/Basement/Crawl Space
• Fireplaces and Chimneys
• Kitchen/Bathrooms/Entire Interior space
• Attic/Insulation, etc.

Most people perform regular maintenance on their car, yet most people neglect the single most expensive investment they have...their home. Much like a buyer-seller inspection, a home maintenance inspection is a visual examination of your homes systems, mechanicals and structure. Everything from top to bottom is inspected to ensure that everything is in proper working condition. Any defects or damage will be noted in our comprehensive home inspection report.

The examination of a typical home will take approximately 2-3 hours. We encourage you to attend the inspection, and to follow the inspector during the inspection. By observing and asking questions, you'll learn about your home and get tips on general maintenance and information that will be of great help to you.