On The Spot Inspection

I have been using Chris as a home inspector for many years and have never had 1 complaint from any of my clients. As a realtor it's very important to have an honest, thorough and skilled inspector to refer. Chris is all of those things. He has extensive experience in building, construction, home maintenance, always giving my buyers great advice about how to maintain their home and issues to look out for. I'm very grateful to work with him and highly recommend him to any buyer or real estate agent needing a great home inspector. He also does sewer scopes which every buyer MUST get.
Feb 14th, 2021

Chris was punctual and professional throughout the inspection. In addition to providing a thorough evaluation of the property that detected several relevant issues, he offered his experience and input on ways to improve the function and the value of the property in the future. Clearly experienced in the field, Chris provides confidence to those looking to validate their future property. Service: Multi-unit inspections
Nov 28th, 2020

Had Chris run a home inspection, as a buyer. He's more thorough than most doctors and definitely does a better job at explaining things. Would absolutely recommend him based off my experience.
Nov 27th, 2020

I had one good experience with Chris and one experience that was bad enough to erase the first good one. Summer '18, we wanted to put in an offer on a house and decided to have it pre-inspected by Chris. He found several minor things wrong with the house, but nothing that was big enough that we couldn't resolve with the seller or fix post purchase in a hot market. We didn't get that home. Fast forward to Summer '19 where we had an offer accepted and needed to have the home inspected. Unfortunately this time, Chris missed a lot of things. He found a small hole in a door caused by a faulty door stopper, a few places that needed caulking outside, and evidence of rodents in the attic. We were able to get the seller to resolve the rodents. When we went for our final walk through pre-closing, we found several new things that went unnoticed by Chris. Cracked tiles in the bathroom, two toilets that needed servicing and worst of all, a pocket door that had clearly been kicked, causing a giant hole. Those things we were able to get the seller to compensate us for, since we luckily caught them before closing. When I brought them up to Chris and asked why he hadn't seen them, he just said "a home inspection is not a warranty, I'm glad the owners compensated you for that". It's pretty clear that he either didn't check the pocket door or he only checked one side of it, yet he will not own up to that. Since we've moved in the house, we've found several other things wrong that should have been caught. Leaky and loose faucets in two bathrooms and the kitchen. Outlets that aren't functioning. Ironically, things that he did catch at the house he pre-inspected for us last summer. When asked about these things again, he replied with "an inspection is not a warranty". Of course it isn't, Chris. But it's so improbable that tiles would crack, two toilets would need servicing, a pocket door would need replacing, leaky and loose faucets would appear (at least one of which needs to be replaced), and that outlets would stop working (that weren't hidden by any furniture)...if that is my luck, I should go buy a lottery ticket. I think Chris missed some things and isn't owning up to it. I won't be using Chris again and my realtor and her broker have removed him from their list of recommended inspectors as well. Your mileage may vary, but there are a lot of inspectors, so I would just chose another one. I tried to respectfully resolve this with Chris via email and was unable to.
Jan 21st, 2020