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Our qualifications – What to look for when hiring a home inspector and why you should hire Aberdeen Building Consulting

Buying a house or building is an important decision. Shouldn’t you hire an inspection company that will provide you with great service? All home inspectors are not the same and if you a hire company simply based upon price, you get what you pay for. What you need is information — the critical factor in your determination to make the largest purchase you will ever make — the purchase of a home or building. The few dollars you save on a cheap inspection may come back to haunt you later.

#1 – Licensed in New York State

It is now law that no one may perform home inspections in New York State without a license. All inspections performed by this company are performed by a New York State-licensed home inspector.

#2 – ASHI certified

Licensing is good but not enough. Any good home inspector should belong to one of the national associations and strive to attain the highest classification offered by that organization. ASHI (American Society of Home Inspectors) is the largest trade association in this field and offers an extensive home inspection standard to which all of their members must adhere. To be certified as a full member one must pass the challenging National Home Inspector Exam, complete a minimum number of paid home inspections, and have those inspections verified for compliance to the ASHI inspection standards. Members must also complete a minimum of 20 hours of continuing education every year. All inspections by this company are performed by a fully certified member of ASHI.

#3 – All inspections are performed by the company owner

Would you rather have your inspection performed by an employee earning a salary, or the owner of the company, whose reputation rides on each inspection? You will find that the owner of this company is indeed friendly, caring, and thorough.

#4 – Experience, training, detail, tools and objectivity

Matt has had extensive first-hand experience in construction, including major carpentry, roofing, major electrical work, plumbing, heating systems, swimming pool maintenance, and more. Matt has performed home inspections full-time since 1999. Prior to entering the field, he took 80 hours of training in the unique discipline of home inspection. Matt uses state-of-the-art tools, which are required to do this work properly, including a moisture meter, combustible gas detector, carbon monoxide analyzer, digital infra-red thermometer, EMF meter, microwave leakage detector, a 28-foot extension ladder for accessing any 2-story roof (because proper roof evaluation cannot be performed from the ground), and more. Many companies, including some high profile engineering firms that we know of, do not use such tools and will not remove electrical panel covers, access the roof with a ladder, or enter attics and crawl spaces. Compare what is covered in our inspections to what is offered by other companies.

THIS PART IS IMPORTANT: While it is critical for a home inspection to reveal as many defects and problems as can be found, it is just as critical to present rational solutions to problems. There are inspection companies that are reputed to “kill” a deal by overstating conditions of the house in order to turn a client off to buying a particular house, thereby guaranteeing the inspection company a second or third inspection from that client. This is a highly unethical practice. We feel that by hiring us to inspect a property, you already have already shown interest in making a financial commitment to that property and it would be unfair to scare you away from a house simply to generate more business for ourselves. It is for this reason that time is taken at the end of each inspection to fully explain all issues, including possible repair options, associated with a given property.

#5 – A true desire to enlighten clients about their home or building

An inspection from this company is more like an education experience. If you have doubts about whether this company is the most enthusiastic about providing information and education about your prospective house or building, consider this: How many other inspection companies have gone through the trouble to present the huge amount of information that you can find in the House Encyclopedia and Glossary on this site?

#6 – Great written report

Conversation that happens on the day of the inspection may be forgotten, so the report serves as a written record of the inspection.

If you would like to get an idea of the quality of service you will receive, you should request a sample copy of a company’s written report. Although many companies will have them available for download at their web sites, other companies have not even bothered to make sample reports available. A refusal to this request should be regarded with suspicion. We have seen many home inspection reports on other company web sites, and aside from obvious spelling mistakes and poor grammar, many of these reports are really hard to read — being jammed with redundant disclaimers and vague sentence fragments, leaving very little useful information.

Other companies provide a report format commonly referred to as a “checklist” report which you will not be able to download. While these written reports are given at the inspection site, they are limited in specific detail except for some handwritten comments and they contain a lot of general information that is not relevant to your house.

Our report format is 100% property-specific, easy to read, and includes annotated, large, color, digital photos (20 – 30 on average) highlighting areas of concern. Our reports average 40-50 pages in length for the typical house or building (co-ops 15 – 20 pages; condos 25 – 30 pages) and contain information you can use, including how things work and home maintenance tips. Costs estimates are provided for major items where appropriate. We are proud to have a full sample report available here for your perusal so that you can see ahead of time the type of quality work you will receive. Extra time is taken to prepare these reports but they are delivered by email on the business day following the inspection (usually by morning) as well as sent by hard copy in the mail. The report can be used as a punch-list or reference, or owner’s manual, for years to come.

#7 – Termite certificate included in the report

If you are getting a mortgage, your lender will require you to provide a termite certificate at the closing. Rather than schedule a separate termite inspection, we include the termite certificate with each report. One less thing for you to deal with.

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