Home inspections...?

Question

i need to know some websites i can go to, to find home inspection companies in columbus ohio.

Answer 1

Jenny - obviously you have had a bad experience and if so on behave of the many home inspectors in your area I apologize. Licensure doesn't really determine if you get a good or bad tradesperson or realtor for that matter. Licensure just means that at some point they were able to pass a test.

Let me qualify that I am a home inspector and I inspect hundreds of homes a year. I rarely have a client who doesn't believe that my inspections are worth the $$$ they spent. In fact in many occasions the issues we identify are worth many times what are fees are. Here are some types to avoid the bad apples of the home inspections

Take time to educate yourself. A good starting point is my website WWW.paccrestinspections.com Ask your Realtor®, friends, and coworkers for references. They can tell you who to look to and who to stay away from. When you are contacting the home inspector, include things in your brief interview such as:

·Experience and education (what credentials do they hold and what organizations awarded them)?
·Are they full time inspectors? How many inspections do they perform in one year?
·Can you attend the inspection and ask questions during the inspection?
·Can you see what their report looks like?
·Ask if they have had complaints or lawsuits against them. Do some homework with the Better Business Bureau (BBB). The BBB logs complaints against companies in your area, including home inspectors.
·Although most people will ask about price first, it should be the last question asked in a financial transaction this large. Typically the cost of the inspection is only 1%-2% of the total transaction value. Many inspections will uncover issues many times the fee charged.

Need more information? Feel free to go to NAHI’s web site at www.nahi.org or call 1-800-448-3942!

Answer 2

there is not any such element as an AS-IS abode. a generic genuine sources grant already has a equipped-in contigency for inspection, except this is been got rid of. A builder chum isn't sufficient. don't be inexpensive with a tremendous funding like this, GET AN INSPECTOR. they are purely approximately $4 hundred greenbacks or so, yet ensure you get somebody who's conscious his activity interior and out. Ask for strategies from human beings, quite your Realtor. lower back, i've got seen one in each and every of those lot of folk lose fortunes over an basic failure to do an inspection. this is not an selection, you could desire to do it. i do no longer care if the abode replaced into equipped the former day, DO IT. by way of the way, only to characteristic, that's what the HUD website has to way approximately it: ought to i'm getting a house inspection? We inspire you to get an inspection after your grant is conventional. All HUD residences are offered AS-IS, devoid of guarantee. HUD won't make maintenance nor pay to applicable any issues.

Answer 3

I assume you are going to buy a house and you're looking for someone to inspect it and tell you of problems they see. Well, we did this about 15 years ago when we bought a house. IT IS A TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY. I can not emphasize this enough. Do not waste your money on a home inspection. Have a relative who owns a home, a friend, a co-worker...someone who owns their own home look it over for you. They do not need to be an expert in electrical or furnaces or anything like that...but a homeowner can look over a home and point out the problems that may be there. If you read the fine print of the PROFESSIONAL inspector you will see they are NOT responsible for giving you wrong information or missing anything....so they are worthless because they do not stand behind what they say. They could tell you your furnace is fine and will last another 20 years and if it breaks and must be replaced two weeks after you moved in you are out of luck...so why pay them? PLEASE..DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.

Where you SHOULD put your money is in an attorney. Before you sign any paperwork let an attorney look it over and advise you. THAT is where you should be putting your money. To make sure all the paperwork is in order and you are aware of everything that you need to be aware of and are not getting ripped off in any way. DO NOT SIGN ANY PAPERS WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY LOOKING THEM OVER FIRST.

Answer 4

Not a direct answer to your question, but buyer beware: Ohio does not regulate or license home inspectors (unlike most other states). I would look for someone who is certified by the American Society of Home Inspectors in your area (12 are listed in Columbus metro):

http://www.ashi.org/find/

Generally speaking, home inspectors are definitely worth their fees if you have an inspection contingency in your contract. They are not as important to the sale itself if your contract is not conditioned on passing inspection, but they can help you know what you'll need to fix. There are lost of areas that are not included in standard home inspections (notably appliances), so read up before you hire one.

Answer 5

so in the search engine type in "home inspector columbus ohio" or use the online yellow pages

Answer 6

Yellow Pages!

Answer 7

did you try asking your realtor?