WHAT SHOULD YOUR CONNECTICUT HOME INSPECTION COST?
Inspection fees vary considerably. Yes, there are inspectors who prove how inexperienced they are by charging as little as $200, no matter the size of the house or how complicated it is to inspect. A seasoned home inspector might charge five times more than the new inspector, but even that is still a bargain. Real estate agencies charge 3.0% to 6.0% to sell a house, that’s $18,000 to $36,000 for a $600,000 house! If the owner of a house is willing to pay a real estate agent $18,000 to $36,000 to sell a house, is less than $1000 too much to find out the property’s true condition? What have you saved when the “competitively priced” (inexperienced) inspector fails to uncover a major (expensive) issue or fails to properly convey important findings?
Have you viewed a sample report from the “competitively priced” inspection company? Does it include photo documentation? (unlikely) Is it a handwritten checklist report? (likely) View 3 pages of a “competitively priced” inspection report. If a thorough inspection, full narrative report and photo editing of an average size home takes 5 to 7 hours, (not counting travel time) how “thorough” is the inspector who does two inspections and reports in a day?
Here’s a few pages from a really cheap inspection (it doesn’t meet the home inspection standards of practice for Connecticut): $250 worthless inspection report sample.
What’s the alternative to a cheap and practically useless handwritten checklist report? The real value of an inspection and report is measured by its usefulness.
Looking for a Connecticut Home Inspector? Contact Allied Home Inspections LLC - "Inspected Once, Inspected Right!"
Have you viewed a sample report from the “competitively priced” inspection company? Does it include photo documentation? (unlikely) Is it a handwritten checklist report? (likely) View 3 pages of a “competitively priced” inspection report. If a thorough inspection, full narrative report and photo editing of an average size home takes 5 to 7 hours, (not counting travel time) how “thorough” is the inspector who does two inspections and reports in a day?
Here’s a few pages from a really cheap inspection (it doesn’t meet the home inspection standards of practice for Connecticut): $250 worthless inspection report sample.
What’s the alternative to a cheap and practically useless handwritten checklist report? The real value of an inspection and report is measured by its usefulness.
Looking for a Connecticut Home Inspector? Contact Allied Home Inspections LLC - "Inspected Once, Inspected Right!"