Home Inspectors

kevin dinkle advantage inspection services br area

Thanks guys! I will add him to my list!

I have one and I can use this board as I please.

I am just compiling my list of recommendations from: my Dad, our realtor, friends, td, etc.

If, and when, I buy another house I will use a structural engineer in addition to a home inspector. A home is a big investment, better safe than sorry.

Read the disclaimer language in the home inspection contract and/or report. Typically, if a home inspector misses something, your recovery is limited to the amount that you paid him. Not worth much, IMO. If you're looking for drywall issues, have him take samples. Better yet, make sure that you, as buyer, do not waive your right to make claims for redhibitory defects. Make sure your realtor doesn't sell you down the river by getting you to agree to this waiver clause.

what's the going rate on a home inspection these days?

One quote (not from the gentleman listed above...I haven't called him yet) was 400 for inspection and an additional 600 for the drywall.

He did not suspect drywall in the home I am purchasing due to the age-built this year.

I still have more people to check with before I decide.

Be careful of anything built or remodeled after 2004. Good luck.

LSUD -- You're probably okay if it the interior work was completed in 2009. Imports of Chinese drywall had ended by then, I believe. I should have qualified my statement by stating a range of 2005-2007. 2008 may be iffy.

Don't pay extra for a Chinese Drywall Evaluation!

Just look at the back side label of the sheetrock and check out the ground wires in the switches and receptacles. If the copper is tarnished and your sheetrock says KNAUF or CHINA, than you have it.

If not, don't worry about it.