If your buying a home ---- you have reached you best inspection and report available in Northwest Arkansas!!
How to determine which is the best inspector? - Ask important questions - understand a bit about the NWA home inspector market.
1) Is the inspector working FULL TIME as an inspector or employed elsewhere and just doing 1 or 2 inspections a month.
a) You want your inspector available during all normal business hours and to be able to time the inspection around YOUR schedule! You should be able to get the inspector to your job within 24 hours if desired.
b) A full time inspectors tend to have better equipment, reports, knowledge and prices (part timers may cherry pick jobs with very high prices).
C) full time inspectors are just more experienced and in touch with current issues and conditions and will be able to serve you better.
2) When did the inspector first become licensed? Get an inspector with years of experience and related prior work.
3) Ask about the report! -- Varies greatly.
a) Does it have pictures? (not required)
b) Is it a narrative or checkbox? (narrative takes hours to prepare, but you will understand it).
c) Is there a summary page?
d) Is there a energy addendum for green ideas?
e) When will the report be ready?, it should never take longer than 48 hours, same day if desired.
4) Is the crawl space included in the same low price?
5) Are follow up letters to insurance agents included if desired at no additional cost. (Often insurance discounts may be available).
6) Does the inspector have his own lock box access, or do you have to arrange that timing with the realtor.
7) Can you attend or follow the inspector. (You really should)
8) Has the inspector ever been sued?
9) Does the inspector offer a Warranty through a 3rd party?
10) Is a contract required?
a) Can delay inspection.
b) May indicate poor communications - needs to rely on contract.
c) Not required, standards are enforced through state.
There are reasons why Realtors use Safe at Home when they purchase their own homes. There simply is no better option in NWA.
Safe at Home - Home Inspections is located in Fayetteville, AR and operates throughout NWA. Steven Rehbock of Safe at Home - Home Inspections is a residential Home Inspection specialist, with years of experience as a Home Inspector and many years prior as a luxury custom home builder, owner of Crescent homes inc.. See our FAQ for quick answers.
Have you ever had a home "how to" question and just needed someone to get a quick answer from?
The home inspector at Safe at Home will be happy to answer those for you through Email for as long as you like. No one else even sells such a benefit, we offer it as a courtesy, worth more than the price of the inspection alone!
Energy Efficiency inspections! Full report with suggestions
A Home inpspector should be chosen as early as possible because the time is limited by contract for the buyer to have this service perfomed.
Call (479) 422-1797 to answer any questions, confirm a few simple details which starts the home inspector to work for you.
An email exchange confirms information, and our client specifies who should get the final reports and in what format they would like them. Hard copy, or electronic delivery. The electronic files can be large because of the pictures.
No legal contract need s to be signed, no faxing needed. One call does it all.
Safe at Home - Home inspections checks to see if the utlilties are all on and that the home will be ready to deliver the best inspection possible.
The home inspector, client, existing occupant (if any), and realtors agree on the best time to perform the inspection. Safe at Home's home inspector can work alone, or accompanied.
Clients who are at the inspection or at least there at the end, tend to be more comfortable in their new home than clients who relied on the report alone. Perhaps one reason for this is that the home inspector will actually take you to the shut offs and meters, with time to explain anything to you.
A home inspection report will be delivered to the people our client desired, in the manner they desired.
Safe at Home - Home Inspections remains available for questions or follow-up through E-mail or telephone for as long as you need.
* Home Warranty is available to all clients, buyers and Sellers, provided by a third party at a small cost which can be added to your inspection fee. Safe at home has decided to give our clients the option rather than including the policy with every inspection and slighty raising prices because some clients already have that coverage and in some cases policy limitations reduce the benefit.
