I hired Ted for an inspection on an 100 yr old house after getting several recommendations from work colleagues. I was told to book a day off work and bring a notepad - the inspection was excellent. Extremely thorough, we covered pretty much every inch of the house, the attention to detail was amazing.
Ted is a little more expensive that other conveyor belt inspection companies but he is worth every penny, he searches out the home to make sure you know what you're buying, he teaches you as you go and provides you with the report which can essentially be seen as a handbook to your home.
I feel like a know almost everything that i need know about the home i'm buying and feel very comfortable making the purchase - i will use Ted again for future purchases and will be recommending him.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $1,139.25
- Company Response
Hi Greg,
I found it so funny that several people from your work sold my services even though you were sure you could get a good inspection for less, what took the cake was your boss told you; you would need to take the day off rather than you asking for a day off.
100-year-old houses often have a concealed history of improvements over the yrs. I feel quite confident that we found the major issues and that you can now proceed to systematically attend to these systems. We were lucky that on the day of your inspection we had some freakish cold weather and the basement plumbing pipes to the kitchen sink were frozen due to a void in the insulation.
Even though the owners were forthcoming with historical information, we discovered that homeowner improvements and maintenance good intentions, don’t always work in favor of the building’s health and longevity but yeah they did look good. Bottom line: so all that looks good is not necessarily good but that's not to say that we don't have good bones and homeowner improvements that we can easily improve on.
I hope you plan on contacting me as you progress through some of your repairs because Home Depot handyman information and products can be less than ideal.
Happy trails....
Ted