His mistakes cost us tens of thousands of dollars.
Missed glaring issues with the property that, in the opinion of a carpenter/contractor we later had to hire, simply could not have been missed unless willfully. The ultimate cost to us was nearly $20,000 in repairs. We would not have bought the property had we known, or we would have made an offer for it conditional on the repairs being made first.
Later we discovered that the namesake owner's brother is (or was) an agent with the agency representing us in the purchase (which would stand to lose thousands of $ in commission if we didn't make the purchase). When this home inspector individual (HomeStars won't let him be named in the review - but his name is in the title of his business) was recommended to us by the real estate agent that was representing us one would think she would have mentioned, as full disclosure, that the inspector's brother works with her at the same agency. If it isn't an outright conflict of interest, it certainly doesn't look good when something goes wrong, as it did here.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $400.00