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Our Services
We provide a variety of inspection services for clients in the greater
Houston and northwest suburban communities. Following is a summary of some of
the services we provide.
- Resale
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Buyer's Inspection So
you've found the home of your dreams and the seller has accepted your offer.
Now is the time to have the home professionally inspected to ensure that it
will still be the home of your dreams, after the sale. You should do this
well before your option period expires.
Seller's Pre-Listing Inspection You're
getting ready to list your home for sale. This is an ideal time to have your
home inspected as part of the staging process. Knowledge is power and you
can fix or disclose any potential issues with the home, up front. If you
wait for the buyer's inspector to find them, you run the risk of leaving the
window open for renegotiation, or worse cancellation of your hard won
contract.
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- New Homes
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Construction Phase You're
having that new dream home built for you. Now is the time to protect
your investment by having your own inspections performed at key phases of
the construction process, before problem areas are hidden behind finish
materials.
Pre-Closing Protect yourself
by having that newly completed home inspected, before you close.
Builders tend to be more responsive in correcting issues when you're still
holding the money.
12 Month Warranty You've been
in your new home for almost a year. Have it inspected before the expiration
date of your new home warranty. Your HomeCertTM
inspection report is the perfect tool to take to your builder to request
warranty repairs.
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- Existing Homes
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Home Check-up Just like
you see your doctor for periodic health check-ups (you are getting regular
check-ups aren't you?), so that small problems can be identified and
corrected before they become big ones. You should should have your home
inspected periodically, as well. Many problems, such as leaks, if left
unattended can become big problems. We recommend having your home inspected
every few years to catch problems while they're still small.
Forensic Inspections Experiencing
a problem that you just can't get a handle on? Is the tile contractor
blaming the plumber while the plumber says it's a tile problem? Can't figure
out the source of those mysterious stains or the reason for the warped
hardwood floors? Accurate diagnosis of the cause and assessment of the
extent of the problem is essential in order to determine the most effective
method of correction. We have the tools and know-how to assess and diagnose
many complex building problems and can bring in other specialists (e.g.,
Stucco and Indoor Air Quality experts), as appropriate, to provide you with
an accurate diagnosis of your problem. It is best to be armed with detailed
root cause information before contacting repair contractors. We provide this
service to both builders an homeowners.
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We inspect the crawlspace
areas under pier and beam homes too
- Infrared Thermography (Thermal Scans)
Our high performance infrared cameras (FLIR EX320) provides greater
sensitivity, 4-6 times the resolution and far greater range of measurement
than the equipment most commonly employed by most Home Inspection Companies.
We can see and measure things that they cannot.
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Residential Thermal Scans
Our infrared camera measures and photographs the non-visible Infrared light
emitted by all objects. This allows us to visualize very minute gradients in
the surface temperatures of materials, such as walls and ceilings. Infrared
technology is highly effective at detecting moisture issues (even before
they become visible to the eye), insulation and air infiltration
deficiencies and electrical component malfunctions. Our Certified Level 1
Thermographer is trained and qualified to perform thermal scans in
conjunction with your conventional home inspection or as a stand alone
service.
Commercial Roof Inspections
Let us help assess and identify water penetration problems in your
commercial roof surface so that you can better focus your repair
contractor's efforts (and your repair costs) at the actual problem areas.
Other Thermography Services
Facility managers: if you want to employ thermal measurement techniques as
part of your predictive maintenance program, but lack the thermography
equipment or training, we can help. We can work with you to capture and document the necessary
measurements for your assessment against operational norms.
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Our infrared camera is
accurate enough to render every nail in every rafter of this well insulated
converted attic room
Leaking spa tub above ceiling
(click for full resolution)
 
Leaking window in stucco home
(click for full resolution)
 
Additional Inspection Services
We will either perform or coordinate these additional inspection services
for you:
Wood Destroying Insects
Lawn Sprinkler System
Slab Elevation Survey
Water Well System
Septic System
Swimming Pool
Stucco / EIFS Assessment
Outbuildings
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We can perform slab elevation
surveys (note: measurement is for slab foundation levelness /
performance. NOT for flood certificate)
- Disclosure
- The Texas Real Estate Commission requires that inspectors provide
clients with the following disclosure form, whenever fees or valuable
consideration are being paid or received by a party other than the client (Fee
or Other Valuable Consideration Disclosure). You will not receive one
of these forms from us. Why: Because we do not pay or receive referral fees
or kickbacks to/from other service providers or agents.
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- If you have been referred to us, you can count on it being based on
merit, not because we have paid someone else to do so. If you ask us to
coordinate specialty services for you with another company, we will tell you
so and quote their rate up-front. You will pay the other service provider's
fee to them directly. The only fee that we collect is the fee that you,
our client, pays to us for the inspection service that we provide. Thus
there is no question as to who's interest we serve - YOURS.
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