I want every person looking for an inspector to think of this statement more than anything else in the selection process. There are thousands of licensed home inspectors in NC. They all want your business. They all have to be licensed by the state. They all are to meet the same state minimum standards. Some have no websites, some have “starter package websites some have franchised designed websites, and some just have the slickest state of the art websites that may have been designed by a politician, [to say a lot about nothing].“

When the sight gives fluff over substance what do you have beside impressive verbiage? When the inspector talks about his previous education, his contractor’s experience, his formal education, his ethics, superior customer service, thorough inspections, some tell about there other licenses from plumber, electrical, general contractor, realtor and other background details about himself and his inspection business. All of the above is “interesting” but the one item I consider the most important is EXPERIENCE – they don’t have it or they would be proud to proclaim it.



What is the inspector’s experience?
I feel this should be your first consideration. There are some inspectors with websites that do not put their NC license # on their sight. This maybe an indication those people are so new in the industry that they do not have a track record to explain as a key point for choosing that inspector over another inspector. There are other inspectors that put their license # on the website but do not say anything about their track record: because they do not have a track record. Let me explain that licensing has been a requirement since 1994. They started with license number 1 and have now issued license numbers over 2,600. So think about it: when an inspector with 2666 or 2000 or 1500 inspections may have only been doing inspections for a limited number of years or months, they cannot have a long list of inspections to show as their track record.

My experience is quite different. I was legally doing home inspections before state licensing was law. My state license # is 116. That means I was doing inspections over 37 years ago and was legally doing home inspections before state licensing was law. This gives me the ability to use this analogy:



Your house purchase is usually the most expensive investment people make so does this not stand to reason you research and choose the inspector with the most experience and qualifications to protect your investment.

People living in new homes should have them inspected before they buy and their warranty expires to evaluate the property for any necessary repairs that should be corrected.

A house is always changing, due to the elements of nature and the elements of time. Every year thousands of people who purchase existing houses discover too late they should have had their home professionally inspected before they close.