The Process

I will have a contract for you to sign and will need payment in Cash or Check on site, or Card online. Links will be emailed to you to sign and pay online.
View the Home Inspection Agreement for Houses
View the Home Inspection Agreement for Condos
Generally, I will meet you or your agent to let me into the house at the appointed inspection time. Sometimes I am given a lockbox number and let myself in.
If I know that the house is unoccupied, I often show up a little early to start on the exterior.
I usually find that it works best to do the inspection and then do a walk-and-talk after I'm done, but you are welcome to follow me around as I do the inspection.
The inspection usually lasts between 2 to 4 hours, depending on the age, size, condition, distractions that may arise, and whether or not I have an assistant with me.
I encourage you to be there toward the end so that I can walk through with you and point out issues that I have found. My reports are detailed with many pictures, so it isn't an absolute necessity.
The report is typically ready by the end of that same day. I will either send the report as an attachment to your email address.

Inspected

Here are just some of the many items I'll be looking at during your certified home inspection:

Walks and Driveways
- Type
- Condition
- Safety issues
Surface Drainage
- Soil slope
- Water path
Decks
- Safe and proper installation
- Condition
Foundation and Support Structure
- Type
- Condition
- Signs of settling
- Water seepage
Roof Systems
- Type and layers
- Condition
- Proper installation
- Proper flashings
- Gutters and downspout condition

Not Inspected

These items are not inspected during a normal home inspection. The *starred items may be ordered as add-ons from Portland Home Inspect. (We will make some of these services available in the near future.)

Low voltage wiring and appliances
Security systems
Generators
*Fences
*Out-buildings
Septic systems
Pools
Sprinkler systems
Asbestos
Radon Gas
Lead Paint
Toxic Mold
Pest Control