Home Buyers
Understand repairs, updates, safety items, maintenance priorities, and the condition, age, and life expectancy of major components before closing.
Anyone can benefit from reliable information about the current condition of a home. A home inspection is a visual, non-invasive look at the accessible systems and components of the property, with room for questions before and after.
Understand repairs, updates, safety items, maintenance priorities, and the condition, age, and life expectancy of major components before closing.
There can be a market advantage to knowing what a buyer's inspector might find, then correcting or planning for those issues before listing.
Use an inspection to plan improvements, prioritize preventive maintenance and planning, and keep small problems from becoming expensive ones.
A thoughtful inspection makes an obligation to care, and to take the time necessary to inspect and report the home properly.
Thoughtful Home InspectionsI put thoughtful on my card to remind myself to be present, discerning, available, and caring. I do care, and I will take the time. The point is not just a checklist. It is useful information you can act on, and if you have specific questions, please, just call.
Call or email with the address for a quote. Pricing starts at $450 for homes up to 1,500 square feet, then goes up $50 for every additional 250 sq. ft. and $50 for every 25 years of age. ADUs, detached garages, and other outbuildings are extra, but may be excluded.
Although it is preferable to schedule ahead, timing is not always that generous. Call if timing is tight; email works well when you already have the address and details handy.
Call or email with the property address, square footage, age, and preferred inspection window. If I cannot pick up, leave a good time to call back.
Tim answers questions and confirms timing. The pre inspection agreement and payment are required before the inspection.
Plan on roughly five hours on site, depending on the property and access.
The report can be expected within a day, sometimes that night, and a walkthrough at the end of the inspection is strongly encouraged.
Tim's background in art, design, custom woodwork, steel work, restaurants, and home remodeling shapes how he looks at houses: carefully, materially, and with respect for how homes are actually lived in.
Washington State Home Inspector License #26000321
Washington standards of practice help define what is included, what is excluded, and how the written report is prepared.