How do you Choose a Building Inspection Company?

You’ve finally found the house you’ve been looking for. The price is right and finances are in order. But is the house worthy of purchasing? To avoid disaster it is imperative that you obtain the services of a professional independent and fair building and bug evaluation service. But how do you choose a building evaluation service out of the hundreds sprawled across the Internet and various other forms of media. Well, as the director of Action Property Assessments, I’ve personally undertaken over 20, 000 building assessments and have certainly seen the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to building evaluation companies and their reports. Based on my experience, I’ve put together what I believe to be the top 10 points that needs to be considered prior to engaging the services of any Building and Bug Evaluation Company.

Ask to see a completed building evaluation report prior to booking the evaluation. A legitimate building evaluation company should have a sample of their report on their web site to be viewed by potential clients prior to booking their building evaluation pre-purchase building inspection coverage. The sample report should be one that was actually undertaken during the building evaluation of a prospective clients house and not a unnecessary dummy Sample report that is not completed or includes every possible scenario for every different type of house stuffed into the one report. The report should be very easy to understand and may not involve break and show style boxes accompanied by no specific written comments. Where written text has been used it should always directly relate to the faults at hand as viewed on the house you are actually purchasing. Many inspectors use universal comments that are simply cut-and-paste to make up a written report.

The building report should always add a significant volume of pictures clearly describing the faults found. Whilst the written text within the report should be clear and easy to understand, nothing explains better than actually successfully seeing the fault at hand. The pictures will often also incorporate arrows, circled sections or additional written text specifically pointing to faults or items within the pictures.

Independence is paramount if you wish to obtain a legitimate report. One would think it common sense not to ask the est agent who they would recommend to attempt a building evaluation on the very house the agent is selling, yet it is amazing how many people do just that. Many agents have become quite skilled at convincing their prospective clients that they don’t have a vested interest in who you use for your building and bug evaluation. A common ploy is to provide a potential consumer with multiple cards from various companies. This creates the illusion of independence. They want you to believe they don’t care whom you use and the cards provided are a random sample to build evaluation companies within the industry. The truth is, the cards provided are all from building evaluation companies that the agent knows will often provide soft, on the house reports on even the worst of houses. You need to be informed of the true condition entrance and not be sucked into the agent’s sales spiel.

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