Home Inspector Reviews

For most people, the first time they meet their home inspector is at the house they are having inspected. The introduction usually takes the form of a handshake then the inspector hands you a pre-inspection agreement to read and sign. This is unfortunate, because if the inspector turns out to not be what you were looking for, it’s too late to change your mind. It would be great if there were some way to find out about the inspector before you commit.

Unfortunately, to my knowledge, there isn’t any local resource that will tell you an unbiased opinion of the inspector. Sure, some guys will provide you with a flood of testimonials, but how much weight do they carry if the inspector is providing them. I, personally, don’t use testimonials as part of my marketing plan; they simply don’t seem terrible valuable to me. How do you know if any of those testimonials are real or not? Another reason I shy away from testimonials is that the work I do for my clients is their confidential business. I serve a fair amount of upscale clients and I don’t think they would be terribly impressed if I started using their name to gather business. Interestingly enough, this is the same reason I don’t have my vehicle lettered like a rolling billboard – a real estate transaction can be a sensitive financial creature, you don’t need my truck telling the world what is going on.

OK, getting back to the reviews thing. Why not ask your friends and family who they hired as an inspector and their thoughts – this is after all Windsor, someone you know knows an inspector. Quite often those close to you can be the ones to trust when you have questions regarding big decisions (buying a house is a big decision, therefore your choice of inspector is important). Alternatively, why not call the inspector and have a little chat? Get a feel for the inspectors personality, knowledge and ability to communicate.

I try to make it a personal policy to answer a potential clients questions and concerns without switching on the sales mode. We may find after a few minutes of conversation that I am not what the client is looking for in an inspector (or vice versa ) and that is fine. I am the first to tell you that my style of reporting isn’t for everyone – fortunately my clients like it!

Go ahead, give me a call, shoot me an email, fill out the contact form on my website – find out if I am the inspector you are looking for. Better now than at the inspection. Better yet, start your own home inspector review website!

I look forward to hearing from you soon, thanks for reading!

-Brad Manor – Windsor Ontario’s very own home inspector