How to Choose a Home Inspector

If you’re purchasing a home and having trouble choosing a home inspector, we’re here to help. In this article, we’ll discuss the most important factors you should consider when choosing a home inspector. Read on and find a qualified, professional home inspector near you!

Start With Recommendations

Are you not sure where to start when it comes to choosing a home inspector? An excellent way to get started is to ask friends, family members, colleagues, and other people you know if they have any recommendations. Failing that, you can do a bit of Googling and find highly-rated home inspectors near you!

Check Out Reviews And Credentials

After getting some recommendations for home inspectors, we recommend you take a deeper look at each potential home inspector. Do they have good customer reviews? Do they perform additional services, like sewer line and WETT inspections? Are they certified?

Of course, a professional license alone is not enough to ensure excellent service. However, it indicates that the inspector in question has at least completed introductory coursework in home inspections and has a good baseline understanding of the process.

Schedule A Phone Interview

Once you’ve narrowed your list down to a few inspectors, you can schedule a phone interview to ask any questions you may have, such as:

How much will my inspection cost?
What kind of things do you look at in a home inspection?
How long until I get the inspection report?

Get a Sample Report

The final step in finding a home inspector is to ask for a sample report. This will help you understand what parts of the home will be inspected and what will be excluded.

A standard home inspection, for example, usually will not include things like pools, solar panels and solar systems, chimney flues, lawn irrigation systems, and asbestos, lead, and mould testing. You may need to hire other professionals or pay additional fees to have these systems checked.

Hire A Home Inspector In Alberta Today!

Are you not sure where to start when it comes to hiring home inspectors? At Inspection Works, we can help! Our highly qualified, expert inspectors will provide comprehensive inspection services at a great rate. To get started, schedule your appointment now, or feel free to contact us if you have any more questions.

Home Inspection Services

Inspection Works provides home inspection services in the greater Edmonton area, including, but not limited to, Edmonton, Parkland County, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, St. Albert, Leduc, and Sherwood Park. We will inspect anywhere in Alberta you need a first class home inspection!

Other communities we service:

Alberta Beach, Alcomdale, Alder Flats, Alix, Alliance, Ardrossan, Barrhead, Bashaw, Bawlf, Beaumont, Benalto, Big Valley, Blackfalds, Bon Accord, Bowden, Breton, Bruderheim, Calahoo, Calmar, Camrose, Carbondale, Cardiff, Caroline, Carstairs, Carvel, Cherhill, Clive, Collingwood Cove, Cooking Lake, Cynthia, Dapp, Darwell, Daysland, Delburne, Devon, Dickson, Dickson Dam, Didsbury, Donalda, Drayton Valley, Eckville, Edmonton, Edson, Egremont, Entwistle, Erskine, Evansburg, Exshaw, Fallis, Ferintosh, Flagstaff, Falun, Flatbush, Forestburg, Fort Saskatchewan, Gadsby, Gainford, Genesee, Gibbons, Glenevis, Gunn, Gull Lake, Half Moon Lake, Hardisty, Hastings Lake, Hay Lakes, Heisler, Hilliard, Hinton, Hoadley, Holden, Innisfail, James River Bridge, Jarvis Bay, Jasper, Joffre, Josephburg, Kapasiwin, Keephills, Lacombe, Lac Ste. Anne, Lake Isle, Lamont, Leduc, Legal, Lindbrook, Lindale, Lodgepole, Lousana, Ma-Me-O-Beach, Meeting Creek, Millet, Mirror, Mission Beach, Morningside, Morinville, Mulhurst, Mulhurst Bay, Mundare, Namao, New Norway, New Sarepta, Nisku, Nordegg, Niton Juction, Nojack, North Cooking Lake, Olds, Onoway, Opal, Penhold, Pickardville, Pine Lake, Pipestone, Ponoka, Poplar Bay, Priddis, Radway, Red Deer, Redwater, Rich Valley, Rimbey, Riviere Qui Barre, Robb, Rochon Sands, Rocky Mountain House, Rocky Rapids, Rolly View, Rosalind, Ross Haven, Ryley, Sandy Beach, Sangudo, Seba Beach, Sedgewick, Sherrwood Park, Silver Sands, South Cooking Lake, Spruce Grove, Spruce View, St. Albert, Strathcona County, Stettler, Stony Plain, Strome, Sturgeon Heights, Sundance Beach, Sundre, Sunnybrook, Sunrise Beach, Sunset Beach, Sunset Point, Sylvan Lake, Tees, Telfordville, Three Hills, Thorhild, Thorsby, Tofield, Tomahawk, Torrington, Trochu, Twin Lakes, Usona, Val Quentin, Vega, Viking, Village of Pigeon Lake, Villeneuve, Vilna, Vimy, Wabamun, Warburg, Waskatenau, West Cove, Westlock, Westaskiwin, Whitecourt, White Sands, Wildwood, Willington, Winfield