As first-time home buyers, Ted's assistance was invaluable to us. We'd gone over our prospective purchase quite thoroughly ourselves before we put in an offer, but Ted's extensive inspection found quite a few things in the suite that we'd missed. He was not only patient in his explanations about the information he was gathering, he was also generous in his willingness to give extra tips on how to correct the problems that he found.
Ultimately we decided to walk away from that first property, as we felt the general building had problems that would be causing major issues within five years.
We had found Ted mostly by accident - the inspector that we'd hoped to hire was unavailable. Our initial choice (Inspector X) had been so highly recommended to us though, that for the next property, we chose to hire Inspector X. We made this decision not because of any problems we had had with Ted, but because we'd had so few experiences with the world of real estate that we thought we should have a comparison. And now we know - we'll choose Ted next time!!! His inspection was *much* more thorough than Inspector X's, his report was far more detailed and was a better reflection of what we'd found on site, and I felt far more confident that he'd found the potential problems. I would also feel better knowing that I could call Ted to ask for advice for some of the problems he'd found during the inspection.
We'll definitely be calling him when we're ready for our next purchase!
- Approximate cost of services:
- $800.00
- Company Response
Yo... Barbara,
As you now know: Strata's can make or break a buildings survival expectations, get involved if you want to maintain your investment. When big maintenance issues come up I might offer some direction choices, too often ignorance and economy lead strata actions.
Happy trails...
T