Home Directions Inspectors
While home inspections are our primary business, Home Directions also provides consultations for property owners, home inspectors, and other building professionals.
Wait, did you say other home inspectors? Remember, most home inspectors are not Professional Engineers. Sometimes home inspectors find structural issues they’re not trained to advise about and bring us in to help. Sometimes structural concerns go unrecognized entirely until they become serious problems.
Be guarded when using this company – the inspector opined in his report that a new roof for my house would cost roughly $100,000 – when In fact multiple estimates came in at 40-50% that number. One would of thought with his 30 years of experience and his “engineering” background he would of been more accurate or not commented on matters of cost what so ever til estimates had come through. I’m sure this is not the 1st roof he has ever inspected, poor form !
Peter was wonderful. I called him for a structural inspection after my general inspection turned up some questionable items in a home I was looking to purchase. Peter barely spoke as he first reviewed all of the questions that had come up in the general home inspection. Once he had taken in all visuals, measurements, etc, he walked me through each item, explained exactly what needed to be done for remediation along with a cost range of the work and timeline of when it should be addressed. I learned so much about the house, what was done right and what could use some attention. He gave me much more confidence in going forward with the home purchase. His inspection price is higher than others but IT IS SO WORTH IT to walk through the house with a structural engineer that notices every detail.
The inspector provided a clear and logical explanation as to how best to repair an indoor cathedral beam cracked from damaged caused by a large tree branch that fell during Hurricane Isaiah on Aug. 4, 2020. It was reassuring to be provided this information from a structural engineer. Thank You.