Here are some of the questions most people have about home inspections:

                     Structural - Roof - Plumbing - Heating & Cooling -  Electrical

           Plus the secondary components of the home which includes:

                     Doors - windows - fireplaces - appliances - insulation - interior & exterior finishes

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• For a professional, thorough, home inspection, a typical home will take 2.5 to 4 hours to inspect, depending on the size and number of problems discovered.

• Some inspectors will breeze through a home in 1 hour or less, but this type of inspection may not be thorough enough to depend on. 
  

• Purchasing a home is usually the biggest investment a person will ever make.  It only makes sense to know the condition of the property prior to consumating the purchase. 
• New homes are no exception.  We frequently find more problems with new homes than with resale homes.

Can the buyer attend the inspection?

• Absolutely, in fact we encourage it.  The inspection is an opportunity to ask a lot of questions and get answers from someone "in the know". 

How does a buyer find an inspector?

• Most buyers rely on their real estate agent to refer an inspector.  This usually works well, but a few agents have their own motives as top priority and may refer inspectors that will not discover the real problems with the home.
• It is in the buyer's best interest to research the inspectors referred by the agent and select the inspector based on the inspector's experience.
  

• In Colorado, along with many other states, there are no governmental regulations or licensing requirements for inspectors. 
• Therefore anyone, even someone with no relevant education or experience, can become a home inspector. 
• There is a proliferation of unqualified inspectors in the marketplace today.
• This is why the process of selecting an inspector is critical.
  

• The inspector's background - education, training, construction experience. 
• The number of years the inspector has been performing home inspections. 
• The number of home inspections performed to date.
• The professional status of the inspector - i.e. Professional Engineer, Registered Architect, Contractor, etc., and what societies/associations the inspector belongs to. 
• The average length of time the inspector spends performing an inspection. 
• Find out if the client is allowed to attend and participate in the inspection.
• The type of report system used and how soon it will be delivered.

• The fees charged for inspection services.