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HIGHLY-DETAILED SAME-DAY DIGITAL HOME INSPECTION REPORTS
As a certified professional home inspector, during a home inspection, I review all of the major components and systems of a home, from foundations and crawlspaces to attics and roofs, to ensure you end up with a detailed inspection report including pictures, and radon testing or mold sampling when needed.
Our user-friendly and easy to understand professional home inspector reports are made available the same day as the home inspection. Easily accessed by a computer, tablet, mobile device, or available as a PDF. Your report will be carefully reviewed before being delivered to ensure that the findings are accurate, easy to read, and exceptionally detailed. Pictures are attached whenever necessary to clarify the nature of any defective components in the home. Our home inspection reports give you the information you need to make an informed decision when buying or selling a home.
REALTOR AGENTS & REAL ESTATE BROKERS
Clear reports and helpful service for realtor agents and real estate brokers with home buyers and listing clients. The built-in features of our intuitive inspection reports help the homeowner and the real estate agent build a repair-request document with ease, where you can include your customized comments about seller concessions and repair details.
The Slopeside “Home Quality Collaboration“
The HQC
A collaboration is the act of working together with others toward an end goal for the common good of all involved. A real estate collaboration surrounding the credibility of a home’s condition can involve two treys of people; the realtor, a home inspector, and the seller; or the realtor, a home inspector, and the buyer.
Realtor — Home Inspector — Seller
Realtor — Home Inspector — Buyer
The “Home Quality Collaboration” involves the association of a realtor and a home inspector who work together on behalf of a home buyer or on behalf of a home seller, and it can be described as the trifecta that ensures home quality; the success of a realtor and home inspector providing services toward the successful closing of a realty transaction, for either the seller or the buyer which they represent, on a home which the trifecta ensures is fit to live in.
To succeed in the Home Quality Collaboration, real estate agents and brokers seek to work with home inspectors who are professional, knowledgable, and prompt, often arriving early to inspections. They know they’ve struck gold if they can find a home inspector who communicates clearly while delivering precise and objective digital reports that do nothing untoward that may stall or kill a transaction over minor issues. They value home inspectors who are able to explain complex defects to buyers and aptly identify major, “big-ticket” items such as the HVAC system, roofs, foundations, etc.
Elements Which Professional Home Inspectors Bring To The Collaboration
Real estate agents prefer working with home inspectors who are a sound and reliable source of information, who don’t bring drama to the transaction, and who help to ensure the realty transaction proceeds in a smooth and timely manner.
The Qualities Of Professional Home Inspectors
— Prompt Scheduling & Availability: Quick turnaround times for scheduling and answering follow-up questions from agents or clients are high priorities.
— Professionalism & Reliability: Being punctual, well-dressed, and providing honest evaluations without exaggerating defects is crucial.
— Clear Communication & Education: Inspectors explain findings calmly and accurately to clients, distinguishing between major safety issues and minor maintenance items, preventing unnecessary buyer panic.
— Added Value Services: Certifications in specialized areas such as sewer scoping, radon testing, mold sampling, thermal imaging, pest and dry rot detection, etc., make inspectors more attractive, as they offer one-stop shopping.
— Detailed, Objective Reporting: Reports are factual, thorough, and devoid of personal opinions or editorial comments that could create unneeded liability.
— Fast, Digital Reports: Agents prefer easy-to-read, HTML-based PDF reports that are mobile-friendly and delivered quickly, often enabling them to build inspection objections on the spot.
— Availability to Answer Questions: A simple, personalized follow-up phone call or email after the report is delivered leaves a lasting impression.
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Andrew Tewson, of Slopeside Home Inspections, is a licensed and certified home inspector, serving Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington.
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