Amerispec Home Inspection Service

At time of inspection I thought they had done a great job, they seemed to be very efficiant and look over everything. They made me feel good about the house and made me aware of the concerns they had on what to have fixed and how I could make some of the smaller repairs if I chose. However a few months later I had to replace the water heater at which time the installer informed me, my house was not up to code. The drain line was about five inches long peice of pipe which emptied directly under my house ($200 to get this fixed and to code) and that I was missing smoke detectors in the bedrooms (a $100 fine if not installed at time of inspection for the water heater). Considering all the water lines are located in the same location under the house and I expressed concerns over having any leaks I would have figured the inspection would have noticed a pipe just hanging out under the house. And yes I missed the smoke detectors in the bedrooms also but I was trusting the report given that was why I paid someone else to do the inspection. Am still shocked that my house is "not up to code". Am currently waiting for response, just still in shock over the finds that a plumber noticed in a 2 minute walk around that the inspector had missed.

on The inspector arrived 20 mins early and completed the roof inspection of the property. Next, he set up digital equipment and started running a 48 hour Radon test. Over the course of the next 2 hours he inspected the attic, bedrooms, bathrooms, electrical, plumbing, exterior, and heating system. He located: settling on concrete slabs in driveway and sidewalk to front porch; broken seals on all the home's double paned windows but one; wood rot/deterioration on the ledger board for the back deck, a loose nut on exterior water spigot; missing downspout extensions; filters not attached properly in the gable vent in the attic; improper wiring and non-sealed holes in the garage fire wall and pet door opening in the garage fire door; mising electrical outlet cover in the basement; a loose nut on the waste disposal; standing water in the sump pit; loose toilet bowl floor anchor bolts; slow draining bath tubs; non-functioning GFCI breakers in the bathrooms; missing fire egress ladders in the basement window wells; improper filters and possible maintenance issues on the forced air gas furnace. Tyler, my inspector, came prepared. He had already researched the property. As a result he was able to identify missing building permits for a basement finish, back deck installation and water heater installation. He was professional, informative and very very thorough and documented and photographed everything he found. My son followed him around his inspection and he answered his questions. Before he left the initial inspection, he provided a printed summary of the issues he located as well as a notebook for the summary and subsequent full report. Within 24 hours, we received via email a 34 page report including the photographs. AmeriSpec returned 48 hours later and retrieved their digital Radon test equipment. Before the end of business that day, I received a report that the radon concentration exceeded EPA standards. Because of this thorough inspection, I now have my eyes wide open before I close on a prospective new home. I would use AmeiSpec Home Inspection services again in a heartbeat.

My husband wanted to be there for the closing inspection.. Mr. Pyne had already finished the roof inspection when my husband arrived on time and they proceeded with the interior inspection. Once we moved into this house, we found so many defects. I know the standard inspection cannot catch every problem, just like we couldn't see or hear all the issues until we moved in and had been here for awhile. I contacted Mr. Pyne twice to tell him of some issues and asked for his help. He said he would come out and have a look. This happened twice and he never got back to me. I am late in submiitting this, but our new dream home is a nightmare with ongoing issues.

They didn't do anything out of the ordinary. They were a company that I thought was just okay.

They didn’t do a very good job. There were issues that we found that should have been obvious but they never put that in the inspection report like the deck, the railing is unstable. There were some problems with the heating and air conditioning. He never checked the air conditioning because if he did, he would have noticed that the air conditioning unit had some missing parts and it had been gutted. So we knew he never checked it. Even if he had noticed it, he would have put that down in the report which he didn’t. He never even flushed the toilet to make sure that it worked properly. Then it turned out that the basement drain was clogged and we know that he never even flushed the toilet. His name was Bob I think. It’s a husband and wife company. He didn’t do a complete thorough job like the basic stuff of flushing the toilet which he didn’t do. He never went out on the deck because if he went, he would have noticed that the deck was unstable and there were things missing on the railing. The fire place was not working and it wasn’t turned on. He never checked the fire place. He never checked anything. He never caught the basic stuff with his naked eye. It was disappointing. The price was fair and it was the same as everybody else. He was punctual. He showed up when he was supposed to show up. He was nice but professionally he missed a lot of stuff. I would absolutely not use his services again in the future.