Sherlock Home Inspectors

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Our inspector too us through the home over multiple hours, and had excellent advice for us as first-time home buyers. He spotted some expensive problems we would have never noticed on our own, and taught us about the home as we went. We'd use him again in a heartbeat - his comments gave us everything we needed to approach the seller and remedy the most important problems at the property

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The home inspector was friendly and courteous, he ranked well on Angie's List, and had about 25 years of experience. His fee was the highest of the home inspectors I spoke with. Before I procured his service, he described a report that would include photos, but the report did not have any. Photos should be standard in a home inspection report, and they would have been particularly important in this case since the seller (based out of town) hadn't seen the apartment in years. This made it difficult to negotiate the repairs that were needed as part of the sale of the apartment. The inspector did uncover some key issues with the apartment and common space. But he also missed a visibly melted gas stove burner, which caused an uneven flame that looked dangerous. He overlooked a few other issues, but included them after I pointed them out. After I saw the report, I asked him if he would come back to the apartment to take photos and redo the report. He declined, offering instead to speak with the seller if they had any questions.

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As a first time Home buyer I highly recommend Dave Hull.

This is eight-plus years ago, so I don't have the specific cost. All I remember about the price was that the realtor told us the range of prices considered standard for house inspections, and Sherlock Holmes fit it. We were told to ask for David Hull by name because of his reputation for thoroughness and were very happy that we did so. Inspectors legally cannot outright say, Don't buy this house, or Yes, buy this house, but it seemed clear from the list of things he discovered what our decision should be. The current owners themselves were shocked because other recent inspectors had checked their house and none of them found what he had found, yet these things were clearly visible when he pointed them out to them. When we later found another house, we of course asked for him again. He remembered us and--because the contract had been canceled by then--he was able to say he was glad we hadn't bought the first house. This second time he was just as thorough. He listed the house's flaws (some we were able to have the owners address), what items/parts of the house would probably need our attention first if we bought, and so on. His eye is so good that if and when we sell this house ourselves, we intend to use him as a and quot;pre-inspectorand quot; to let us know what we'll need to do to get the house into selling shape.

Dave was punctual and professional, going right to work when he arrived. He spent 2 and half hours gonig from the bottom of the house to the top. Dave was able to pin point and explain problems that neither my wife or myself would have known to look for or understand on our own. A typed report with photos and explanations was e-mailed to me 2 days later. We ultimately decided to not purchase the home, because of the extensive upgrades and repairs that were needed. We highly recommend this service for home inspections, and plan to use them for future inspections.

First Time Home Buyers! First off, I called on a Tuesday and arranged for Saturday same week. Sherlock Homes was very accommodating. MUST request Joseph Nestico. Not only was the realtor impressed, but so were we. We've heard nightmare stories of people purchasing a home and the home inspector missing everything, so I researched and made a list. After a while I didn't even need to check my list because Joe was so thorough. He LOVES homes and seeing the different things done, and why they did this and not this... it was amazing. We trusted Joe after the first few minutes. He was realistic and even spent 3 1/2 hours doing the inspection. The realtor says usually they come in with a small clipboard, and are done in 45 minutes. Sherlock Homes makes sure you're the only appointment that day so that they don't have to rush off somewhere else.

Was a good experience from initial contact on the phone right on through the inspection and any follow-up calls I made to their office. David Hull was the inspector and did a fantastic job, from punctuality to answering my many questions with thoughtfulness and patience (I'm sure I repeated some questions). The inspection was extremely thorough,and his explanations gave me a lot of confidence regarding what to expect in my new home, as well as clear suggestions for actions to remediate specific problems and concerns. The inspection report, while containing its share of boilerplate phrases, is very detailed about all the systems in my unit and continues to be a useful resource as it is clearly written and organized so that I feel I have retained all that I learned during the walk-through on that day. Photographs from the report that were e-mailed to me were useful to send on to other people to get work estimates, this turned out to be very helpful since I was moving quite rapidly through attorney review of the purchase. I can't judge price as I did not get estimates from others or have this service done before, this was a situation where timing was important and everything worked out. I do feel that the service as performed by David was value received for the amount I paid, he communicated extremely well and showed professionalism, great attention to detail and genuine concern, for all these reasons I highly recommend him.

MY DAUGHTER AND HER BOYFRIEND ARE PURCHASING A HOME. DAVE WAS FRIENDLY, PUNCTUAL, KNOWLEDGABLE, THOROUGH AND ANSWERED THE MANY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THEY HAD.BEING FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS THIS WAS ALL VERY NEW TO THEM AND HE RESPECTED THAT. HE ACCOMODATED THEM WITHIN 24 HOURS AND IT WAS A SUNDAY!! PRICE WAS BETTER THAN MOST INSPECTORS. WOULD USE AND RECOMMEND AGAIN.

We arrived 15 minutes early to the home we plan to buy and the inspector, Dave, was already there examining the outside of the property. He told us he drove around town and was impressed with the lovely town, the great downtown area that was very quaint and he noticed the homes in town were well maintained and our home also had curb appeal. I will not go into too much detail about the wonderful experience because this post would be extremely long. The inspection itself started 10 minutes after we met and exchanged introductions. For over three hours he inspected every nook and cranny in, out and around the property. He went on to the neighbor's property to get a good vantage point of the roof with binoculars and even discussed the home's history with a very helpful and informative neighbor who has been living next door for 53 years. My husband and I were with him the entire time. He was not only meticulous, he was extremely informative when he aswered all our questions. We had a lot of questions, since we are first-time home buyers. He was very informative and reasurring about how to properly deal with the small amount of asbestos and termites found on the property's basement, the roof/gutters that needed replacement and the siding that we thought was no good but he found to be in good condition, and only in need of some minor cosmetic work. Much advice was given about the heating and air conditioning systems we could look in to, and updates and additions we had been considering that we found out were not appropriate for this particular property and would add little to no value. He was very pleasant and his experience in home ispection was undeniable. Thanks Dave! My husband and I felt so much better about the home after he helped us get to know exactly what we were getting in to.

Excellent work! Highly recommend Senior Field Inspector Tony (Franklin Lakes, NJ). We used him twice in the past with great results!