Warren Engineering

Description of Work: Home engineering inspection

Description of Work: Contingency inspection on new home purchase. |. |It went well, but I felt that it was a bit cursory...we actually pointed out a couple of things he missed. I violated the cardinal rule of home purchasing: NEVER USE YOUR REALTOR'S SUGGESTED HOME INSPECTOR. |. |I do not question the integrity of Warren Engineering, or of the engineer doing the inspecting, but I do have some reservations about the interest of the inspector in carefully assessing every detail. I should mention that this was apparently the lesser of their two inspection levels...the "Comprehensive" level might well have been more complete, albeit substantially more expensive. In this case, the realtor suggested the lesser level...another mistake I allowed to happen. |. |Let me be crystal clear here: I most assuredly DO NOT feel as though I was cheated. I do, however, feel that the inspection could have been more complete. I had a pre-sale inspection of my existing home by an inspector from another company for approximately the same price, and while the results were disappointing from the viewpoint of a homeowner who suddenly has several thousand dollars of newly identified problems to fix, those same results left no doubt that the inspector had used a fine-tooth comb when assessing the condition of the house. |. |I would only use this company again if prepared to pay for the "comprehensive" inspection.

Description of Work: Home inspection prior to placing an offer.

Description of Work: They performed two home inspections for my daughter and son-in-law as part of home purchase process. The first deal fell through and they were used for second home as well. Even offered a discount for the second inspection. They were prompt and professional and allowed us to observe and ask questions all through the process.

Description of Work: They were completely professional, informative, courteous, and thorough. Subsequently, we had a question about ice damming, and I called to speak to the engineer who had done the inspection. He returned my call immediately, and answered my question helpfully. I would definitely use Warren again.

Description of Work: Home inspection was objective, thorough and informative. The inspector explained his findings in detail; written report was specific with color photos to support findings.

Description of Work: Inspection of town house for which have purchase contract

Description of Work: The P.E. who did the actual home inspection, Kevin, was very knowledgeable and professional, and we were pleased with the care and detail with which he performed the inspection and wrote the report. | |Communication with Warren Engineering/Inspections' main office was a challenge. When we requested a quote, Sarah emailed to ask how many units were on the property, then Kris emailed to say that Sarah had made a mistake. It seemed as though the office staff did not share information with each other. We set a date and time for the inspection, and then after the homeowner agreed, Kris from the main office asked if they could reschedule. The homeowner was willing to delay the start by an hour, but then Kris tried to help by saying the inspector would start whenever he got there. Since we wanted to participate in the whole inspection it took a couple more emails to make it clear that we wanted a set start time. | |The report was received within 48 hours, but it took 3 phone calls with Kris in the office to get the correct cell phone number for the inspector, who we were trying to reach to clear up a "quick question." And the day after the report was received, we received a second report that was titled "corrected", which meant we had to drive into town (we were on vacation) and find wi-fi in order to download and check what had been changed. It turned out that one word ("road" was changed to "drive" in the address) was changed, along with the dpi of several pictures with no explanation or summary of the changes mentioned in the email. We were glad to have the corrected report, but it took us almost an hour to review both reports--the original and corrected--to learn that there were no significant changes. The time involved was probably due more to our lack of ready access to a computer while on vacation than on the vendor's actions, but a cover email for the "corrected" report would have helped. The owner requested a paper copy of the report, which we approved via voicemail, and Michelle phoned to follow up promptly once it had been sent.

Description of Work: Home inspection of very old house. Was not blown away with level of detail, but satisfied.

Description of Work: Pre-purchase Home Inspection

Description of Work: A standard visual home inspection, excluding any special items like a chimney inspection or a radon check.

Description of Work: Tom Wurzer from Warren Engineering preformed a home inspection as well as a radon test.

Description of Work: Doug Bergasser inspected leak around front porch slab, identified root cause and proposed complete solution using other Warren colleagues and contractors to be sure of his proposal

Description of Work: Pre-purchase home inspection and radon test.

Description of Work: They have done 2 housing inspections for me.

Description of Work: A house inspection on an older home (1800's). Pest inspection as well.

Description of Work: Inspection of the home I'm buying, including chimney inspection and radon test.

Description of Work: Warren did a home inspection, pest inspection and radon test. Tom from Warren Engineering spent 2 1/2 hours walking through the house, explaining everything in detail as he went. He answered all of my (silly and otherwise) questions patiently and in language I could understand. Everything he said to me during the inspection went into the report, which was emailed the next day, including pictures. He went into the crawl space, which was an impressive move. I was very impressed.

Description of Work: Inspected a home I am purchasing.

Description of Work: Jim Sabey inspected our house prior to purchase.