HouseMaster Home Inspections

They were professional during the inspection. But they completely missed that a section of the attic had no insulation. When I called several months after closing to talk about it they insisted that they are strictly focused on safety and mechanics. 'Insulation is an add on'. Even though they commented on insulation in other places. I might not be so upset, it was a separate section of the attic then the main section, if they had done anything to acknowledge they made a mistake rather than denying responsibility.

Tony took 3 air quality samples inside and 1 outside. He also did a Radon test.

Mr. Berthoud is the Harrisburg/Hershey area franchisee for HouseMaster, a home inspection firm. I received a recommendation of Mr. Berthoud from a recent homebuyer, who described Mr. Berthoud as friendly, courteous, very thorough, and very willing to take the homebuyer with him throughout the inspection process to show and teach about what he finds. My experience with Mr. Berthoud fully fit the description. I had been told by others that a house inspection typically takes a couple of hours; Mr. Berthoud spent at least four hours on my house -- opening crawl spaces and climbing inside, going row-by-row over the house's brickwork with binoculars to identify flaws and repairs, testing appliances, switches and outlets, testing rafters and support beams, explaining the building code, noting the expected service life of various components of the house, etc. If you really want to know what's going on with a property, Mr. Berthoud will find out for you.