JONATHAN A COOPER, ENGINEER

We were planning to buy an older home. The general inspection report was reasonably good. However, since it was an older home, for our own peace of mind, we decided to invest some money into getting a structural engineer report. This engineer was recommended by our realtor. He arrived promptly, and began his work. He briefly told me what he was going to look for in the house, said he has done several of these before, and provided us a report the same day that contained some recommendations. The report included a floor elevation survey that helped us understand whether there are any parts in the house that were at a lower elevation, and hence needing foundation repair or not. He also seemed knowledgeable about the type of construction done around the time our house was built. His recommendations were very useful for us. Overall, it was a very good job.

After leaving a couple of voicemails (I left Jonathan Cooper two voicemails, and he left me 2 voicemails) on each others voicemails, I spoke with Jonathan Cooper. His voicemails (the first and the second one both) were presumptive and strange. He said he didn't work with homes in Arlington or Fort Worth ... and I had never given him my address. He was unprofessional from the start. I asked him for a foundation inspection of my home, and he was unprofessional and he used profanity on the phone to conduct his business for a potential new customer. He informed me that he was full for the next week, and I asked about the week after that. He said that he was planning a vacation and he was not sure if he could come the following week either. I told him I was in no hurry, and could we schedule for next month? He again said he didn't know how long his vacation would be for, but did not offer any other time. Jonathan Cooper then stated he and quot;did not like to do foundation inspections on newer homes/ new homesand quot; I told him our home was built a year ago and we had noticed cracks in the walls and some separation in crown molding. I told him I hoped what we were seeing inside the house was normal settlement, but I wanted a foundation report to make sure that our foundation was within normal. I was hoping he would find nothing, but since we never had a foundation inspection done when we bought the house, it would be a good idea to do one before our one year warranty review. I told him that he was coming off unprofessionally, he then became hostile and told me he had not slept well and would not do our inspection, and used the word and quot;a**and quot; , and I asked him to speak professionally on the phone. He then hung up the phone on me.

Did an excellent job.

Jonathon does very good work, and is very, very thorough. He is also very candid and does not beat around the bush. If he has bad news, he will give it to you and not try to sugar coat it.

Excellent job.

Jonathan was great! He was able to squeeze us in during his busy time and got a report to us the same day!! He was very helpful!

WAS NOT PLEASED THAT THE ENGINEER DID NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT CERTAIN REMODELING CHANGES MADE A DIFFERENCE ON FLOOR ELEVATION. HE ALSO MADE NO MENTION OF THIS IN HIS REPORT. WE HAD BRICK FLOOR WHICH WAS 1/2" HIGHER THAN SLAB, AND LEVEL WITH THE CARPET AND PAD PRIOR TO REMODEL. WHEN WE ADDED SOLID WOOD FLOORS, THE SUB-FLOOR, AND WOOD FLOOR ADDED 1/2" TO 1" TO THE HEIGHT. THIS IMPACTED ELEVATION MEASUREMENTS THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE. WHILE HE COULD NOT GET EXACT VARIANCE, AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION WOULD BE TO MENTION THIS IN HIS REPORT AS A CONSIDERATION. THE VARIANCE COULD BE 1" PLUS. IN ADDITION, HE COMMENTED ON DRAINAGE, CALLING QUESTION TO "POSSIBLE PROBLEMS", WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE. IN FACT, FRENCH DRAINS WERE ADDED TO ENSURE PROPER DRAINAGE. FURTHER HE COMMENTED ON IMPACT OF TREES TO DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS NOT STRUCTURAL. IT'S PART OF THE DRIVEWAY, AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE REPORT.