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A home inspection is one of first steps in the home purchase process. Once you have selected your new home, let an iHouse professional perform a thorough inspection; our experience makes us the first choice for anyone looking for a home inspection done right.

Why a home inspection is a smart choice

Whether this is your first home or your tenth, iHouse recommends you obtain a professional home inspection to take advantage of these benefits:

• Find out what kind of systems are in your new home: furnace, AC, and lighting to name a few.
• Determine the condition of your new home, its systems, and major components.
• Understand how these systems work along with the structural components of your new home.
• Learn the do's and don'ts of maintaining your new home. This will greatly improve your enjoyment and pride in home ownership, not to mention increase the home's value..

iHouse inspections are thorough, professional, and guaranteed to be fast and accurate . Our Inspection Guarantee assures that our inspectors will do their very best on each and every inspection. To review the details, terms and conditions of this Guarantee, contact your local iHouse® office.

Without a thorough home inspection performed by a qualified professional, neither the buyer nor the seller can really know what hidden problems may exist in a home. Too many times the excitement of buying a new home fades away as undiscovered problems hit you where it hurts the most - your pocketbook. After the sale has closed or the home warranty has run out is not a good time to discover these problems. Your local iHouse professional will evaluate all the major components of the home, including heating & cooling, structure, electrical, plumbing and built in components like intercom, telephone and specialty lighting systems. Let iHouse® help you make an informed purchase. Fit and finish may be perfect, but could there still be hidden problems?

Fit and finish may be perfect but could there still be hidden problems?

In a recent home inspection, we uncovered some hidden problems with which even the home owner was surprised -- a moisture problem that would have taken a year or more to surface. The contractor who had recently completed the restoration of the main house as well as an addition, had a sub that cut a few corners while installing the vapor barrier and insulation between the main house and the new addition. Because we were able to catch it early, the contractor came back and made good on the repairs under his warranty. Had this gone undetected it could have resulted in the formation of mold in the exterior walls of the new addition. This problem would have surfaced long after the home warranty had expired and the new home owner would have been stuck paying the repair bills out of his own pocket. The money saved by this inspection was over 100 times the cost of the home inspection. Both the home owner (seller) and the buyers couldn't thank us enough.

What about new construction Ñ why should I spend money on an inspection when the home is brand new?

Over the years we have done hundreds of inspections on new homes. While most contractors do a walk-through with you so you can point out paint that needs touching up or other visual imperfections fixed, you rarely catch the real problems. It's like having the fox walk through the chicken coop to help the hens find the holes in the fences. We will do the final walk-through with you, perform a thorough inspection, and provide you with a punch list of any visual imperfections or code violations. We check all the major components of your new home, like the AC, stove and water heaters.

This inspection is a great protection for you especially if the new home has a one- or two-year home warranty. Some of the most common problems we observe are improper insulation, primer coat that was not used over new sheet rock, and doors that don't close. We have even found items that are supposed to be included in the purchase price that aren't there. It may not seem like a big problem at first, but wait two years when the paint begins to peel off the walls or your heating bills are double what you expected and your new home warranty has expired.