I emailed Ron Cook 9 days out, if we can meet at my pre construction meeting so we can over the…read morefloor plan( model) and go over some questions I would have . He stated he was booked up and "I don't have the time to come look at the models."

Ron was recommended to me by one of his satisfied customers. I enjoyed meeting him and hearing…read morewhat he had to say about the home I am planning to buy. He definitely noticed things I had not, and also gave practical advice that I could use in many areas of the home. He pinpointed a couple of construction defects that will need correcting before the purchase goes through, and later the same day, he emailed a 20+ page report with photos, a detailed checklist and full descriptions of his observations. I highly recommend Ron and Close-Up Home Inspection.

Inspection was done with good attention to details. Most issues were identified in the inspection…read morereport. Worth the money spent on this report. We needed accurate list of current issues to make our decision to buy a property. This was exactly what we needed! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

We had a great experience during our buyer's inspection! Thomas was excellent. He was on time and…read morevery diligent inspecting the entire house. He answered all of our questions well and had the report ready for us the next day. Everyone at the company was very easy to work with.

Guy works for the client to make sure your money is well spent. Extremely thorough and ensures you…read morego to the buyer's understanding what needs to be done before purchasing a home. I found him to be extremely trustworthy, hardworking and communitive to help me understand what needs to be done. I strongly recommend him if you're purchasing a home.

No Mr. Occhino, I am neither a real estate agent nor a person who is angry that your inspection…read moreturned up problems in their home. A disgruntled person who lost money due to one of your reports would be a convenient explanation for my review of you. That is not the case here. I wrote my review as a public service to others. By the way, if this negative review of you should be ignored because the person writing it is not a verifiable client of yours, who is to say the people with names like Regular J. and Mh M were your actual clients writing honest reviews? One reviewer said you gave them names of contractors to contact which seems unethical if you are the one telling them they need to fix something. It is obvious from your response you were not an English teacher. Your "poor me" tirade is littered with misspellings and run-on sentences. Also, it is "due diligence," not "due-diligent" and the phrase is not hyphenated. Since you are so fond of seminars, perhaps you should take a couple on grammar and punctuation so the reports you generate will be readable. There are no nefarious reasons for the review I gave and your attempt to try to tie it to phantom people out there who lost money and have an axe to grind is laughable. If you feel I was wrong in the way I evaluated your lack of skills, you were certainly free to correct the record with your response. You did not even attempt to refute what I said about your paper thin credentials. Instead, you rambled on about people's rights and then you just reiterated what I had said about the importance of hiring a qualified inspector when purchasing a house. Being a licensed inspector does not automatically make you a qualified inspector. There is a very distinct difference. There are many good inspectors out there that know their stuff. You are just not one of them. You obtained a license to be an inspector by listening to online seminars and it is really a shame that both the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Rhode Island set such a low bar for issuing home inspector licenses to people like you. It allows you and others to hold yourselves out to the public as experts, qualified to render opinions about all the important systems of a home. You just do not have the kind of experience you should have under your belt to be giving people such vital advice. You might be a very convincing and affable person but you are essentially a hack. When people hire a home inspector before making a home purchase, they should be getting opinions from real professionals who have a history in the building industry. They should not be getting half baked advice from a former math teacher who may have tinkered around his own house for years applying band aids to his pipes and electrical wires and who now thinks he's an expert. Simply put, you should be required to have years of experience in the building industry before you are issued a building inspector's license. It would be prudent for MA and RI to beef up their requirements for home inspectors so people like Mr. Occhino are not allowed to take a couple of online seminars, pass a test, pay a fee, put up a fancy website touting their skills, and hold themselves out to the public as experts in everything from building integrity to plumbing and electrical wiring when they have never worked in that field. They also get to charge exorbitant fees that are not commensurate with their knowledge. In this case, you certainly do not get what you pay for. Anyone who thinks an online seminar can replace years of hands-on experience in the building industry is a fool. Mr. Occhino's decades spent in the high school math department falls far short of the requirements needed for professions like pipe engineer, master builders, electricians, and plumbers. Even general construction workers most likely have more knowledge than Guy Occhino because they are actually building the houses Occhino is supposedly qualified to inspect. Anyone deciding to buy a house or to not buy a house based on Mr. Occhino's advice should think twice. Or better yet, just hire a home inspector with the right credentials to truly inspect and evaluate your property. You are not going to class to listen to a former high school teacher educating you about a thermostat, you are buying a house. Dispense with Mr. Occhino's 4 or 5 hours of fluff and nonsense and hire an inspector who can determine whether or not the house you are about to buy is a sound investment.

Helped with getting more WiFi to my home. Connected everything together to get more power…read more To the internet. Came and did the job and cleaned up after. Very professional. Excellent work.

Wayne was so knowledgeable and helpful in allowing us to feel secure in purchasing our new home…read more His report was comprehensive, and he was wonderful about following up with any questions we had. Cannot recommend enough!

Ray did an assessment for us of an old home structure and condition. He did a terrific job, and…read morewas affordable. He produced a detailed multi-page report with recommendations. Highly recommended.

I hired them for a home inspection, when I was buying a home, he was Very thorough, maybe too…read morethorough at times . But I suppose that's a good thing, left me paranoid.... But that's a good thing...

Avoid. Not thorough and took double the time of the usual inspector. Did not check the chimney…read moreclean outs to see that the removed fireplace was not sealed off from the bare studs of the living room. Did not note the massive cracks in garage foundation. Did not find mold behind freezer.

We chose Ray as our home inspector, after shopping around different rates and inspectors. We…read moreinitially had recommendations from our real estate agent but decided to use Yelp to explore other options. Ray's price came out to be very competitive, in addition to being immediately responsive to my Yelp message inquiries. His website is also nicely designed, I'd say better than many other home inspection websites. I didn't see a sample report on his website but messaged him and Ray emailed a sample copy right away. While there was no recommended Yelp review when we chose him, I did see some other Google reviews for his company and verified his license on the Massachusetts website (https://elicensing.mass.gov/CitizenAccess/GeneralProperty/PropertyLookUp.aspx?isLicensee=Y).   On the inspection day, Ray arrived a few minutes earlier than the agreed time. He was very thorough and knowledgeable. You can tell he is passionate about what he does. He sent his report the same day and it was easy to read and understand. You do have to sign an agreement before the service, but mine went to my junk folder and I didn't see it until after the inspection. Here are some important details that may be relevant to others: COVID 19 Procedures in place: Inspector will wear mask and gloves, as well as practice social distancing. Anyone attending the inspection is required to wear a mask. We ask that you limit attendees, or take turns inside the home to be able to appropriately distance from others. The agreement is available for electronic signature. REPORT DELIVERY: Emailed within 24 hours to you and your agent (with your permission), with high quality photos included. UTILITIES: Please make sure the utilities (water, gas, electric) are on so the inspection does not have to be rescheduled. ATTIC ACCESS: The inspector needs clear access to the attic on your behalf. The inspector cannot move belonging's to gain access. CANCELLATION POLICY: There will be a $250 cancellation fee for any cancellation with less than 24 hour notice. You must call the office at 978-443-8598 to cancel. You will receive a text confirmation that the inspection has been cancelled. If you do not receive that, please call to confirm. Thank you for your cooperation. For other cancellations, any fees that were paid by credit card will be refunded less a 5% processing fee. Thank you Ray for the home inspection! I'd recommend Ray if you are shopping around for a competitive rate!

I've previously bought a house and condo and used other inspectors. Walsh was a far superior…read moreexperience. Our inspector was friendly and VERY thorough and the report was comprehensive and very easy to understand. They had a lot of availability for the same week too. Highly recommend-worth every penny for peace of mind.

Excellent experience with Cameron inspecting an old house for my partner and I. Paid for an…read more'antique house' inspection which was a little bit more than the normal inspection but seemed to be incredibly worth it! Cameron went EVERYWHERE in the house, crawlspaces under the house and into every crevice of the attic. The report produced was lengthy and very helpful in evaluating the house. His advice and knowledge was very much appreciated and I feel incredibly confident in his report especially with the MANY pictures provided. If you're looking for an inspection, request Cameron! Our realtors set this appointment up so I can't speak to that but the experience in our house was superb.

Truly beautiful work! They made the process very easy as well and very timely! Will definitely be…read morereaching out again and recommending them!

Niemar from Nick's Pro Painting responded 10 minutes after the request was submitted and agreed to…read morean appointment 2 days later. He was available the next day, but I wasn't. He arrived 15 minutes early after confirming the appointment time 1 hour beforehand. He was professional, took the time to drive to Worcester, and provided a free estimate. Even though he was not hired, which is reflected in the raiting and the following explained experience, Nick's Pro Painting does deserve positive acknowledgement for this paragraph. This is a specialty job requiring detailed workmanship to strip and match stain as close as possible that two different contractors destroyed (after being asked NOT to paint/stain). One room has four different color stains, paint smeared on woodwork, doors that don't match their door frames, and a new expensive barn door with dried stain running down it. My initial request included pictures and explained that this job was mainly to sand, strip stain, and match woodwork as close as possible. All respondents were aware upfront. This task is able to be accomplished because a professional painter had already performed some of the work before becoming unavailable. It was disappointing to hear Niemar, a professional painter, recommend to just paint everything white. This, after one painter already completed some of the work, a second painter the previous week said he could do it, and a contractor yesterday said he could do it. I, myself, could just slap white paint on the woodwork if that's what I wanted, losing the higher quality wood in the process. 1"x 4ft pieces are painted white, not oak baseboards and carved moulding. This is a two-story house, so while the second floor would have beautiful matched stain, MOST (not all) of the first floor rooms would have white, painted trim. While that is the standard nowadays, this city house on a dead-end street has trees and nature on two sides, plus deer/wild turkeys/bunnies that pass by. The interior woodwork is a reflection of the ever disappearing nature outside. The desired end result is for beauty and consistency. This was my deceased mother's house, to be listed for sale in spring 2025. With a 5 rating I think I had higher expectations than a lazy suggestion. Additionally, the brief, interim owner after my mother died, is a Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker-Worcester Branch, who flips houses (I'd run from her and them!) She had the nice vinyl siding painted, which is now peeling and cracking after only 16 months! Niemar said he couldn't touch it up without having the exact brand and color paint used. This was surprising to hear since ROOFERS were able to replace some cracked siding (my mother kept extra of the original, unpainted siding) and they painted it to match by bringing a scraped piece of paint to Home Depot and having exterior paint tinted to the sample. The type of paint was recommended by the initial, professional painter, who painted the entire interior and was capable of correcting the mis-matched stain nightmare unnecessarily created by incompetent contractors who refuse to listen. My impression is that, because the project is a tedious, detailed labor of love honoring my mother's memory and for the next family, Niemar just didn't want to do it. Which is fine of course, but it might be better in future to say something to the effect of, "While I'd like to help, this project is going to be a little too time-consuming to fit in with other jobs we currently have," rather than what he actually said, which was, "It will have to be sanded. There will be dust. I can't do it." It would have been better if, after seeing the request/pictures and knowing what was being asked before contacting me, that the response was, "Unfortunately, Nick's Pro is unavailable." Coming to see the house when unable to perform the job was just a waste of time for both of us.

I needed to upgrade my house service as I ran out of room, also needed to make sure our pool was…read morehooked up properly and to add an outlet for the garage. George came highly recommended. He made sure we knew exactly what was going to happen and when. I had made sure the crawlspace opening was big enough to get into (as you could barely fit a head through the hole in the wall) and made sure he had plenty of room to work in around the pool and were the original panel was. He was prompt, courteous, professional, neat and organized. He also took the time to make sure everything was working, that all areas were cleaned up and we knew how everything worked ( timer for pool and how the switches worked) when the job was done. Thought the job would have taken longer than a few days but he was organized, and efficient which I could tell made all the difference. Great job and guys all around. Thank you George and Nick.

George is amazing!!!! Our office did not have power this morning and George rearranged his…read moreschedule to come here first thing. He not only found the issue but called National Grid for us and stayed with us until they arrived. He already knew the issue and worked with National Grid to get it fixed. I can't say enough but George!!!! Best electrician I have ever worked with!!! HE IS THE BEST!!!!