As an agent, I've worked with many home inspection companies. Some better than others. Some more thorough than others. Some more laxed than others. But I have never experienced one like this one.. (steve was the inspector) After his inspection of the home, we deliberated for about 1.5 hours over his findings. The timing of it, I don't mind. But he kept talking about hypotheticals and the cost of things if things went wrong. What I didn't understand is.. if it's not a problem now.. who's to say it will be a problem later. Sure it may be.. but you don't know when things will go array so why instill fear into new homeowners about future potential problems of a home I have never experienced or heard another home inspector say such things. Rightfully, my buyers decided to cancel the deal altogether. Home inspectors should highlight current findings of a home read more

Steve's report is bunch of nonsense. Save your money and find another inspector! He needs to go back to learning modern furniture and criteria. Reporting a cabinet door missing a barn door when it is designed to have only one barn door is mind blowing. He also needs to learn the difference between water shut off valve and sprinkler valve! I wish i could sue him for making me lose a buyer! An inspector's job is not to scare buyer away and that is exactly what he did. read more

Best money I have ever spent! Very detailed! I plan on using and recommending Steve moving forward!

Extremely professional and thorough! It was a pleasure working with Steve. He did a super thorough inspection and inspection report and spent all the time we needed in clarifying his findings. I would highly recommend Homesite Inspections to any friends and family. read more

This is the second home I've purchased in San Diego and I have been very impressed with the level of expertise and professionalism both times. Extremely knowledgeable and goes through every part of home. Crawls under and over every inch and doesn't miss any defects or potential problems. Highly recommend and their rates are comparable to everyone else. Ask for Steve. read more

As a real estate agent having a go to home inspector is so very important! I am so thankful I found these guys. Steve is great and is so accommodating to my clients schedules. Will continue using this company!! read more

Even though trying to buy a house during COVID has been a struggle, Steve has done all three of our home inspections and we would not go with anyone else! He is always incredibly thorough, providing extensive inspection reports with so many pictures included in less than a day. You will not find a better, more respectful and honest home inspection business in San Diego County! read more

What a pleasure it was working with Steve. He did our inspection almost a year ago and he did such a great thorough job. It was raining and cold that day and nothing stopped him. We had such a great inspections and a great report to work off of to fix things on our new house. We appreciate you guys so much! read more

Steve did an amazing job on my home inspection. I have been through many inspection since I am in the business and he went over and above on this job. I feel Steve was knowledgeable and professional in the entire process. If you need a home inspection on your home this is the best company I have ever worked with. read more

TL;DR Steve was extremely unprofessional by "pranking" us claiming he was arrested by the FBI, as an apology for not returning our phone calls. FULL STORY (Disclaimer: It's shocking) We had Steve for our home inspection which he had done a great job. However, when we wanted him to come back out for a re-inspection, he was not returning any of the phone calls. About three to four days later (Aug 13), my agent gets a voicemail from a supposed FBI Agent Harold Jones, who claims he has arrested Steve for fraudulent activity. Our agent, who was an ex-police officer, called the number back and left a voicemail. Our agent immediately called us after, to inform us of the situation. He told us to watch our banking information closely, in case the fraudulent activity involved client's financials. It made us worry and panic, since getting arrested by the FBI meant that Steve committed fraud across state lines and since Steve received a check from us, he had a certain degree of our personal information. A day after, our agent still has not received a call back from "Agent Jones", and so he decided to do his own investigating. He called the FBI San Diego field office and spoke with a receptionist. He asked for an Agent Jones, to which the receptionist was unable to find any "Jones" in the directory. He also gave the phone number he was contacted with. The receptionist informed him that all FBI lines start with the area code "858", unless a call was made from a personal cell phone. Our agent didn't immediately think it was spam yet, because he imagined that the phone call could have been made from the personal cell phone. But he was starting to have strange suspicions.This time, he called Home Site Inspection's main line to see if they had any information. After asking for Steve, the reception replied, "oh he's right here!" Steve came on the line and initially told our agent that he was, indeed arrested by the FBI. And then made a huge U-turn and said, "yeah that was me. I took my son's phone and pretended to be the FBI. It was the only way I could apologize for not returning your phone call. Let me know when the re-inspection is, I can totally come out!" After that call, our agent called me immediately after to let me know what happened. He had texted Steve after the call to also see if we can have the re-inspection done free of charge, due to this "prank". Radio silence. There were many things wrong with this: - Very unprofessional to prank a client's agent - No courtesy to call back IMMEDIATELY to state that it was a prank. Instead having the agent do his own investigating and then contacting YOU. - No formal apology or compensation was made to the clients. Previous to this incident our agent and I were going to start recommending him to other home buyers. I also told this incident to my supervisor, the person who had originally recommended him to me. My supervisor is also never recommending Steve. Steve caused us unnecessary worry and stress at an already stressful time during the home buying process. His unprofessionalism is something I have NEVER seen as a consumer. read more

This company cost me the sale of my home because of their sloppy work, The potential buyer hired them to inspect my home. When I returned I found the following; 1. AC was set for 45 degrees and had run at the level for 10 hours. My home has zone heating and the inspector (Jim) admitted to me on the phone the next day he did not realize that fact. 2. A transom fell and nicked an expensive picture frame of an oil painting. The inspector said the transom came loose when he opened it and slide it back in place. When he was downstairs he admitted he heard it crash. Transom was damaged and needs to be repaired. He left me no note indicating what he did. I suspect he didn't know how to operate the window treatment. 3. Inspector left a message on my counter claiming CO was detected near my hot water heater but none in the rest of the house. Obviously I was concerned. I had a CO detector in home but went out and purchased another one. I scrambled to have an HVAC company come out to make repairs over the July 4th holiday. I paid holiday rates only to find that the reputable HVAC company, after extensive testing, found NO CO problems. Leaving me a message indicating a CO problem when there was none is like yelling fire in a crowded theater. Homesight inspections has not taken responsibility for their sloppy work. The result, I am left with over $200 in CO testing and repair bills and the owner backed out of sale. Homesight Inspections did sloppy work and offered no satisfaction in resolving the issue. Buyer Beware! read more

I have been a San Diego Real Estate Broker since 1994 and I have read more inspection reports and dealt with more home inspectors than I can remember. HomeSite was referred to me by my former inspector who was retiring. He could not have left me in better hands. I use Steve and he is a very sincere and competent inspector. If there is something wrong with a home, he will find it. Myself and my clients have been very pleased with his inspections and I highly recommend Steve and HomeSite to anyone who needs a home inspection. read more

I have alway found Jack to be responsive and in a timely fashion. Responses are always the same day. Ray and Steve have never failed me on any of my inspections and my clients feel well taken care of by the end of the inspection. read more

Please be aware that this company is a fraud, and more importantly, most of the inspection services employed during the home purchasing process are as well. This company failed to identify $7000 worth of rotting wood that was a huge safety hazard to me and my family. Do yourself a favor, and find the absolute cheapest "inspector" you can find. Then do a walk through with a contractor. This company is a complete joke though, and were definitely not the cheapest. read more

My mother & I ordered a home inspection & the lady, Leasa failed in multiple aspects in terms of basic competencies. Unfortunately she messed up on the address, as well as the zip code. We had repeated it multiple times on the phone, prior to ending the initial call & she ended up calling us back within the hour to say she could not find the property. After missing a number in the zip code (seriously?) and corrected her in that aspect, we figured we were covered. The next day, she had entered an additional number on the property address. We had initially stated the 4 numbers on the property, but 5 numbers Leasa? Seriously? This businesses is in the past, especially when they refuse to email simple documents or take emails at all in any case. They are "call only" in terms of scheduling. Their eta on turnaround for the report was a week. In this era, property inspection turnarounds are generally 24 hour with email confirmation as well as the inspection itself. This place on the other hand seriously said that they would take a week. For less of a headache, book another inspection company that is "up to date" and not of another epoch. Cheers. read more

Steve did an extremely thorough inspection of our new home. Not only did he take his time going through everything with a fine toothed comb, he made sure I understood what the major issues with the house were. He really went above and beyond explaining (and showing me) everything that stood out to him. A real stand up guy who was friendly and professional . read more

Were buying a home! We needed the true facts before we purchase to know the safty of this perfict lookong home! Inspection was very professional with a detailed report. Thank you so much! read more

Steve is the man. So thorough and explains everything effectively. This is the right choice.

Super knowledgeable and friendly. I am a local Realtor in San Diego, and I recommend Homesite/Deberry to all of my buyers during the inspection period of our escrow. I have worked with other inspection companies in the past, but have always come back to Homesite, being that they are far more knowledgeable and professional than any of the others that I have dealt with. read more

I hope you would agree with me that Steve at Homesite Inspection is the one you should hire to do the home inspections for you..... Steve did an inspection for me about two months ago. He impressed me with his knowledge, thoroughness and friendly attitude. Last week after my tenants moved into the unit, they discovered some minor things that needed to be fixed. Since this is my first time to be a landlord and I know nothing about things around the house, I called Steve for his advice/referral on whom I should go to. To my absolute surprise, Steve got back to me telling me that he felt obligated to go check out the problems himself since there were not enough notes on his report regarding those minor things. He did! I could not thank him enough for voluntarily doing that. What made me even more speechless was that he offered to pay to get everything fixed. Can you believe that? I can't. It's not the money I saved that prompted me to post a review here. I just wanted to share my experience with you and let you know there are professional and honest business people out there, and Steve is definitely one of them. This will save you time trying to find a home inspector that you can trust and will be happy with. read more

Buying a home is stressful. Home inspections might be the worst part of the process. You want everything to be perfect. Our inspector was thorough. He went around and accessed EVERYTHING. He told us what we needed to know that was wrong without sugar coating it. Thank god. Excellent customer service, an all-around great company! read more

Homesite inspection did a superb Job on a home inspection for my in laws. They needed an inspection way out in Alpine. It was done with one day notice. A seven page write up was conducted outlying every minor and major detail. My in laws were confident to move forward feeling they new everything that needed fixing. On a side note the write up had inserted pics for the viewer to actually see potential hazards. I would recommend Homesite Inspection to anyone. Fast detailed and reliable - enough said. read more

extremely thorough , good report thank you Steve . I would recommend you to anybody

Steve did our inspection last night! Scheduling was very hard to do, as there was so many people the schedule had to coordinate with, but he was super flexible and worked with our time, and did our inspection later than they are typically done! He was super thorough and would point items out to us as he was doing them. The inspection took a total of about 3 1/2 -4 hours. I am so glad that we decided to go with this company and that we got Steve. We are now able to move forward with the purchase of our first home with confidence that it is in fairly good shape. He pointed out different items that were so minor I did not even think he would pay attention to, but he did. If we ever decide to buy a home again, I will defiantly be using him for all of our inspection needs! Again, Thank you so much Steve you were awesome!!! read more

I have read many home inspection reports and I can honestly say they do not have a clue. The lack of knowledge is shocking. If you need someone to point out the minusa and totally miss the large issues this is your place. You guys need some training. read more