The team was great to work with. Darren and the team discovered a problem with one of my windows…read moreduring a 1 year warranty inspection and saved me a lot of money and problems down the line. Very knowledgeable and shared some helpful tips. Highly recommend!

Darren is very knowledgeable and professional. He conducted thorough inspection of our new home. He…read moretook time to walk through property with us and pointing out both major and minor concerns and answered all our questions patiently. The report is very detailed with pictures and videos. I would definitely recommend Darren and team for anyone conducting home inspection.

We used Greg for the second time and were very happy again. Everything was happending very fast…read morewith our inspection period and Greg really helped us out by being availabe to do the inspection and by sending us the report right away. We are super grateful. He is very thorough when he does his inspection and the report is written in detail but easy to understand for anyone. Greg is also a really nice person I can highly recommend him.

I contacted Greg a couple years ago for a mold inspection at my home. I was happy with his service…read moreso I contacted him again when my parents needed a general home inspection. Greg arrives on time and is friendly and professional throughout the process. For the mold inspection, Greg explained what he was doing as he took samples and answered my questions. He later emailed me the mold report when he received the results. For the home inspection, Greg inspected inside and outside the home and pointed out concerns as he found them. He let me know which would need immediate attention and others to watch out for, and what kind of service contractors to call. Again, he answered all my questions and later emailed me the inspection report. Will call him again for other jobs in the future.

Inspected a condo I was looking to purchase with extreme detail, competence and speed given our…read moretight timeline! Friendly, prompt and provided great verbal and written explanation

5 stars, no question. If you want the best inspection done people who really know what they are…read moredoing (and are nice and happy to explain things to you), this is the company for you. General inspection, roof, pool, sewer, mold, etc. all done by the same company (and by 3 people at once so it didn't take forever and a day). Also, prior to the inspection, scheduling was very easy and customer service was great with them fitting me into a cancellation to get my inspection done sooner. We received our report later about 9 hours after our inspection was complete (and received our expedited mold report a day later), and the report is very thorough and easy to read. Once again, if you want the best inspectors and best customer service, this is who you want.

Ron is truly the best inspector in the business. He is incredibly thorough, extremely…read moreknowledgeable, and takes his time to make sure nothing is overlooked. When you're buying a home, a detailed inspection is something you should never rush and I appreciate how Ron always goes above and beyond to make sure we fully understand what we're walking into. This is our second time using him, and once again he delivered exceptional service. We trust him completely. Highly, highly recommend. Thank you, Ron, for helping us with another home inspection. You really are the best!

I hired Ron to do an inspection as I was selling my parents' house and was not completely familiar…read morewith the current condition. I like to use local, small businesses whenever possible, and his reviews were excellent. My mistake was not noticing how old they were. He advised it would take 4 to 4 1/2 hours to complete. He was there 5 hours when my realtor had to ask him to leave for the open house that was being held that day. He came back afterward to finish the roof inspection. He failed to complete an inspection for the kitchen due to "time constraints". However, he had time to note that there was a pet door that was a "safety" concern. He also stated that some items were issues that he was clearly wrong about ("minimal" strapping on a water heater that had 2 straps from a newly purchased kit and a third steel strap, replacement windows that he stated were the "builder type from the original construction"). While I appreciate thoroughness, spending time nitpicking every minor detail in a 61 year old house but not completing the full inspection I paid for is not acceptable. He did not get my name right on the report, even though I wrote it for him on the contract I signed. He did not provide the hard copy report that was promised, nor did he email it to me - I had to get it from my realtor. I'm giving him a 3 for thoroughness. If you have unlimited time to wait for this guy to complete the inspection, go for it. He may have been a great inspector in his prime, but personally I think he needs to hang it up and retire already.

As others have commented, Bruce @ Sunset Home Inspection is a fantastic home inspector and I have…read morerecommended him to others and also have personally used him countless times over the years for many property inspections. Bruce is very thorough, extremely knowledgeable, and best of all he is willing to take the time to review and explain any of his findings to clients, so that they have a clear understanding of what they are purchasing/selling. Bruce is reasonably priced...he may not be the cheapest (but why would you want to cheap out on a home inspection when you're making one of the biggest purchase of your life), however, he is definitely not the most expensive. He also provides a very quick turn-around in getting his reports out.

Thank you Bruce for making the inspection process convenient, professional and detailed. We can now…read morehave absolute confidence in the home we are buying but at the same time we know all the details of what we should address. Highly recommended.

Mike Hasty, Master Inspector, was just Outstanding; Knowledgeable…read more Efficient and Professional. Just a Great experience to deal with. Gil K.

Mike Hasty is a Certified Master Inspector. We had him provide a full house inspection before we…read moreput our house on the market. He did a thorough job and found a few items to address which we certainly will do before our house is listed. Mike is super clean, always wearing shoe coverings when in the house. He had a keep eye for the quality that went into our essentially rebuilding a home built in 1900 while trying to keep consistent with the vintage home. Great Value for Money. He went up and above on the service requested. We LOVED working with Mike. While being professional, he also had a great sense of humor and is extremely personable! 10 out of 10!! Thank you, Mike!

I've had to contact them approximately 15 times in reference to scheduling after my house burnt…read moredown they sent the request for a deposit to my house that burnt down despite me providing them with the correct address I've had to chase them at every turn despite paying the deposit, I have triplet children and run three businesses and my home burned down and I'm exhausted. I think this company is extremely unprofessional and disrespectful of my time.

The Soil Report Scam goes like this…read more.. I know and hope there are legitimate soil engineers out there, but this was not my experience with Grover-Hollingsworth and Associates or with Bob Hollingsworth. If the city wants a "soil report" for things like a grading permit, pool, etc.; you will need to call a soil engineer like this these people here. Watch out! From my experience, this company is not here to help you, like they claim. They are here to extract as much money as they can upfront and without any of their work being verified first. Their "soil report" is only given after all the money is paid upfront with 50% down to start. When we received our report, many things were unclear, as they speak in a certain "soil language". Once we figured out what was going on, we found that this company wanted to make the project much larger in scope than needed. In my opinion, this is so the home owner gets in over their head unknowingly. The project goes sideways and then you have to call in the soil engineer. They are then happy to step in at a very high additional fee. The catch here is that the city wants their signature in order to approve the plans to actually get your permit. In my opinion, this company uses that to their advantage to put you over a barrel. When I voiced my concerns about the scope of the project being larger than what the city required, I was told by Bob Hollingsworth that I was, "pissing him and his project manager off and that I needed to find a different soil engineer". The problem for most people would be that most other soil engineers do not want to take over another companies botched job. Then you have to start from the very beginning. Did I mention that this process was very very expensive? From our point of view, this company sent an inexperienced and/or not very sharp project manager. Bob, never came out to the site. This person did the test holes in the wrong places. They did not take into account "grandfathered areas" and they wanted us to "bench" in areas that did not require benching. Bob Hollingsworth is one of the most abrasive, ego-driven nut-jobs that I have ever had the displeasure of interacting with. I would not recommend this company or the people in it for ANYTHING! We are planning a lawsuit to retrieve the money we spent and additional costs they have caused us. If anyone has had a similar issue with this company and is interested in forming a class action suit, please post here and we will contact you. Note: This review was previously removed because Bob Hollingsworth came out to the site, for the first time immediately after the review was posted and say he was was going to take care of the mistakes they made at their expense. We waited for almost 2 weeks and they never updated their report. I emailed him today asking for the report and he responded that he would quote me for the changes.

Professional, detailed, and knowledgeable! Highly recommend! Inspection was completed within an…read morehour and a half. We received the report with a few hours on the same day. Can't thank Rick for doing a great job!

Sean recently inspected a home for my client and he was fantastic…read more He was very thorough and his "sit down" after the inspection to go over the findings was superb. Sean has a very succinct and informative way of explaining his findings that was not alarming but at the same time gave the home buyer all the information needed to come to an informed decision as to the safety of the house. What really set Sean apart was when my client set the appointment, he happened to be in the area that day. He drove by the property so he would know exactly where to go. When he saw the house he called me and said that we would need a 25+ foot ladder in order to get on the roof. Most inspectors do not have a ladder that size as part of their normal equipment. We were able to make arrangements for a ladder to be there which allowed him to see the roof and the HVAC units. This saved us a lot of time, expense and heartache. I would highly recommend Sean to anyone who needs a home inspected.

Todd Riccio and team were outstanding representatives for us in our home purchase! They were…read moreextremely knowledgeable, responsive and engaged in every aspect of our transaction. We were delighted to have closed escrow with such a collaborative team. Highly recommend Todd and his team for any of your real estate needs. Bill and Daran Haug

Todd is an excellent listing agent and a wonderful person. He gave me appropriate advises in terms…read moreof selling my home. Although I didn't sell it this time due to my time limit, I plan to ask his service next time as well when trying to sell it, because he's professional and reliable.

Sunshine Foundation did our inspection during escrow, and after we purchased the house, I had a few…read moreother companies come out for second opinions. Truthfully, no one came close to the knowledge, honesty, and thoroughness of Solomon and the Sunshine team. What stood out most was that they never tried to oversell me. They were straightforward about what needed to be done and what didn't. The dirt removal ended up taking about twice as long as originally estimated (not their fault - there was was just way more dirt than was viable), but they still did not hit me with a change order. Finding a contractor that is honest, communicative, and actually sticks to their word feels almost impossible, but Sunshine did exactly that. I also asked them to move the start date up by two weeks because of our move-in timeline, which was a huge ask. Ram, the owner, personally made sure it happened and clearly moved things around to make it work. Ram and Solomon were available throughout the entire process, from start to finish, and they even had their crew working overtime to help us hit our target completion date. They truly went above and beyond. Sunshine did an amazing job removing a massive amount of dirt and reinforcing our raised foundation. I will be doing seismic retrofitting with them in the near future. I could not recommend this team more.

I never imagined our seismic retrofit project could go so well or I wouldn't have procrastinated so…read morelong to get it done. My husband and I knew we should get earthquake insurance but the cost blew our minds but when we heard that you can get a 25% discount if you complete the retrofit, we explored what it would entail. Well the EBB subsidy which came out to $3,000 was a huge motivator. Selection: To select a company to work with I went overboard reading reviews, not just looking at ratings- Yelp, Google, Angi, Houzz. Plus, I always look at Next Door because our city is finicky so I wanted to see which companies had delivered excellent experiences for homeowners in our city and lastly I look at Reddit. I invited 3 highly rated companies with excellent track records to provide quotes based on the work required. Out if the 3, two came, went into our crawl space and provided a detailed breakdown of the necessary work and cost with photos. The third company provided a quote over Yelp without coming in person to do a visual inspection. So they were eliminated from consideration. The remaining two which included Sunshine were excellent and after putting together a side by side comparison of the work and costs along with their answers to some initial and follow up questions from my husband ( who was a 35 yr construction industry executive), we selected Sunshine and specifically Adam who was the lead that came to our house and who provided detailed and technical responses that instilled so much confidence. EBB approval: Well from there, it was like we had a retrofit concierge with Diana guiding me through every step which is necessary because there are things that need to be done on the EBB website to ensure compliance to receive approval and given Sunshine's vast experience, they have it down to a science which eliminates a ton of confusion I am sure I would have had to face without them. The retrofit work: The team was on time, had detailed instructions, and worked diligently the entire time they were here and they provided photos of their work. And a bonus was I didn't have any clean up to do afterwards. I need to note that out of an abundance of caution Adam ( who is also a licensed electrician) came back out to take care of a wire that looked suspicious but was probably not an issue. If he had not mentioned it, we would not have known City inspection and approval: A breeze! The gentleman that dealt with the city came by after to give us the good news and it was apparent he was trusted by the city inspector. Retrofit completion certificate Diana expeditiously provided the certificate i needed to provide my insurance broker to get quotes after instructing me on how to complete the final EBB steps Success! We now have earthquake insurance and saved 25% off the premium. Side note: get your quote from GeoVera and not the Earthquake Authority. our quote for better coverage by a more highly rated company saved $1,500 in annual premiums So, for a project that seemingly would have been a bear, it was probably the easiest construction like project and process I could have imagined that gives us added confidence in protecting our home. Do it and include Sunshine in your short list. you will be happy you did.