We recently purchased a condo in Salem. We live out of State & purchased this as a summer home. After receiving our home inspection report, BJ had disclosed a varmint problem in the crawl space. I called him & discussed this with him, as we were concerned about this situation. In his opinion, the problem was not that bad & an exterminator should be able to remedy the problem. We went forward with the purchase & with the help of our realtor (who also recommended BJ) got an exterminator out to assess the problem. His report disclosed major rat infestation, which would require the removal & replacement of all floor insulation. His report also disclosed a damaged heater duct that would allow the rats access to living area & a broken dryer vent that sent all the lint into the crawl space. When I called BJ about this, his response was "these types of things are subjective & the exterminator is making more of the situation in order to make more money. When I asked him about the heater duct & dryer vent, he said they must have been in an area of the crawl space that was not assessable. We then had another contractor go out & take a look. He said that he had no problem seeing the damaged duct work or dryer vent. He agreed with the findings of the exterminator, that the crawl space was in awful shape & smelled terrible.
Again, I reached out to BJ. Again, he said that these things are subjective & that he stood by his report.
I would not under any circumstances recommend BJ or IQA Home Inspections, Inc. It was a total waste of money! read more