I am the home owner in this review. King home inspections was hired by the buyers purchasing my home to conduct a home inspection. I have sold homes before and have had home inspections done on those properties with no issues. I am truly and utterly disgusted by the violation of my privacy and the unprofessionalism of the inspector that was at my house today. First he didn't put back things that he moved or opened. I came home to chairs under my island not put back, closet doors in two of the bedrooms left open, my can opener moved, my tea pot moved from my oven and left on my counter, the cover to the water fill on my pool was left off, patio chairs around my fire pit were moved and my patio furniture was moved and not put back, my blinds left pushed up, and my electronic shades not put back they way I left them. Not putting things back as you found them in someone's home is rude, disrespectful, and unprofessional especially in a professional capacity.
Here's the best part the inspector deemed it appropriate to open the top drawer to my nightstand, in my bedroom, looking for the remote to the fan in my bedroom (which is on a f***ing switch, so he could turn the fan on and off to confirm that it works, plus it was on when I left) because he wanted to see if the light on the fan worked. Apparently him checking to make sure a light on a fan works is more important than my privacy. He didn't call my agent to contact me or otherwise, which would have been the appropriate course of action if he was looking for something in my home and couldn't find it for the purposes of the inspection.
Opening my nightstand drawer is highly unethical and inappropriate in the capicity in which he entered my home. Being a home inspector does not give the right to go through the home owners private, personal space for any reason. Nothing in my drawer is going to affect the integrity of my house for the purposes of the inspection. I was completely beside myself when I realized the inspector opened my nightstand drawer and immediately contacted the company. The owner did call me to apologize and admitted the inspector told him he did in fact open my drawer (which I akready knew because he left the remote on my nightstand and that's not where I left it) while I can appreciate the honesty of the owner that does not excuse or correct what happened.
The kick in the a** is I spent time the night before moving things out from under my kitchen, bathroom, and laundry room sinks and away from the water softener trying to make things easy for the inspector to check the plumbing, electrical, etc., little did I know I should have been concerned about my private, personal space which he should have never gone anywhere near especially looking for a stupid remote when the fan is on a switch!!!
If you are a homeowner and notified of this company coming to your home for an inspection, I would ask your agent to respectfully request the buyer higher somebody else. The home buying and selling process is invasive and stressful enough; then to come home and find my house in disarray compared to how I left it (which is always perfect and I work hard to make it so) and to discover my privacy was violated simply to check if the light on a fan works was infuriating!!
He could have just put in the report that he wasn't able to check if the light worked and I would have been able to alleviate any concern the buyers had through my agent. (Isn't that why we have agents and pay commissions??)
There were so many options this inspector had besides opening my nightstand looking for a remote; which begs the question of what else did he open or go through that he should not have.
Leaving my house the way he did and violating my personal space with no regard for me as the home owner or his ethical duties as a home inspector is simply inexcusable. read more
