Pete came highly reccomended through a trusted, seasoned real estate agent with whom I frequently…read morework -- who also used to do some contracting in his day, same as Pete. Point being, I was looking for an inspector who knows different eras of Virginia home building, and the associated construction and coding difficulties with renovation and pre-closing fixes. This is mine & my fiance's first home together, and I wanted to apply my knowledge to get us into the best buyer's position possible.
We are SO thankful we found Pete. As much as I know, Pete was outstanding at catching what I missed, and what my personal knowledge/experience didn't forecast. We caught a potentially very costly and difficult to fix issue, which I was able to research and we found a really wise and frugal solution. We were able to avoid walking away from a great house, and will be closing in a couple days. NoVa/DC has been a seller's market in 2016/17, with a lot of disappointing properties and/or irresponsible sellers. Pete executed our inspection like a seasoned professional. Moreover, he saved us the headache and heartache of having to jump back into the frey of home buying by either needlessly walking away, or being sunk with an unforseen fix/improvement.
Before our home inspection, we'd actually scheduled, re-schedule and had to cancel inspections on two different homes that we walked away from before inspection. Each time, Home Scope's staff was always immediately responsive, understanding, rescheduled and worked with us as needed to meet the contract deadlines -- huge lifesaver and anxiety reducer. From the inspection to their office operations, Home Scope is a professional outfit, and the the sole inspection company I refer to clients, friends, family, and anyone who sounds like they desperately need knowledgeable, efficient help in this market.
The housing demand around D.C. allows sellers, title companies, sellers agents, etc. to be really careless/sloppy/generaly poor service, and puts buyers at a serious disadvantage. Do you yourself a favor and hire an inspector like Home Scope who knows what they're doing, to protect yourself and your future.