Paid $600 for a home inspection report.
It was a long-distance transaction, and I never got to see the home before the purchase went through, so I was relying on this and the other inspection reports I got for the house to tell the story of anything I should be concerned about with the home.
Long story short, the inspection Joel Haraldson provided me for my 133-year-old home told me nothing. Nothing. No decent photos, no paragraphs of details about the house, just a few random photos with no context and a few misspelled sentences about a few minor issues with the house. Terrible. I showed Haraldson's report to a local contractor who I had out to look at the foundation. The contractor laughed, used the word "ridiculous" and told me to get my money back. Got to the house and found dozens of problems within the first day, any of which would have been noticed by a home inspection professional with even a modicum of interest in doing his job. Instead of hiring this guy, buy a camera for $100 and give it and $50 to a high school kid with the request to take some pictures and provide his opinion of the house, and I'm sure he would give you a way more competent and useful report than what Mr. Haraldson gave me for my $600. And you've saved $450. read more