Joe arrived on time, was very thorough, knowledgable and complete in his inspection. He does a…read morevery complete report with photos and complete descriptions of what he finds and we feel confident in his expertise. Joe came highly recommended by our 5 star real estate agent and we are thankful to have had his expertise in the home inspection process. Scheduling with him was an ease, timely and efficient. His demeanor is very professional, pleasant and you can tell he really knows what he's doing and cares about the work he does as well as his clients. His pricing was very competitive and very fair as he offeres a range of services and set his schedule based on what we requested, not paying more for getting less. Thank you Joe!

As much as I want, I cannot give a recommendation for Sage Home Inspections. Even though Joe was…read moreon-time, polite, professional, and very knowledgeable, he missed too many egregious things that I think are unforgiveable. We had the buying inspection about 2 months ago, and Joe was seemingly thorough -- walking on the roof, entering the crawl space and attic, taking pictures, etc. He mentioned there was one leak in the attic, and based on his assessment of it, we were able to get the seller to pay for repairs and remediation. All good! Fast forward two months and I get a roofer to come look at my roof because we knew it was toward the end of its life in age. After coming down from the same attic that Joe was in, the roofer showed pictures of FOUR MORE leaks of equal or worse severity than the one Joe showed us. Knowing this would have made buying negotiations much different and likely saved us tens of thousands of dollars. I am not unreasonable, expecting an inspector to catch every little thing, but missing four roof leaks within ten yards of a leak that you did find is not just a small oversight. Despite the professionalism and efficient job, I cannot say that Joe did a thorough job, and I would not choose to get an inspection with Sage Home Inspections again.

Excellent service time, with a communicative and patient inspector. I highly recommend Clyde's…read moreResidential Inspections. Bill was thorough, and saved us about 30k. He saved us from a very, very expensive mistake.

DO NOT TRUST this company to do a thorough inspection if you are buying a house. I don't know if he…read moreis on the seller's side (maybe shady owners and realtors know to use him?) or just negligent and/or incompetent. There is another one star review that I would like to echo. We bought a house that this company inspected. He pointed out a few superficial things like a couple boards on the deck that needed replacing and some caulking that needed replacing in a bathroom. Fine. But for the attic, he wrote about two lines that a vent needed repair and there was "some organic material" that could be sprayed with fungicide. A month later, we move in and hear rats partying in all the walls and the attic. A professional goes up there...every single bay covered in black mold. All the insulation is complete Swiss cheese. So obvious that when I see pictures (I've never even been in an attic and know nothing about it) I can tell it's a complete rat's nest, literally. Nests and rodent excrement everywhere. Scattered mousetraps. Now we are going to have a bill for over $10,000. Shame on us for not doing proper due diligence. Don't make our mistake. If you see this company's name on an inspection report, either run away, or if you are in love with the house, pay a signicant amount to do your own inspection. Which you should probably do anyway. On the flip side, if you are offering on a house and some other group did an inspection and you want to o your own (good for you), DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY.

We were in a 30 day close window and had to get an inspection within a week. Don was able to come…read moreout the next day after I called. He was prompt and professional. He was incredibly through on all aspects of the house. He even suggested some tips on how to make the house more efficient. Thanks to his recommendations, I was able to get money back for repairs. I also love his website which gives recommendations for all types of tradesmen. We are not local to the area, so this was incredibly helpful. I would recommend Don to anyone that needs an inspection.

We appreciated Don's ability to come out and inspect our house when we had a tight inspection…read morecontingency window as well as his friendly service. He does like to do his own thing and then report back to you, so we gave him his space when inspecting the house. He walked through the house with us room by room and area by area when he finished and then produced a complete report with photos. He seemed very thorough and knowledgeable and gave good advice - although he was quick to point out when things were beyond the scope of his expertise and the general inspection process (which is as to be expected with any home inspection). There were just a couple things that we pointed out when we were going through the house together and asked him about that he had yet to identify which eventually made it into the report, so we were glad we asked every question we could think of. We also paid the additional fee for a sewer scope and he provided us with a video of this service. We were thankful that we chose to do this and recommend that no one skip this important aspect of an inspection! Don also made sure to let us know that he was available to answer questions we had in the future and we really do feel as though we can call him up and ask him questions if we need to. Thanks, Don!

I was the unfortunate receiver of a buyer using Sno-King Inspection Services and I wish they'd used…read moresomeone more thorough than this guy. He left lights on, a ceiling fan running, he doesn't know what he's doing when it comes to bracing and trusses, he turned off both breakers on my heater in the attic so I had no heat in my home, and I just discovered (a week later) he left the cover to go under my house completely off. I hope there aren't any animals down there now living under my house. How hard is it to go back through and make sure you left the home the same way it was when you got there??? Also, he used an indoor area rug to wipe all the mud off his shoes from outside. What an idiot! Do all your indoor inspections and save the outdoors for last. I spent an hour cleaning my home after he'd been here and had to call someone to turn the heat back on. I recommend you use ANYONE else other than Sno-King Inspection Services!!!

We had hired Tom based on our realtor's recommendation. Usually I like to research these things…read morebeforehand, but our agent was so insistent on using this guy that I figured I'd go with him. It turns out, the recommendation was right on the money. We had put in an offer on a house and had Tom take a look. We had a long planned vacation and so we were unable to attend the inspection in person. I'm extremely glad we placed our trust in Tom, because he found major issues with several key components of the house - the roof, the foundation, the plumbing, and wood eating beetles, amongst other things. The shoddy work we found led us to do some investigating. We found an unpermitted addition that violated city property setback laws. The city could have forced us to tear down the entire master bath. Needless to say, we passed on this house. If saving us from an $800,000 mistake wasn't enough, Tom inspected a second house we put an offer in on. We knew from our last experience that he was going to be picky, and that's exactly what we wanted. He did a great job, and identified a few issues. His detailed report allowed us to negotiate a nice seller concession to make the repairs. He gave us confidence that this was a much better house. I would hire Tom again in a heartbeat.

Larry from the inspector guys did the seller's inspection for a home in Snohomish on which I bid…read more The seller and the seller's agent were both licensed realtors with Windermere realty and they hired Larry for their inspection. The home was a flip and the bones were in disrepair, but Larry's reports casually understated the gravity of the problems at hand. Most glaring is the notation of "possible organic growth" and the picture on the left below. The picture on the right is the same spot in the attic taken by the inspector I hired to verify the seller's inspection. There was blatant dishonesty on many aspects of this home, listed by Reshal Ploeger and Gillian Gilman of Windermere and Larry is clearly contributing to the facade.

Well, almost 2 years later and I am writing an update. It turns out that there was a leak in my…read moreroof caused by a very noticeable issue. Where the roofing company (before I owned the home) installed the Vents on the roof, the idiots had left exposed nail heads....that is a huge NO-NO. Sure enough I got a leak that did cause damage to my ceiling. If they were as detailed as I originally though, that should have been pointed out. I will be using someone else with the purchase of my next home.

I had an extremely good experience with Pride Home Inspections following the move-out of my tenants…read morein our Seattle apartment condo. Joseph, who's the principal, responded promptly to my request, and performed the inspection just two days later. He did an extremely thorough job over around 3 hours or so and provided me a detailed 25-page report around 3 hours later. He categorized each item as acceptable, repair/replace, safety issue, monitor and not accessible. Subsequently, Joseph called me on my phone and went over the items that needed fixing, including whether they counted as wear & tear or were caused by our former tenants. He also gave me a ballpark price on what they would cost to fix. Based on my direct experience, Joseph went well beyond expectations, and I strongly recommend Pride Home Inspections.

Joe went above and beyond! He was professional and experienced. We hired Joe to do a crawl space…read moreinspection for a potential water leak. He was able to identify where the leak was coming from. Then he went above and beyond to look for potential water leaks outside of the crawl space without charging us extra. He delivered the report with pictures very quickly. I would definitely hire him again and recommend him to all my friends!

John was recommended to me by a family member for my first home inspection back in 2010. He did…read moresuch an amazing job that five years later he was the first person I contacted to have two more home inspections done. He is extremely knowledgeable and friendly. I learn new things each time John comes to inspect a house, and I never felt uncomfortable asking questions. John was always happy to answer my questions while I tagged along, often into great detail as my curious mind likes to understand how things work. When there were things that he found he always provided me with a recommendation to remedy as well as one or two company referrals for where to go for a repair estimate in his report. His reports by the way are 2nd to none, extremely detailed, very well organized, and come with pictures and explanations. Even the companies he has referred me to are some of the friendliest people I've worked with and upon meeting them they asked who referred me and both of them told me John is probably the best in the business. Two times his referrals came out (one for a sewer scope and one for a foundation inspection), asked me what I needed and upon visual inspection said that what I needed could be done but was probably not necessary and told me a way I could remedy it myself, or how to patch something and monitor it to see if it was actually an issue before paying to get it fixed. Neither of them charged me! The foundation one saved me approx. 18k alone making Johns inspection pay for itself like 50 times over. John has a customer for life from me and I recommend him to anyone and everyone I can. He's also motivated me to look into getting my own home inspection certification as I am very interested in this profession. Getting to inspect all these cool homes, seeing all the crazy construction, and finding damage out there is really interesting!

We used Jerome from Lasswell inspection on the recommendation from our realtor. Jerome was…read morefantastic -- thorough, thoughtful and candid about the strengths and weaknesses of the house. Comparing his work to other inspectors in the past is like night and day, highly recommend.

Transparent Inspections was a referral from my agent as we prepped our home for sale. Transparent…read moreInspections allowed for online booking and Austin showed up on time and ready to inspect. He also does sewer scopes so it saved us time and money! After the inspection, Austin walked us through what he found and his recommendations. He was professional and patient with our questions. I'd recommend Transparent Inspections for all your home inspection needs.

On their seller pre-inspection report, Transparent Inspections failed to point out a huge wall…read moredefect surrounding an old ventilation pipe in the garage as well as defect in the siding that served as an entry point for a huge rat AND bee infestation in my garage walls and ceiling. The rat infestation involved 2/3 of the garage. We had to tear out all the dry walls and ceilings with tons of rat carcasses and feces, hire bee keepers and pest control, as well as hire contractors to replace all the insulation, dry wall, painting plus city inspection which amounted to 6 figures. It was a huge emotional and financial shock. Had the inspection report been more thorough and transparent (no pun intended), we would not have bought the house.