Sample Report

Every home inspection client will receive a CDROM at the time of inspection or shortly thereafter that contains all the high definition full size color pictures taken during the inspection. There are always many more pictures taken than are put in the report.

Why? Because I take pictures of the home that do not represent problems and are not put into the report. They show details that are of interest to prove that certain items were inspected, even if they are not problems.

Every report has the issues documented by a picture and a caption describing the issue. The issues are then summarized at the top of the report and arranged in 3 categories:

1. SC or Safety Concern issues are always on top. These are items like bad GFCI protection circuits or missing grounds at pools or garage fire doors that don’t close and lock.
2. FE or Further Evaluation by an expert is next. These are items like electrical issues that need to be examined in more detail by an electrician or a plumber.
3. CR or Correction Recommended.  These are issues that are not urgent or do not have to be repaired, like small cracks in concrete or stucco, missing AC outlet covers, and other details that don’t fit the SC or FE classification but still represent items that are not as the house was new.

You can see a sample report by either left clicking on the link below (which will open the PDF in your browser’s window) OR if your browser fails to open it, right click on the link and save it to your disk. Then you can open it in your local Adobe Reader program.

The picture below shows the report as it will be after you get it by email and print it out. The CDROM is either given to you at the inspection or mailed shortly after.