Home Inspections

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Home Inspections

• What you should know
• Brought to you by
• EDC Home Inspections

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The role of your home inspector

• Most importantly, to help the client make an
  informed decision on the purchase of their home.
  
• Act with integrity, honesty, punctuality, and
  being available during and after the inspection
  to answer all questions.
• Providing an unbiased report based on the current
  condition of the homes structure, grading, and
  major systems
• To advise the client of conditions and or
  components that are unsafe, require immediate
  repairs or maintenance, and items that may be
  nearing the end or their intended life span
• To adhere to the state regulated standards of
  practice

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The Inspector should not be expected to

• Report on minor cosmetic items
• Determine the remaining life span of components
• Quote exact costs for repairs (estimates may
  apply)
• Perform technically exhaustive inspections
• Perform punch lists on new construction
• Put themselves in dangerous unsafe situations
• Advise on whether or not the property should be
  purchased
• Turn on any utility that is not turned on at the
  time of the inspection. i.e. gas, water.

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Building Codes

• Inspectors are required, by law, to call out all
  Significantly Deficient items. Not code
  violations.
• Codes vary from town to town. National standards
  do not.
• Codes are a minimum standard of required work.
• Being in accord with local building codes is not
  the same as being safe. A house can be perfectly
  compliant with code, but be perfectly unsafe.
  i.e. smoke alarms
• Codes change continually, and are updated
• Fine line between code compliant and common sense
• Older homes grandfathered in compliancy

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What do we look at?

• Roof system coverings
• Exterior Lot
• Basement, foundation, crawlspace structure
• Heating Systems
• Cooling Systems
• Permanent Appliances

• Plumbing fittings fixtures
• Electrical supply distribution
• Fireplace Chimney
• Attic Insulation
• Doors Windows
• Interior components

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What are our limitations

• Think of a home inspector as your family
  doctor. We are generalists, not specialists. If
  a condition warrants further review or repair, we
  will refer you to the appropriate specialist in
  that field.
• The report should only be considered a snapshot
  in time and can only represent conditions viewed
  on the day and time of the inspection
• The inspector can only report on systems that
  they can see based on reasonable access
• A home inspection is NOT a warranty and implies
  no guarantee of the future condition of the home
  or its systems

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Structure types

• Commercial buildings
• Residential dwellings from Westside cottages to
  large homes
• Apartment complexes
• Duplexes, 4plexes
• Medical offices
• Restaurants
• Golf clubhouses and surrounding buildings
• Outbuildings
• Barns
• Bowling Alley
• Structures from 500sf to 60,000sf

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Types of inspections

• Listing inspections
• Buyers inspections
• Construction phase inspections
• Lender inspections
• One year warranty inspections
• Pest and dry rot inspections
• Residential
• Commercial

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What do we find?
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How much would you save by not getting an
inspection?
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Our report

• Delivered via email as a PDF file
• Digital pictures pointing out major defects
• Easy to read narratives, not just a check box
• Summary Report
• Full Report
• Same day reports
• CD or hard copy available upon request

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Affiliations Licensing

• COAREI Central Oregon Assoc. of Real Estate
  Inspectors
• COAR Central Oregon Assoc. of Realtors
• NACHI National Assoc. of Certified Home
  Inspectors
• AII American Institute of Inspectors (WDO WDI
  certified)
• CCB Construction Contractors Board 164773
• OCHI Oregon Certified Home Inspector 1015
• BNI Business Network International (membership
  committee)
• COCBA Central Oregon Christian Businessman
  Assoc.
• Licensed, Bonded
• EO Insurance

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Clients of ours

• Central Oregon Realtors
• Leeway Bank
• Bank of the Cascades
• HUD
• Strategic Assets Services
• Umpqua Bank
• NWCC
• US Inspect
• Fidelity Inspections

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About the inspector

• Honest
• Integrity
• Punctual
• Efficient
• Thorough
• Available
• Wife, 3 kids, dog, loves to fly fish and snow ski

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