About the company
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Arad Bedek Bayit Ltd. inspects apartments, common areas and public buildings to find defects caused by poor construction and deviations from the standards. Our aim is for the client to get what they paid for: a sound, well-built apartment that gives them enjoyment, quality of life and full value for their money.
More than 90% of new apartments have defects
In reality, more than 90% of new apartments in Israel today fall short of that. They have construction defects, materials without a standards mark, safety problems, dampness or aesthetic flaws. Under the warranty set by law, the resident is therefore entitled to rework, repair or compensation.
Without an expert building inspection engineer to find all of those defects, the resident will miss them and lose that legal right. We advise everyone who buys an apartment, especially a new apartment from a contractor, to have a professional home inspection (bedek bayit) done to check what they actually received. That is our expertise.
Founded in 2001 by engineer Ron Arad
The firm was founded in 2001 by a senior building engineer, Ron Arad, who still manages it. As a result, Arad Bedek Bayit stands out for its strong engineering focus: he personally supervises and reviews every engineering inspection.
He works with a team made up entirely of experienced building engineers who have been trained for this work, and with 3 lawyers. Combined with Ron Arad's legal experience as a court-appointed expert, they achieve impressive results in cases where a lawsuit is needed.
It is worth adding that because Arad Bedek Bayit is known for issuing genuine, professional reports, the vast majority of our expert opinions end with the contractor making the repairs and never reach a lawsuit.
So far Arad Bedek Bayit has produced thousands of home inspection reports and helped many residents claim what the law entitles them to. Through rigorous engineering inspections, our engineers find and diagnose the whole range of construction defects, of varying severity and in different elements of the building.
Guiding residents through the whole process
Beyond keeping a high professional engineering standard, we do everything we can to make the process pleasant for residents. We know this is a sensitive area. Finding construction defects that are not dealt with and resolved right away often leaves residents in a vulnerable position where they need support.
So we make sure residents understand the defects described in the report and the solutions the engineer proposes in it, and that they have the chance to ask for advice and understand what to do.
If you do need to sue the contractor, engineer Ron Arad accompanies every one of our clients closely in court, which gives you a high chance of receiving the maximum compensation from the contractor.
Ron Arad, director of Arad Bedek Bayit
Ron Arad is a civil engineer by training who has worked in building engineering since 1993. He has managed projects in private construction and public buildings, and knows the construction process from both sides of the fence: how the junior worker on site operates and how he is supervised, and, from the other side, how those same parties are controlled.
Knowing the weak points of the construction system makes it easier to spot the kinds of defects that are typical of particular contractors. Ron Arad serves as a court-appointed expert on home inspection matters.
His opinion is accepted as the deciding one between two opposing engineering expert opinions in court: when a resident sues a contractor and the contractor submits a counter-opinion, Ron Arad is the expert who advises the court which opinion to accept.
The courts he works with include the Magistrates' Courts in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Hadera and the Haifa District Court, and he also serves as an expert on behalf of the Supervisor of Condominiums in Haifa.