Home inspection companies: reviews and recommendations

Before you hire anyone for a home inspection, it pays to check the company's reviews, recommendations and reputation. Just as important: make sure there's a home inspection company operating in your area, meaning wherever the house that needs checking actually is. In this article, a home inspection engineer in Maale Adumim shares a few tips drawn from years of cases that have crossed our desk.

We'll also explain how to tell an expert inspection company from a hack or a novice. After all, the inspection means handing someone your electrical system, infrastructure, plumbing and more. Would you trust that to anyone who simply calls themselves an expert? Would you trust someone who got their inspection certificate yesterday and is already calling himself a professional?

What to look for in a home inspection company

Beyond the inspector's expertise, a good working relationship and real customer service matter too. An expert, experienced company for home inspection in Maale Adumim, and elsewhere, covers every kind of inspection, for a new apartment from a contractor as much as for a resale one. Before buying a resale apartment, an inspection will reliably save you money, and a great deal of hassle and distress besides.

The same goes for a contractor-built apartment: an inspection saves money, spares you the distress, and keeps you from settling into a lower-quality, less finished home. Ideally, have it done before you take the keys. If that's not possible for some reason, order it as early as you can, as close as possible to move-in day.

A recommendation in action: the mold case

Once you have recommendations for an experienced, professional company, you can count on a thorough inspection that won't miss a single point or defect, followed by a detailed engineering opinion from the inspector.

Here is a case handled by one of the more established companies in the field: residents moved into a new apartment and noticed a smell of mold coming from one of the rooms. They called in a home inspection company in Maale Adumim, got a clear diagnosis, and received an unambiguous letter telling the contractor to fix the defect right away.

In this case, the cause was a leak in an internal pipe. That opinion went to the contractor along with proof that his own construction quality had caused the defect, and that fixing it was his responsibility. That is exactly why good recommendations matter.

Arad Engineering

In an inspection by an expert company like Arad Engineering, pinpointing the source of the problem matters just as much as finding it. A company like this carries sophisticated, high-value equipment that can identify the problem accurately and precisely, which is exactly why it pays to go to a company of experts from the start.

Another example: a real-estate investor about to buy an office building hired an expert inspection company before committing to such a large investment. The inspection let him pass several hundred thousand ₪ in repairs on to the seller, because the company proved the defects were the result of the building's age and heavy use.

In other words, the inspection saved him several hundred thousand ₪ he would otherwise have had to spend fixing defects that, without that proof, would have been his responsibility rather than the seller's.

Our range of inspections

Arad Engineering and Home Inspection offers every kind of check needed, for a new house from a contractor, a resale house or apartment, or an office building or commercial property. We also carry out quality house inspections for institutions and public buildings.

What matters to us is that you, our clients, get lasting quality from where you live and full value for what you pay every month. We aim for courteous, fast, exceptional service at fair prices. Beyond the basic inspection, which finds visible and hidden defects throughout the house, we also assess the quality of the materials the contractor used. Schedule your inspection now: don't leave the quality of your future home to chance.