The Arad Bedek Bayit team accompanies residents with personal service from the first inquiry about a home inspection (bedek bayit)
until the repairs are completed or the compensation is paid.
After thousands of clients who have had us inspect their homes for construction defects, we know that the engineer's report is only the first stage of the process.
The support, guidance and direction that follow matter just as much as the report, and sometimes more.
To make the stages simple, we have set them out in the chart below:
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You get free professional advice and, where needed, a date is set for the construction defect inspection
(For an apartment from a contractor, we recommend having the technical specification and the apartment's plans ready for the visit)
An expert engineer carries out the engineering home inspection
(How long it takes depends on what is found along the way. The average is between an hour and a half and three hours)
Comprehensive office work, in which the engineering inspection report is prepared:
it lists the defects and their sources, cites the relevant standards and regulations, specifies the required repairs
and their cost according to up-to-date price lists, quotes relevant court rulings, and includes the photographs of the construction defects
taken during the inspection.
The construction defects report is delivered to the client (no later than a week after the inspection)
The resident passes the construction defects report on to the contractor.
The report specifies the required repairs, monetary compensation where needed, and the time allowed for the repairs.
It is admissible in court and obliges the contractor to respond within a reasonable time, about two weeks.
From here the process splits: agreement with the contractor, or no agreement with the contractor.
With agreement, the contractor repairs the defects,
or pays monetary compensation for them,
and/or pays monetary compensation for construction defects that
cannot be repaired.
During the repairs the Arad Bedek Bayit experts
are available to advise on any question or misunderstanding with the contractor
Without agreement, the resident is referred for advice to a lawyer who specializes in construction defects.
The consultation is free, and so is the warning letter to the contractor.
Option to order a follow-up inspection,
in which the repairs made by the contractor are checked
and a further home inspection report is issued, with instructions for repairing the
construction defects that were not repaired as required.
Going to court, if agreement with the contractor has still not been reached
(this happens in about 5% of cases)
Court proceedings, during which the Arad Bedek Bayit team assists with
clarification questions to the court's experts, testimony by a home inspection expert
and overall support as the proceedings advance.
Court ruling
The court sets the total monetary compensation the contractor must pay the resident.
The engineers of Arad Bedek Bayit, led by building engineer Ron Arad, whom courts appoint as their own expert on construction defects. The company has been inspecting apartments and buildings since 2001. Engineer Ron Arad · More about the company