Sample home inspection expert opinions

Sample home inspection (bedek bayit) expert opinions show how every test carried out at a property, and every finding, is documented and detailed. The expert opinions of home inspection companies, and the test results behind them, save buyers a great deal of money and future trouble.

The recommendation to have a home inspection is unequivocal, and there is no doubt that the cost exceeds the benefit. Anyone who wants peace of mind is strongly advised to engage a home inspection company early in the purchase, and to get from it recommendations on how to proceed and a binding expert opinion that the contractor or the seller will have to answer for.

Ron Arad: a home inspection company that clients recommend

We will be glad to be of service. Ron Arad's company comes with many recommendations and satisfied clients. Our goal is to carry out the fullest possible set of tests in order to find defects of every kind in the property, in its systems, or in the common areas of the building it belongs to. Ask any home inspection company about its recommendations and its experience in the field, to make sure the work will be thorough. Sound recommendations and accurate expert opinions will save you a great deal of time and money.

What the expert opinion is, and what comes after it

Many people want to know what a home inspection expert opinion actually is. You ordered an engineer for a home inspection. He examined, measured, tested, compared, opened and closed, climbed up and down, tapped, photographed and took notes.

What do you get at the end? There are a few things to know about the report you will receive. First, a home inspection report is not an off-the-shelf product. If you order a report on the very same apartment from several companies, what you receive will not necessarily be identical.

Every professional engineer should of course identify and diagnose the construction defects in the apartment, but different companies choose to explain and present the findings differently, and they work at different levels of detail and precision.

Second, remember that the report in your hands is only the first stage of the process. You now hand the findings to the contractor (if this is a first-hand apartment bought from a contractor) and wait for his response.

When it arrives, you have to deal with it and decide how to answer each of his replies. This is where you often need the support and help of your home inspection company: explaining the items that need repair, and rejecting or accepting the different repair methods the contractor may propose; giving you strong backing and references to the law when disagreements of principle come up; mediating between the findings in the report and a contractor who is not eager to make the investment required of him; and so on.

Sample expert opinions by our engineers

To give a general idea of how the engineers of Arad Bedek Bayit present and detail the construction defects they find in the apartments they inspect, here are several sample engineering expert opinions covering the different types of cases.

Many people call an expert opinion "home inspection recommendations", but it is not a recommendation: it is a binding document.
You are welcome to open the reports and read them. Note that before a report is mailed to the client's home, printed and bound, we make every effort to get a copy to the client (by email or fax) to read before it is printed, so that we know everything in it is clear to them and that no error, heaven forbid, has slipped into the details.

Please open and review the sample expert opinions:

Sample home inspection expert opinion: 4-room apartment bought from a contractor, after handover

Sample home inspection expert opinion: duplex bought from a contractor, before handover

Sample home inspection expert opinion: resale apartment

Sample expert opinion: dampness inspection with a thermal camera

Sample expert opinion: common areas of an 8-story building

Sample construction defects expert opinion in English

Choosing a recommended home inspection company

If you plan to buy a property, whether old or new, an in-depth inspection is a must: water supply and drainage pipe penetrations that were executed badly, plaster and building systems, balconies, common areas, the building, roofs and more.

When you look for a company that gives a professional, thorough expert opinion, choose one that comes recommended. A company with good recommendations and rich experience can assure you that you are in good hands.

Home inspections are widely recommended and are a service in demand, and rightly so, but the choice of which company to engage is no less important. Ron Arad's company, with excellent recommendations and years of standing as a leading company in the field, is here for you at every stage.

We believe in high availability and in continuous response and communication with our clients. Contact us with any question on the subject, or if you would like to see more sample expert opinions.