Many inspectors provide a checklist-style report rather than a detailed narrative report. This allows them to quickly finish the job and move on to their next ….. client.

Be very, very careful about checklist reports. Typically, these reports do not (and cannot) go into enough detail to properly document or explain the implications of the myriad defects found in a home. In fact, most will not really tell you anything more than that which you could have observed on your own, without the need of an expert.

Some such checklists are provided with a home maintenance guide, but much of the contents of such publications are generic and will have absolutely no relevance for the home in question.

The reports prepared by Allan White of INSPECTO-PRO typically provide 40 to 80 pages worth of pertinent information specific to the home which was inspected.  The reports detail the nature of the problems found, why they have occurred, how to best go about repairing the problems, how much one can expect to pay to repair the problems, and what sort of time frame is involved in attending to them.  The reports include a detailed photographic record, so that issues related to areas which the buyer or seller have not observed on their own (i.e. crawl spaces, attics, roofing) are apparent to all. Photos provide indisputable proof of the existence of problems, and protect both buyer and seller.