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Professional, thorough, and educational home inspections from an experienced, independent and unbiased home inspector to make you aware of the conditions of the home you are purchasing.
My goal is to provide you a professional and educational home inspection of your soon-to-be Maryland home so that you are aware of the conditions of that home at a reasonable price. Let me put my 40 years of experience to work for you.
Home inspectors in Maryland must be licensed and perform home inspections that, at a minimum, meet the Maryland Standards of Practice (SOP). You should verify that your home inspector is licensed in the state of Maryland. You can see the SOP, and verify a license, at the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) website or by clicking here. You can access the DLLR site by clicking on the Maryland flag on the right hand side of this page. I use the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) Standards of Practice (SOP) which meet and exceed the Maryland SOP. You can see those Standards at the ASHI website, accessed by clicking here or on the ASHI emblem just under the Maryland flag. If you prefer, I will e-mail you a copy of the ASHI SOP. While at the ASHI website, check out the Client Bill of Rights, an ASHI first.
So why care about what standards are used or what, if any, professional organizations your inspector chooses to belong to? ASHI Certification is your assurance that your inspector is
a professional, experienced, unbiased home inspector. Simply put, while not the
largest, ASHI is the most prestigious of the national home inspector
organizations and the toughest to attain and keep the title of
Certified. While other
organizations come close, only ASHI uses an outside certification board
to oversee their certification process. In other words, do you want a
self-certified inspector or one that has passed and maintains a set of
standards set up by an independent certification process? And the ASHI
SOP? They have been adopted word for word or with some small modifications to be the inspection standard by law in many states.
"In 1976, a group of visionary home inspectors with the common goal of building
consumer awareness and enhancing the professionalism of their field established
the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI). This not-for-profit professional
association for home inspectors made its first order of business to establish
and advocate high standards of practice and a strict code of ethics for the
member community.
The Mission of ASHI is to meet the needs of its membership and promote excellence and exemplary practice within the profession." ~ ASHI webpage.
I like the way Daniel Friedman states it on his Inspectapedia website - "A license is mandatory and indicates legal
compliance. A certification supported by education and testing
requirements is voluntary and indicates professionalism."
I am proud to state that I am an ASHI Certified Inspector. Send me an email or give me a call so we can discuss what you can expect from me.
Sincerely, Charlie Rice
Awareness Home Inspection Services, LLC
inspectorcharlie@homeawareness.com
or
inspectorcharlie@gmail.com
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