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Should you shop for a
home inspector on price only? No, no, no! This is a big investment you
are making so you want a licensed experienced professional inspector
using a quality and widely accepted set of standards which meet the
Maryland standards, but you want a complete and thorough home inspection at the best price. Always ask your home inspector how long they think the inspection will take. You will find the lower the price, usually the less time they say it takes. Think, how are they saving time, what are they are skipping?
I usually inspect Garden Style Condominiums for $175.00, Row/ Town/Duplex Homes are usually $250.00 - $275.00, and small Single Family Homes can start as low as $295.00 . Extra heating/cooling systems, detached garages, older homes, homes over 2,500 square feet, and
driving times of over one hour all will involve more time and so I have to charge more for each of these things.
A short-term (48 hour) radon test using a Continuous Radon Monitor is $125.00. (see the "Radon" page for why you may want to have this test)
So how can my prices be lower?
"A penny saved is a penny earned" ~ Benjamin Franklin
Awareness Home Inspection Services, LLC was set up as an independent home inspection company to do home inspections in Maryland at the lowest price to my clients that I could manage. I keep my overhead to a minimum and pass the savings on to my customers. I don't pay the big franchise fees (adds up to 20% extra). I don't take credit cards (adds up to 8% extra). I won't pay to belong to any Realtor owned "connection" services (expensive and possibly unethical). I don't invest money in all the extra testing equipment for lead or mold (and I won't push you to hire me for these tests). I don't give out calendars or candy, but what I will do, as an experienced, professional, and independent home inspector, is perform an ASHI Certified home inspection which meets or exceeds the Maryland standards for home inspections of your home-to-be, with the home inspection report printed and given to you the same day, on site, with digital photos included.
Click on the "Services" page for a full description of what you will receive, and click on the "Sample Report" page to see a representation of what your report will look like.
If you do want additional inspections, such as well yield, termite, etc, I can coordinate with other inspectors for these services for your convenience or you can arrange them yourself. The other inspectors I typically use are listed on my "Useful Links" page.
Payment is expected at the end of the inspection. Payment can be made by personal check, cash, or money order. I do not accept any third party checks or credit cards.
Send me an email or give me a call so we can discuss what you can expect from me.
Thank you!
Sincerely, Charlie Rice, A.C.I.
inspectorcharlie@gmail.com
or
inspectorcharlie@homeawareness.com
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