Pre-inspection information for home buyers & REALTORS®:

Before you buy, read our tips on selecting a home.

Click to view our inspection supplements:   

    How to get the most out of your home inspection

    Environmental Health Advisory      

Also see our pages on Pre-listing Inspections  and New Construction Inspections

Roger Hankey wrote "What Home Inspectors need from REALTORS®" for  the Minneapolis REALTOR. The key points of the article are:

We need this info from agents:

Information about the customer and the property (disclosure, mls info, phone #'s, emails, etc.)

Contact with the customer (including email)  to explain fees and contract.

Access to all areas:  attic, mechanicals, garage, etc.  ALL Utilities are to be ON.

Please remove or confine pets.    Remove Glade Plug-Ins and other fragrence sources.

We have the "SuperKey" to faciliate convenient access.

You can find inspectors with lower fees, but you won't find inspectors with more experience in Twin Cities home inspections. We have conducted private home inspections since 1975. We report the important issues, and put them in perspective. Our reports are delivered on-site or via email and our recommendations indicate what types of trades persons could correct the conditions we report. We treat our customers and the sellers with respect and courtesy.