The Best Home Inspection Martinsburg WV & the 4-State Region

No home is perfect, not even your dream home. You need to know exactly what you are buying when you spend all that money. Don’t spend hundreds of thousands of dollars only to discover your new home has expensive problems. Or, worse yet, problems that can’t be fixed. We can make sure that doesn’t happen in two simple steps. First, schedule your home inspection before you close on your loan. Then hire us for the best home inspection in Martinsburg, WV, or anywhere else in the 4-State area.

We provide the most professional, complete, and accurate assessment you can find. We thoroughly check a home’s major features, including the foundation, roof, walls, attic, basement, plumbing, electrical system, garage, and large appliances. You can even come along with us for a guided walkthrough to gain a complete understanding of the home’s condition.

The Walk and Talk Consultation Service is designed to be a time when you, the home buyer or seller, can walk and talk with your professional home inspection consultant. You’ll enjoy your consultant’s expertise regarding any potential problems with the functionality of the home before you’re involved with a legally binding contract, which will allow you to count the costs ahead of
time and be better prepared. This service will save you time and money.

A Pre-drywall inspection should be completed prior to the insulation installation, but after ALL trades have completed their “ROUGH-IN” portion of the project and before you meet with the builder for the buyer’s inspection.  This way you will have the report on hand to discuss with the builder any findings.

We also include 360° photos of every room with the report. You will always know what is behind the walls.

You don’t want any nasty surprises when trying to sell your home. Hidden problems can lurk behind walls. A seller’s home inspection lets you know the exact condition of your home before it’s listed. You’re not obligated to fix anything but the buyer can walk away if they’re not satisfied. You don’t want to go into the buyer’s home inspection blind and risk killing a deal. It’s better to know ahead of time if your house has any defects worth fixing.

Getting a pre-listing inspection can help you get your asking price. Put the report on the table when buyers visit. Show them what you’ve fixed and provide receipts. This will give peace of mind to both seller and buyer and speed up the sale of the home.

Getting a builder’s warranty inspection before the end of the first year in your newly constructed home can save you a lot of money. You may not see any trouble, but statistics show most problems in 5 to 20-year-old homes begin in the first year of occupancy. Building materials often expand and contract with weather changes, and the new construction will move and settle over time. We can spot those hidden defects.

The builder is responsible for repairs to your home while it’s still under warranty. And the cost of warranty repairs has already been calculated into the purchase price of your home. In reality, you have already paid for any needed repairs. It will cost much less to get an inspection now than to pay for big problems out of your own pocket in the future.

Whether you are looking to purchase in our 4State area or looking at Chattanooga homes for sale, it’s the same across the board.  An inspection for old or new construction is completely necessary!

Termites will cause substantial damage to your home if left unchecked. They feast on a variety of wood sources, including structural timbers and hardwood flooring. Termites usually work from the inside out. Being vigilant about termite prevention and abatement is paramount, because as soon as a homeowner is able to notice minor damage, considerable damage has most likely already occurred. Our professionals inspect your home for potential termite entry points. These areas are found in foundation cracks, roof vents, or areas of your home with inadequate ground clearance. Once termites find their way in, they don’t just visit and leave, no, they make your home their home.

Radon is a silent and invisible killer. It is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. A radon test is the only way to know if you have this deadly radioactive gas in your home. Radon comes from the natural decay of radioactive material in the ground and seeps into structures. It can reach deadly levels in any home. We use the best measuring equipment available for radon testing in Frederick, MD, and the entire region.

Testing water quality is more important than ever. So many new contaminants are going into the water supply that authorities can’t test for them all. Local authorities often don’t even know what these chemicals are. Or how many of them are in the water. These new chemicals come from new products such as pharmaceuticals – the EPA calls them “emerging contaminants.” Fortunately, we can detect hundreds of contaminants with the best independent laboratory testing available. We can also test to ensure your water has not been contaminated by old pipes or industrial and agricultural pollution.

Every DASH home inspection comes with a free thermal imaging inspection. We use an infrared camera to spot potential problems, including water leaks, moisture buildup in walls and ceilings, cold air drafts, and gaps in your insulation. We also use thermal imaging to inspect your pipes and electrical system and measure your heating and cooling efficiency.

It’s the perfect home tour every time. We can provide potential buyers with a virtual tour of your home using high tech. A virtual tour allows visitors to see inside the home from any angle. We take a 360° photo of your home – one long, continuous image in high def 4K that a viewer can control online. Viewers can walk through the house at their own pace and explore rooms in detail. Visitors can enter and exit the rooms, rotate the scene in any direction, zoom in and out, and move left or right.

A virtual tour gives you more exposure in the market and can maximize offers while minimizing showings. It can eliminate casual viewers and attract only serious buyers for showings.