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Digital Home Inspections is a professional full-service home

inspection company, serving all of the Maricopa County areas,
including Phoenix, Scottsdale, Glendale, Mesa & Beyond. All of our
Home Inspectors are State Certified, Fully Insured and are
experienced and professional in every aspect. Our professional
office support staff is there for you to answer your questions and
help in any way possible.
How to Avoid Hiring a Bad
Home Inspector
•Hiring an inadequate home inspector can be sad for you as the buyer. It seems indeed
lead to the seller canceling the transaction. There are steps you’ll take to guarantee
you’re working with inspectors who are professionally qualified. These steps can
incorporate inquiring for accreditations at the beginning and checking on a home
inspection report they have made for another buyer.

•The problem is, few states regulate or license home inspectors. This need for control
makes it difficult to distinguish between the competent practitioners from the less
accomplished.
Ask for Credentials and Qualifications
• Select a certified inspector. There’s no deficiency of domestic inspector
associations. One of the leading known and oldest organizations in the Digital
Home Inspection in Scottsdale. You’ll be able to ask friends for referrals or ask
about your real bequest agent for a recommendation, but in either case, research
the inspector’s qualifications.
• A few inexperienced agents suggest inferior inspectors since they do not need a
full-blown inspection that might hamper their deal. Reputable agents request
qualified inspectors because they need their buyers to be educated. Ask in case the
inspector has errors and omissions (E&O) insurance as well. This insurance is
expecting to ensure the inspector and the client against misfortunes that happen
because of an oversight on the inspector’s part.
 Review a Sample Home Inspection Report
•A great home inspector should agree to send you a sample report. In case the
assessment is only a couple of pages long, don’t hire that person. Whereas report
lengths may change, comprehensive inspection reports normal between 20 and 50
pages and should contain color photos highlighting defects or issues.

•Main areas that an inspection report should cover include:

•Mechanical Inspection
•Structural Inspection
•Electrical Inspection
•Plumbing Inspection
Avoid Inspectors Who Recommend Contractors
or Perform Repairs
•Home inspectors are in the business of inspecting homes. In case a home inspector
offers to direct you to a contractor to work on repairs, that auditor might be making
a struggle of interest. In case a home inspector takes it upon himself to prescribe
repairs, liability issues may result.

•Some state regulations and inspector associations permit an inspector to

undertake specified repairs, but unless the inspector can present qualifications to
do so, it’s in your best interest to keep inspections and repairs isolated. Repairs
should be handled by authorized contractors that can be warrantied. Further,
permits for repairs should be gotten from your local building authority, usually the
city.
 The Length of Your Home Inspection
•Most home inspections take between two and three hours, and sometimes longer.
During the inspection, the inspector will climb into the attic, crawl beneath the
home or check out the cellar, climb onto the roof, and should open each closet
entryway in your home. They will check cabinets under sinks and the immaterial of
air conditioning units.

•As a rule, inspectors will have high-powered flashlights that they can utilize to
search every corner of your home and will continually jot notes as they work. It is
recommended that you just walk with the inspector—as you’d with any stranger—
as they move through your home. In any case, you should not be required to creep
under the home or onto the roof or supply ladders or other hardware needed by
the inspector. Let the inspector point out defects they see and compose them on a
notepad you’re carrying. Utilize this opportunity to inquire questions about minor
and major action items they may see.

•In some areas, your inspection may include testing of the air quality of the home
for mold. Homes with basements will usually incorporate radon inspections. Most
home inspectors don’t perform a full bug inspection but may indicate damage they
see on their reports.
 After the Inspection
After the inspector finishes their survey they will ordinarily take a couple of minutes
to finalize their notes. The finalized report will ordinarily take at least one to two
days to total. In a few cases, you’ll get both an electronic and a hard copy of the
report.

The requirements to be licensed as a home inspector changes by state. Each state

will have diverse measures for the systems that will be inspected during the home
inspection.
 Contact Us
Email : digitalhomeinspections@gmail.com
Phone : 480-563-1800