Olympic Home Inspections - Kitsap County House & Pest Inspectors - Near Poulsbo, Kingston, Silverdale, Bainbridge Island, Bremerton
Olympic Home Inspections in Kitsap County, Washington
Serving Poulsbo, Kingston, Bainbridge Island, Hansville, Silverdale, & Bremerton areas.
Probably the most expensive purchase of your life is a home and the safety and function of the systems are most important. When Olympic Home Inspections works for you and your family, our home inspectors treat you like one of our family, giving you the full benefit of more than 30 years experience. Olympic Home Inspections has been performing home inspections in the greater Kitsap County, Olympic Peninsula and Pacific Northwest area since 1990. We offer our knowledge gained by experience combined with continuous involvement in the building industry as an architect, builder and business owner since 1970 in all phases of construction including consulting, design, plans and function of all home systems with electrical, plumbing, heating, interior, and exterior.
Who should attend the Home Inspection?
Please make yourself or a representative available for the inspection to learn vital information, concerns about the inspection, important home ownership details and maintenance suggestions. Olympic Home Inspectors are experienced, dedicated professionals giving our best for your home and family.
Report Format for Home Inspection
Our reports are confidential and completed on site using a laptop computer, portable printer and digital camera. Olympic Home Inspections uses a unique computer program created and developed specifically for home inspections that we tailor to your home. Our home inspectors use complete sentences with easy to understand findings and recommendations with thumbnail sized color photos next to each concern/deficiency for easy identification. Printed full color reports are provided to you with a CD.
Olympic Home Inspections is Washington State licensed and provides separate pest reports with a diagram. Darrell & Debi Tanner, of Olympic Home Inspections are Structural and Pest Certified by Washington State Pest Control Association—License #46345 and #70562
Completion Time for our Home Inspections
Inspections average 2.5 - 3 hours. At the completion of your home and pest inspection you will receive a printed, easy to read computerized copy of your report complete with color photos delivered on site. In addition to the printed copy you will receive a CD, containing a copy of your report with all photographs used in report hyper-linked to the full size photo, all photos taken at the inspection and a copy of your inspection agreement. Our goal is to have you leave the inspection with the knowledge and tools necessary to make an informed decision for any additional negotiations or repairs needed, with suggestions for continued maintenance tips. Not just an inspection - an education.
What to Expect at the Home Inspection
At Olympic Home Inspection, our home inspectors concentrate on hundreds of different items during a thorough survey, focusing on the major systems that make up most residential homes including: Structural, Exterior, Crawl Space, Pest Inspection, Basement, Interior, Plumbing, Electrical, and Heating. We check the safety and function of these systems and the construction practices applied, making sure everything was done correctly according to industry standards. Summary notes and items of concern are not meant to commit the buyer or seller for repairs, replacements or upgrades. Documentations of these findings, on your Olympic Home Inspections report, may help with decisions to buy, negotiate concerns, and determine costs that can be crucial to the home buying process.
Payment
for Home Inspection
Payment is expected at the time of inspection. We accept Visa/Mastercard, checks and cash. Olympic Home Inspections appreciates your business and referrals.
We are Home Inspection Professionals
Our licensed home inspectors meet or exceed industry standards of WSDA, NACHI, ASHI and NAHB, code of ethics, and local, state and national practices that compliment industry construction standards.
Olympic Home Inspections is a member of the Washington State Pest Control Assoc., Kitsap County Assoc. of Realtors and are Structural and Pest certified by Washington state requirements.
Olympic Home Inspections is also a member of the Better Business Bureau: BBB Website
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Since 1990, Olympic Home Inspections has proudly serviced Kingston, Hansville, Poulsbo, Suquamish, Indianola, Bainbridge Island, Lofall, Keyport,
Silverdale, Bremerton, Tracyton, Chico, Port Gamble,
Port Orchard, Lake Tahuyeh, and Seabeck in the
Greater Kitsap County area, as well as Port Hadlock
and Port Ludlow in Jefferson County.
At Olympic Home Inspections, we believe that all home inspectors are not trained equally.
Olympic Home Inspections performs thorough, timely, computerized inspection reports with color photos delivered same day, on site, in both printed color
copies and a personalized CD.
You can have your agent bring your addendum to complete when the inspection is over.
Seasonal Tips
Check here often for seasonal tips or suggestions for home and systems.
Ever wonder if you have rodents living in your home?
Visit this website for rat/rodent identification,
prevention and elimination information. This is the
most complete and easy to understand
site we have found and applies
to rodents everywhere.
The most important thing you can do as a home
owner is to prevent access into your home by sealing around your plumbing pipes, doors and windows, checking crawl space vents for tears, damage
or excessive space around cables/wires or any
opening greater than 1/4". Be sure to keep stored
pet
food in tightly sealed metal containers if left outside.