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types of Illinois Home Inspections

A complete home inspection is an inspection of a home and all of its primary systems including foundation, structure, roof, exterior, interior, plumbing, and electrical. Home inspections are a general category that would also include:

Home Buying Inspection - Performed for a home buyer to determine a homes general condition. Frequently home buyers use a home buying inspection to negotiate price concessions from the seller, often times saving enough money on the purchase price of the home to more than compensate for the price of the home inspection.

Pre Sale Home Inspection - Sometimes referred to as a sellers or listers home inspection and performed for a home seller to evaluate areas of a home that may need to be repaired or updated. Sellers inspections are useful from several different perspectives. A positive sellers home inspection can be and often is used as an effective marketing tool. In many cases, a seller will decide to make some recommended repair or update, thus increasing the value and/or market potential of their home. At times, a seller's home inspection may reveal a deficiency in the home that the seller is not willing to address by any means other than a price reduction (priced accordingly). In any circumstance, a seller's home inspection can do a lot to avoid the pitfalls of a lost sale or a last minute price negotiation.

Warranty Home Inspection - Performed for the owner of a new home prior to the expiration of the builders warranty. Warranty home inspections are commonly used as third party documentation to support warranty repair requests.

New Home Inspections - Also known as construction or phase inspections and are performed during the construction of a new home at several phases of construction. This type of home inspection is ordered by the buyer of a new home before construction begins and must be included in the builder's contract. A very valuable inspection, to protect a home buyer from unscrupulous builders, tradesman, and ineffective municipal building code inspectors.

Log Home Inspection - A home inspection with the addition of inspecting the logs for deterioration and dry rot. It does happen that water can penetrate logs causing considerable damage that is not readily visible hence the need to inspect log homes, one log at a time.

Four Point Home Inspection (Insurance Inspection) - The inspection of a homes foundation, structure, roof, and electrical systems. This inspection is usually done on older homes as a requirement of an insurance company prior to obtaining insurance.

Loan Draw Inspection - Requested by a new home construction lender to verify that loan payout requests are being paid on completed work.

Commercial Property Inspections

Commercial Property Inspections - Similar to a home inspection, however, commercial property inspections often require the inspection of systems that are not commonly found in the average home. Commercial property inspections are done on a case by case basis and frequently require a pre-inspection survey to determine the inspection parameters and the client's requirements prior to the actual inspection.

Ancillary Inspections

Well Inspection - An inspection of a well for general condition and includes water tests for coliiform and nitrates.

Septic Inspection - An inspection of a homes septic system for general condition and size of the septic system.

Radon Inspection - An inspection to determine the amount of Radon within a building.

Mold Inspection - An inspection to determine the amount of mold spores within a building and/or the type of mold present.

Thermal Imaging Inspection - The use of a thermal imaging camera to locate defects or abnormalities in the structure of a building.

EIFS (Exterior Insulated Finished System) Inspection - The inspection of any home with a synthetic stucco exterior finish to ensure that water has not penetrated the exterior finish and damaged the homes structure.

Lead Inspection - The inspection of a building to determine if lead is present.

Asbestos Inspection - The inspection of a building to determine if asbestos is present.

Allergen Inspection - The inspection of a building to determine if allergens are present. If allergens are present, the type and concentration would also be identified.

Terminate Inspection - The inspection of a building to determine the presence of wood boring insects.

Pool and or Spa Inspection - The inspection of a pool or spa to determine its general condition and identify any safety deficiencies.