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Home inspections are available in Hillsborough, Polk, Sarasota, Pasco, Manatee, Hardee, Pinellas, West Orange, and West Osceola counties of Florida by Chief Home Inspections a certified home inspector.

W e provide a wide range of property inspection services to meet everyone's needs.

● Home Buyer 
● 4 Point Insurance Inspection
● New Home Construction
● Manufactured Homes
● Investors Inspection
● New Home Warranty
● Chinese Drywall inspection

● Seller Inspection  
● Insurance Wind Mitigation
● Radon Testing

Our inspections follow the standards set by the InterNational Association of Certified Home Inspectors which included the following areas:


  
 ● Grounds
 ● Exterior
 
● Foundation
 ●
Roof
 ●
Attic
 ●
Plumbing
 ●
Heating/Cooling
 ●
Electrical
 ●
Interior
 ●
Garage
 ●
Laundry
 ●
Kitchen
 ●
Bathrooms
 ● Appliances



For new home construction
 (view 5 phases)
, all items are inspected at each of the five phases of installation. We will keep a close eye on the quality of work that is being done.    



Termites
are a real issue in Florida, for that reason we feel it is very important to have a separate termite inspection by a state certified termite inspector
who's only duty is to look for termites.

If you want a thorough home inspection do not use a home inspector company that also inspects for termites. These companies are really a pest control company doing home inspections also.  The majority of them have maybe taken a weekend course in home inspection but have little to no real construction experience. A thorough termite inspection takes at least 1 hour and a thorough home inspection takes at least 2 hours. If they are not spending 3 hours or more inspecting your home, one or both of the inspections will be lacking thoroughness. That means the money you think you save and more besides may well be spent in hiring plumbers, roofers and electricians to fix the things they say are not structural in nature and not important enough to report or just had missed.  Also, with his time divided he may well miss live termites in your walls. 

 

A 4 point inspection maybe required by your insurance company for older homes. The 4 point inspection will take at least 1 hour. The results of the inspection will be emailed to you and your insurance company within 8 hours. The 4 point will cover only following systems:

Roof
Electrical
Plumbing
Heating/AC

The 4 point inspection by itself dose not determine whether the home insurable or not. The insurance company will made the determination.  


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Home inspections are available in Hillsborough, Polk, Sarasota, Pasco, Manatee, Hardee, Pinellas, Hernando, West Orange and West  Osceola counties of Florida by Chief Home Inspections a certified home inspector.