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Certified Michigan Home Inspectors: John Macai

John Macai
CRBI, CRPI, CHI, CMI, CMR

Tel: 248 321 4437

Michigan Home Inspections Company: Home Inspections Fees

Senior Home Inspector, located in Birmingham and serving Southeast Michigan

Telephone: 248 321 4437

Senior, professional, ethical, and thorough home inspector.  Custom, narrative home inspection reports with high quality photographs.

FEES for Home Inspections

Fees for home inspections are calculated based on size, age, and complexity of the porperty. The same formula is used for everybody to keep fair pricing.

For most city houses fees start at approximately $260, and the average price is $385

Condominiums are $50 less compared to a house the same size, age, and features.

There are additional fees set for special features such as: Private wells $15. Luxury items: swimming pool $75, hot tubs $15, sauna $25, if inspected.

Radon test $130.

Other items call for price.

WHAT IS INSPECTED

An overview of components addressed during home inspections: All the components of a house that are present and necessary for the house to be in good structural / functional condition and comfortably inhabited are inspected. Besides the necessary components there are items voluntarily installed by home owners that are not necessary for a house to be in good functional condition, such components are not inspected, see excluded items below.

Grounds: lot and storm water drainage, grade around the house, walkways, driveway

Garage: complete garage and driveway inspection

Roofing: roof cover, attic ventilation, flashings, chimney, roof penetrations, gutters and downspouts

House Exterior: siding and trim, exterior doors and window seals and trim, front steps, porch, attachments such as decks, summer rooms, patios

House Systems: plumbing system, electrical system, heating and cooling system, fire places and chimneys, wood burning stoves.

Structure: foundation, framing, stairs, beams / columns and concentrated loads, basements, crawlspaces, sump pumps, attics

House Interior: floors, walls, and ceiling finishes, kitchen and bathrooms, bedrooms, hallways, closets and storage rooms, all doors and windows including hardware

EXCLUDED ITEMS: TV and satellite dishes, telephone systems, alarm systems, low voltage landscape lighting, sprinklers, and other homeowner installed neat gadgets. Appliances receive a partial approach; we do inspect the power/gas supply, water supply and drainage, however the appliance is not inspected.

Service area in southeast Michigan; Oakland County, Macomb County, Wayne County, Lapeer County, Genesee County, Livingston County, St. Clair County, and Washtenaw County.