pre-purchase Inspections
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When purchasing a home, it’s essential to understand its true condition. We’re here to help — our inspections provide a clear picture of your future home’s condition and identify major deficiencies to help you avoid costly surprises down the road.
Pre-Listing home Inspections
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Pre-listing inspections help you avoid surprises during a buyer’s inspection. By identifying potential issues before listing your home, you have the opportunity to address concerns, prevent delays or tough negotiations, and ensure a smoother, more confident sale
general Maintenance Inspections
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Maintaining your real estate investment can feel overwhelming. Our home inspections help establish a baseline of your property’s condition and prioritize maintenance needs, keeping your home in top shape!
New Construction/Pre-Drywall inspections
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Pre-drywall inspections are ideal for identifying structural and mechanical issues before they’re concealed behind drywall. While city or county inspectors focus primarily on code compliance, we look beyond that — assessing both code-related and overall build quality concerns to ensure your home is constructed properly from the start.
New Construction/Final Walk-through inspections
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Builders juggle many tasks, and in the rush to finish a project, details can sometimes be overlooked. Hiring your own inspector before accepting your new build provides an extra layer of assurance — we may identify issues that were missed, helping protect your investment.
New Construction/11 Month Warranty inspections
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Your home is new, but you may have noticed issues or concerns over the past year. Consider a warranty inspection before your builder’s warranty expires to ensure everything is addressed while coverage is still in effect.
HUD Compliance Certifications
Manufactured Home Foundation Certifications
If you are selling or buying a manufactured home, then most likely a foundation certification will be required. For all FHA and VA loans, an engineer's foundation certification is required that states that the home is placed on a permanent foundation that complies with the "HUD Permament Foundation Guide for Manufactured Homes", dated 1996 by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).We have partnered with the engineers at Foundation Certifications to provide a turn-key foundation certification service to you. You may place your order online by going to https://www.FoundationCerts.com/order.
Whether you are buying, selling or maintaining your home, Northridge Home Inspections LLC provides professional and quality service from the moment you call us. Our certified home inspectors will walk through your home with you and teach you as much as you want to learn. We follow the Standards of Practice for home inspectors established by the Washington State Department of Licensing.
After we walk through the home together, we will explain the general condition of the home and systems with you and your agent. We will talk through any major issues that need to be addressed sooner rather than later. We will also mention the items that you will want to keep an eye on for deferred maintenance. All of this will be detailed in our easy-to-read Spectora report, which will be delivered in HTML and/or PDF format. From that report, you will be able to see the items we discussed, with images for reference.
Northridge Home Inspections LLC Thoroughly Inspects and Reports on the Following:
STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
Foundations, grading & drainage, basements, walkways, and floor, wall and ceiling structures.
ROOFING
Roof coverings, drainage systems, flashings and skylights, chimneys and other roof penetrations.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
Service entrance and panels, branch circuits, connected devices and fixtures, and making sure your outlets are GFCI-protected.
PLUMBING
Fixtures and faucets, water supply systems, drain, waste and vent systems, water heater, vents, flues, and any sump pumps.
HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
Heating and cooling equipment, ducts, vents and flues.
APPLIANCES
Dishwasher, garbage disposal, range hood, range or oven, cooktop, microwave, trash compactor, bathroom exhaust fans, garage door operator, and other built-in appliances.
What to Expect from Your Inspection
