Collins Inspection Services

If you are buying a home definitely use this guy, if you are selling your home stay away from him. He was meticulous and very professional while performing his work. He failed to mention to us that since we were doing some painting he would have to ding us for what the painter was working on. We got dinged for missing faceplates on a light switches and plugs in one room that was being painted. He also dinged us for a covered smoke inspector in that same room. I actually appreciate that he was so thorough, but I wish he would have asked us if we were doing any work on the house before he came out, because we would have waited until the painter was finished. Even though we did an insanely detailed, overly so, report I am giving him a C, for not informing us that painting while doing and inspection was going to be an issue.

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He is great to deal with and his prices are reasonable. He is honest and very knowledgeable and he is great resource for us and our clients. He is very responsive to my calls and he always gets right back to me. Scheduling is very easy and he is able to come out to my home quickly as well.

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He was on-time, very thorough and his report was top notch.  After the inspection he met with us for over an hour away from the property and went through the inspection.  Due to some mold issues, Scott came back out and tested for mold.  He did not over-inspect and was very timely with his report.  He was very professional and responsive. 

Prior to the inspection, Scott went out of his way to adjust his schedule to accommodate me and my designer.  He was very friendly and always professional.    During the inspection, Scott noted all of our independent observations and inspected every aspect of the house including the roof (major problems found), attic, siding, windows, air & heating, doors, locks, electrical, appliances, etc.  He even noted some dry rot that the pest control people missed but this was not part of his report.  After the conclusion of the inspection, he spent time with all of us pointing out all the problems he found.  As it turned out, he had previously owned a house about a block way so he was very familiar with the construction.  It was very informative to actually have him point out the defects in real time.  At the conclusion, he provided a thorough and detailed written report with photographs of every potential problem.  He emailed the detailed report approximately 24 hours later.
The only problem I observed was a simple transposition in my email address so I did not get the report when he first emailed it.  He found the error, corrected it and both emailed me an apology for the slight delay as well as called me to insure that I had the report.
I would not hesitate to use Collins Inspection Services in the future so there be need.  My Realtor is a highly experienced professional who I have known for a very long time personally.  He too plans to use Collins Inspection Services in the future as well.