BLACK PAW HOME INSPECTION

I HESITATED TO FILE THIS REPORT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE FULL INFORMATION YET BUT HAVE BEEN REASSURED THAT WE CAN AMEND IT LATER AND DON'T WANT ANY MORE PEOPLE TO USE THIS COMPANY. MY COMPLAINTS ARE: 1) MANY ITEMS THAT WERE MENTIONED DURING INSPECTION WERE MENTIONED IN A LACKADAISICAL MANNER I.E. ''FIX THIS WHEN YOU BUY THE HOUSE.'' ONLY LATER, UNFORTUNATELY AFTER WE PURCHASED THE HOUSE, DID I NOTICE THAT HE HAD CHECKED A BOX READING ''GET CONTRACTOR EVALUATION BEFORE PURCHASE'' ON MANY ITEMS. THESE HAPPEN TO BE ITEMS THAT WE NOW HAVE FOUND MAY BE VERY SERIOUS AND MAY COST US FAR MORE THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED TO CORRECT. SEVERAL ITEMS INVOLVE POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED THEM YET TO COMPLAIN AS I AM STILL IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING CONTRACTOR EVALUATIONS OF THE PROBLEMS. 2) HE DISCOURAGED US FROM GETTING RADON AND WATER TESTING. ONLY WHEN WE PRESSED DID IT HAPPEN.

FRANK MARINELLO DID OUR INSPECTION. HE WAS THOROUGH, DIDN''T RUSH, CLEARLY EXPLAINED EVERYTHING, AND WAS NOT GRUMPY ABOUT MY BRINGING ALONG MY BROTHER, WHO IS A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER. HE PUT SOME HELPFUL REMINDERS ON HIS WRITE-UP. I REFERRED HIM TO A FRIEND WHO THOUGHT HE WAS GREAT!

FRANK DEVEAU WAS VERY GOOD AT ANSWERING QUESTIONS DURING OUR HOUSE INSPECTION AND EXPLAINING MANY OF THE ISSUES CONCERNING THE STATE OF OUR HOUSE.

THEY SEEMED PROFESSIONAL. I WAS HAPPY WITH THEIR SERVICE.