Madden Home Inspection

NEVER hire this guy. He has a deal with local realtors, who recommend him. He "missed" over 20,000 of work including a crumbling basement foundation wall (the owners hid it behind a pile of junk) but the inspector COULD have told us to ask permission to have it moved so he could inspect the wall. The gutters were missing or broken and none of the appliances he supposedly tested worked for more than a few weeks. The stress, financial devastation and were horrible. He also did not show us his "contract" until after he finished. The contract has an "out" clause saying that he is not responsible for anything in his report. Con Artist of the first degree!

If I could give no stars I would. We bought our house while living out of state and put our trust in our home inspection that it was done correctly. Our realtor suggested Tim and we trusted that referral. After we moved in we have found close to 10 things that the inspector missed that were CLEARLY not up to par. Some of those things costing us thousands of dollars. Tim is not an honest guy, it was not until after the inspection and payment was made that we learned the final report would say he could not be held liable for anything he missed. When we reached out to him about his deceptive ways and poor inspection he couldn't care less. Yes, he refunded us our inspection fee but that no where covers the rotten deck, broke microwave, cracks in the walls, broken faucet, double leak in the attic, broken door knob, etc etc that we now have to pay out of pocket to fix that could have been fixed before we bought the house. Not once did he even apologize. Tim only cared about getting paid and not being honest or providing a proper inspection. After this, we have found multiple other reviews similar to ours. Don't waste your money and trust on Tim, he doesn't care about you nor your house...just that check at the end of the inspection.

First he performed a home inspection, which noted some problems and completely missed some other large problems that he should have seen, but those problems had to wait for later contractors to tell me about after I'd made the purchase.

Then he offered his services in foundation work, leveling and straightening the house.  After several thousands of dollars, with the house neither leveled or straightened, he'd installed 4 or 5 4x4 posts under the house.  Those had to be taken out later by the contractor who actually did straighten and level the home.

This gentleman, despite many phone calls, never came back to discuss the problems with his work or to see about rectifying the situation.  I had to write it all off as a loss and move on to other contractors recommended by local building supply stores.

I would NEVER hire this guy for any construction related work again.  I don't know if he's totally unknowledgeable in the trade, or if he just doesn't care once he's got a check.