CHECK MARK SERVICES LLC

They were very pleasant and professional to deal with both during and after the inspection. They took the time to explain to myself and my wife how the systems worked. They clearly differentiated between items to think about or monitor and items that mattered. The report they provided was top notch. It included explanations and photos of each of the items so it was completely self explanatory. I would use them again without a second thought.

Jeff was extremely thorough -- he spent the better part of the day walking through the house with my husband and parents, answering questions, educating them, etc., and ultimately issued an extremely detailed report (family with experience in the industry were very impressed). The only additional service Jeff recommended was a septic tank inspection-- which was spot on -- a new tank is needed and we were able to negotiate the cost into the purchase price. Where Jeff really went above and beyond was in answering all follow-up questions and issues during the lengthy(!) contracting period -- from explaining radon results, addressing issues raised by seller, helping with questions for homeowner's insurance, everything. We were truly blown away by his responsiveness. I recommend him without reservation to anyone looking for a thorough and trustworthy inspector.

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He is very thorough. He found a few issues. He had inspected another house for us. His prices might be more but he is really good. He found anything major that we needed to know about. He is easy to get a hold of. He is very prompt. He emails you a nice report. I would definitely use him again.

Its been about 3 years since I hired Checkmark to conduct an inspection on my current home, and I still have nothing but positive things to say about Jeff Molloy and his service. (I wasn't a member of Angie's List at the time, which is the only reason my review is so far behind the actual service date). The day of the inspection, Jeff spent about 4 hours going through every single piece of my home. His inspection and review was completely thorough, and made the comfort level of purchasing my home much easier. If you're looking for a home inspector then without hesitation I would recommend Check Mark Services.

First I called him to ask about his services, he was very helpful and answered all my questions and I had a lot because I have never done this before. We were on the phone for about 20 minutes. They arrived at the inspection on time. I followed him around the whole time asking questions and writing notes. Some of the information he shared wasn't required by law but he shared with me anyway. He was very clear about where the law stopped and his personal experience came in. I have never owned a home but I feel much more educated about my future home now. The inspection took almost 3 hours which flew by. They sent me my report a couple of days later. The report is very through and detailed but also very clear and easy to understand. I have had to call him with questions about details or recommendations for treatment several times after I received the report and he has answered the phone every time and freely given all the information he had to me. His is very sure to make sure all the information is clear and that I understand it well. We decided that we want to test the lead in the water now, about 3 weeks after the inspection and he is coming out this week for a $35 test.
I highly recommend this company for their excellent customers service and extensive knowledge in all areas they represent.

How to write this review...It has been about 7 months since the inspection on the house we wound up buying. I originally left some glowing reviews on other sites but we feel a little different now.
Both home inspections seemed quite thorough. Very personable and friendly. He seemed to know what he was talking about. He made a ton of suggestions and answered all the questions we had. He didn't try to upsell us anything and we could not say enough nice things at the time. He was more expensive that other inspectors but we wanted to make sure we knew what kind of house we were buying so we thought it was money well spent. His report was full of pictures and suggestions for improvements that I am still using as a guide to things I need to fix.
Fast forward to now. We have lived in the house for 4 months. In that time, we discovered a HUGE squirrel infestation. They had chewed holes through all the fascia boards leaving holes that were visible from the ground. Insulation was torn up and there were nests and droppings all over the attic. From the condition of the holes and the size of the nests, this had been an issue for years, No mention of this in the inspection. We called in 4 different roofing companies to look at the fascia boards and all 4, independently, told us there was less than 3 years of life left in the roof. The attic was under-ventilated to the point that the heat had boiled the sap out of the joists , leaving orange globules and what looked like sparkles all over the roof supports. We then had to replace the roof at a cost of $10K. The same roof we were told was less than 5 years old and had at least 15 more years on it. All the plywood was visibly rotted along one side of the house and again was visible from the ground. Visible leaks in the attic. No mention of this in report.
Our dryer was not working well so we recently looked into the end of the exhaust vent from the outside. The vent was completely filled with lint and leaves. He did mention that is was a vinyl vent so he had looked at it, but no mention of it being about 95% clogged and a good way to burn our house down. Again, visible from the outside of the house.
There are a bunch of other things that we have found but I understand that an inspector can not be expected to find every little thing in a 4 hour visit.
I feel somewhat responsible since I think that I should have seen some of these obvious issues. After they were pointed out to me, I wonder how I didn't see them. However, the reason I paid for an inspection was because I don't know what to look for. I am wondering if Jeff did either.

Jefferey Molley is very professional, thorough, funny and well-equipped
with infra red camera. My realtor recommended him and we used him. In
retrospect, we should not use the inspector the realtor recommended.
But we did and also bought this house Jefferey inspected. So far, there
is no big problem. He pointed out many improvements we can do, which
we are doing. He is genuine and did not push to sell his other
services. We liked him and think he is someone you can trust.

I'm writing this a full year after our home inspection. it didn't seem to make sense to write it immediately after - we wouldn't have known if Jeff missed something. Well I'm very happy to report that he missed nothing. As other reviewers have mentioned, Jeff is very professional, very thorough, and happens to be a fun guy to be around. He answered all our questions as we followed him around during the whole inspection and we learned a lot (it was our first home purchase)
he provides a very detailed report, with pictures and recommendations about addressing issues. i haven't seen other reports, but i can't imagine a more detailed or thorough report.
bring a notebook and try to write down his tips. aside from the report, the and quot;off the cuffand quot; recommendations, like how to patch up insulation holes, products that may be available at Home Depot that will fix minor problems for a low cost, etc - these recommendations won't appear in the report, but are great things to know about. so i suggest writing down those things if you can. but be quick, he moves fast.
Jeff was very clear that he would be available via phone to answer any questions we may have had after the inspection.
he was also a neutral party, telling me that our realtor probably shouldn't be present, because she may be noting our reaction to certain things, and keeping that in her cards for a negotiation with the sellers. meaning, if we later asked her to ask the sellers to fix a particular thing, but heard us say during the inspection and quot;eh, it's not a big deal to usand quot; she might use that info in talking to the seller's agent and say something like: and quot;the buyers are asking you to fix this, but i don't think they'll care much if you say noand quot;. he even offered to tell her to get lost for us.
all in all, Jeff was fantastic and i would recommend him. again, we did this inspection more than a year ago, and since moving in last summer, we've found nothing major that he should've caught. i call that a success.

Jeff Molloy is very knowledgeable, thorough, and patient. We highly recommend him!

perhaps toward the higher end of price range for inspectors, but well worth it. very detailed, spent about 4 hours on a 2000 square foot home. includes thermal imaging with an IR camera.

He was very friendly and detailed in his report.