Alltech Inspection Services

We had them complete our pre closing inspection. They missed that the chimney was severely damaged and needs replaced entirely. This is a huge expense and instead of living up to their $10,000 garauntee (which still wouldn't cover the cost but would certainly help) they simply fell off with communication. I've had two chimney companies agree. The guy never even got up on the roof.

I hired Tom from Alltech Inspection Services as he was recommended by the Caldwell Concierge program. I had a newly renovated 100-yr home (complete gut work) which was being sold by the developer (E-Properties) in Lawrenceville. Tom arrived promptly and was very helpful in walking me through all of the areas and making sure I understood them. I could tell that he's an experienced home inspector and pointed out many, many things that were wrong with the property and areas where the developer has done things incorrectly, cut-corners, and areas I needed to keep an eye on as they finished up the work. Tom took his time and was very thorough with the home inspection process.  Only drawback was that Tom only does inspections on areas he can see and easily access and will not go on the roof or into crawl spaces.  Because there were over 4 pages of issues, I ended up bringing him back 2 additional times to re-inspect the remediation efforts and to ensure that the developer had completed them.Only negative that I have is that because Tom is quite busy, it appeared that the level of detail for follow up visits and the subsequent write-ups were rather poor and lacked the detail in some areas.  As this property has almost 4 pages of issues in the initial report, I would have appreciated a detailed follow up write up to bring closure to areas remediated and highlighting additional items as well.  However, I understand this was not a usual home inspection and the difficulty of inspecting this property and I will say that I was very pleased with the overall experience.

We had a great experience with Tom and Alltech.  We contacted Alltech from the BBB and web reviews.  Tom was very detailed in his inspection and pointed out a lot of items in the home inspection.  Tom gave us some great ideas for plans thaat we had.  He arrived early and was inspecting the roof, on the roof, when we arrived.  We followed Tom around and asked tons of questions.  He always answered the questions fully and knew what he was talking about.  The inspection took about 2 1/2 hours.  We got our report the next day.  We have a web site with all the pictures from the inspection to back up his findings.  It was a great great experience.  I would recommend tom to my friends and family!!

Tom was very sweet and explained everything to us. The only two complaints I would have is that we confirmed our appt twice (once through the realtor and once through me directly) for a specific day and time and rearranged our work schedules. We got a call a day earlier that the inspection was done and he wondered where we were. Not sure where the miscommunication happened but it was pretty significant. In addition, it was $50.00 to do a visual pest inspection, which to me seems like that could have been done during the walk through. Seemed like an unnecessary additional charge. However, he met us the next day and spent 2 hours going over everything with us and explained things in detail and encouraged us to ask questions. I would definitely recommend him. He's down to earth and seems genuinely interested and does it full time as opposed to on the side, plus we didn't know and found out that he is a partner in the firm so we felt even better. Tom's been in the business 20 years plus and comes from a solid background. He doesn't make you feel rushed and overall I would definitely recommend him to family and friends.

We depend on Tom Schiedler regularly for accurate and detailed inspections. He does not let us down!

TOO EARLY TO TELL. I USUALLY FIND PROBLEMS AFTER 12 MONTHS IN THE HOUSE THEY INSPECT. COMPARED TO OTHER INSPECTORS WITH THE SAME SERVICES (INSPECTION, PEST, & RADON), THESE ARE THE CHEAPEST. THEY OFFERED REPORTS BOTH ON PAPER AND ELECTRONICALLY - WE LIKED THE ELECTRONIC COPIES (EASY TO COPY, TRANSFER, AND STORE).

THE INSPECTOR ARRIVED 30 MINUTES LATE AFTER WE CALLED THE COMPANY TO FIND OUT WHERE HE WAS. ALSO, WE WERE QUOTED A TWO-DAY TURN AROUND TIME FOR THE REPORT. WE CALLED AFTER THE 4TH DAY AND WERE THEN TOLD IT WAS A 2 BUSINESS DAY TURN-AROUND. THE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY, HOWEVER, DURING THE INSPECTION, THE INSPECTOR STATED THAT REAL ESTATE AGENTS LIKED HIM BECAUSE HE WASN'T A "DEAL-BREAKER". THAT DIDN'T SIT WELL WITH US SINCE IT IS HIS JOB TO FIND THINGS THAT LAY PEOPLE CANNOT FIND, WHETHER IT BREAKS THE DEAL OR NOT. HIS APPEARANCE, DEMEANOR, AND WORK (IN GENERAL) WERE GOOD.

THE INSPECTOR WAS THOROUGH AND VERY HELPFUL. HE TOOK TIME TO EXPLAIN HIS PROCEDURES AND THE RESULTS OF HIS INSPECTION.