As trusted home inspectors in Florida and Georgia, our team at Dirt Dobber Home Inspections take pride in our thorough and meticulous approach. We regularly engage with our clients, addressing their concerns and answering their questions. Here are some of the most common queries we receive about hom
Dirt Dobber Home Inspections serves The Florida Panhandle, including the city's and surrounding suburbs. Contact us 850-809-0094 to see if we can serve your specific location.
Dirt Dobber Home Inspections inspects a wide range of properties, including new construction, pre-listing, single-family homes, townhouses, condos, and multi-family dwellings.
While it is not required, we highly recommend that you be present during the Home Inspection. This allows us to explain our findings in person and answer any questions you may have.
Home inspections are customarily performed once you have made an offer to buy a home, and that offer has been accepted, and during your specified 7-10 day inspection period. While it’s not legally required to have a home inspection done, one could be required by your lender.
We also recommend a pre-market inspection for homeowners selling their home. We suggest this because it can help to sell your home more quickly, and for more money, by addressing issues that can add to the value and appeal. With a pre-market inspection, our inspectors will find issues that need to be addressed before the buyer’s inspector does.
It depends on a few factors. The inspection fee is calculated by considering the size, age and any additional buildings on the outside. If the home has been vacant for a while, it is especially important to have it inspected because an empty home can often be a neglected home. Every inspection company charges different rates. Give us a call today to get an accurate estimate on your home’s inspection.
You should make sure that your inspector is experienced, licensed, knows the area, and adheres to state standards (all of Hero’s inspectors are fully licensed through the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors). They all follow a thorough, complete process for each inspection). If you live outside of our service area in Georgia or in another state, ask your realtor for a recommendation.
The length of the inspection appointment depends on the size, age, and condition of the home. We estimate a minimum of an hour for a condo and several hours for a much larger property. The inspector will inspect until he feels satisfied that he has seen everything he needs to. We always try to be efficient while also being thorough.
It is completely up to you. We are happy to have you join us at the inspection. Once we have completed the main portion of the inspection we will be able to answer any questions you have walk you through the house, explain how the different systems work, and point out what we’re putting in our report. If you live out of state, or for some reason cannot make it, don’t worry! We will include all of the details with pictures and videos in the report along with an easy to read summary of any areas of concern.
A home inspection is a thorough visual check of your home. While we won’t be opening up your walls or picking up floor boards, we will, at minimum, look at your house’s foundation, floors, walls, ceilings, siding, exterior trim, doors, porches, surface drainage, walkways, driveways, patios, steps, skylights, fireplaces and chimneys, roof coverings and drainage, water and waste pipes, water heaters, sump pumps, electrical systems and panels, heating and cooling systems, vents, cabinets, counters, attics and crawl spaces, basements, laundry rooms, and windows, among other areas. We also have the most state of the art equipment like the drones and infrared scanners to help us get even more information about the home.
Your home is a series of systems (much like your body) that all work together. We’re looking to see if the home has been constructed to “live” properly. Every house has issues, even brand new ones. We’ll let you know what systems look good and what needs maintenance or repair. Our goal isn’t to alarm, but rather inform the buyer so you can make good, sound decisions.
We’ll take a picture, explain what’s wrong and what the repair might be to fix it (all of this will be included in the detailed report we provide post-inspection). The inspector may recommend bringing an specialist for some issues in to investigate further.
We never pass or fail a home we inspect. We will always be looking for safety issues, things that are not functioning, as they should, and systems that are nearing the end of their service life. We will always recommend bringing in a specialist for further investigation or to give cost estimates for work needing to be done.
Building codes are different in every city and town and often change from year to year. Our inspections are for safety and structure, and mechanicals, not code compliance.
If you have any other questions about home inspections or would like to schedule one today, give us a call at
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