im buying my first house in jackson, and i need a home inspector any suggestions???

 

 

thanks

-Vic

I had good luck with Jim at Pillar to Post in Eatontown.

If you are interested in him, PM me and I will give you my name to use as a referral in case it gets you a discount or scheduling preference.

Vic,

 

I have a good one. He is/ was the President of the Assoc. for home inspectors in NJ. I gave his number to Coldsolderjoint (ed) also. He did a great job when he looked at our newly built house (yes we had issues) and I am sure he did well with ed.

 

pm me for info

Closing on a home in Howell in a few weeks myself. I used Neil Kipnis, Inspect It Neil. He was pretty good.. http://inspectitneil.com/

 

Good luck!

 

Where in Jackson? (PM me if you want, my Wife's family is from there and we are always around...)

I had good luck with Jim at Pillar to Post in Eatontown.

If you are interested in him, PM me and I will give you my name to use as a referral in case it gets you a discount or scheduling preference.

 

I should add, it depends on what kind of inspector you are looking for. I wanted a home inspector that would make sure that I was purchasing a safe and solidly constructed house with no major flaws. Some folks are looking to use the home inspection as a hammer in price negotiations, and want an inspector that will list the most minute and ludicrous of details. My buyer had an inspector that came in and recommended changing out all of the fuses in my main box so that they were all of the same exact brand and model. And he suggested the brand + model (Endorsement deal?). There were other completely insignificant modifications/repairs requested as well, in addition to the one or two legitimate things that needed to be fixed. All this was to ask for a bigger credit on the purchase price.

That kind of inspector I can do without. YMMV.

I actually ended up using Joe Serino (http://jserinoinspections.com/). He was pretty good. I come from a handyman/DIY background, so I can spot the small stuff pretty easily, I like Lunker, really wanted the guy to check out the structural/mechanical stuff, and avoid buying something with really big hidden stuff. He spent probably 5 hours there, and is a cool guy to talk to.