About Florida Home Inspectors Inc.

I am a Florida State certified Building Contractor #CBC1257562 and a state licensed Home Inspector HI2028.  I grew up in the residential construction field. I was leading framing crews on large custom homes by the time I was 17 years old.  I worked for a small company that built the house from the ground up.  We dug the footers, we installed the roof and everything in between (except where not permitted by state law).  We built countless custom homes this way in the 80's and 90's.  However, the real experience that comes into play for the inspection industry is in remodeling.  I've remodeled restaurants, Churches, stores, old homes and newer homes.   Remodeling older homes and fixing it's problems and turning them into someone's pride and joy teaches more than any class could.  I've remodeled countless kitchens and bathrooms, turned many back porches into Florida rooms and installed 10's of thousands of square feet of tile and wood floor.  I've repaired water damage and fire damage.  I worked down in south Florida for 2 years repairing homes in the wake of hurricane Andrew.   The best way to learn how to inspect something is having extensive experience on taking it apart and putting it back together.  

 

     I consider myself a firm but fair inspector.  I'm not  there to sell a house, I'm there to inspect it.  I'm not there to pick every house apart either.  I perform a thorough unbiased inspection of every single house I look at.  I'm not afraid to bring up issues because because someone might get upset.   Most Realtors are very good at their job and when a problem is brought to light by an inspection they are quick to get the situation resolved.  Of course I've had the shady ones ask me not to put certain things on my report because they were afraid it would kill the deal....sorry, you got the wrong guy for that one.   There is no such thing as passing or failing an inspection.  Every transaction is different.  Sometimes major issues are found, corrected and the deal closes on time.  Sometimes small insignificant things are found and the buyers use it to opt out of the contract.  It's all between the buyer, seller and their respective agents.  The inspectors job is to illustrate the condition of the home both good and bad, not to get in the middle of the real estate transaction.  I love to talk to people and answer their questions at the inspection and hopefully everyone leaves the inspection with a much deeper knowledge of that particular home.