A single-family bungalow and a six-unit strip mall both deserve the same patient eye. Here is how the assignment unfolds, in two passes.
Residential · The Home File
Providing objective, independent and unbiased house inspections. We thoroughly examine the electrical, heating and cooling systems, plumbing, attic, roof surface, insulation, structure, and foundation. Each home inspection comes with a 1-hour "walk-through" with the client plus a report that is a written narrative which is not overly technical and easy to understand. Digital copy of all photos.
"A report should read like a letter, not a manual."
Commercial · The Mixed-Use File
As a Certified Technician - Building Engineering Tracy is qualified to do up to 8 single level commercial units, store front retail strip mall units, multi-unit buildings with 3 businesses on bottom and 3 residential units on top, multi-unit house conversions or apartment complex/buildings. Each commercial inspection provides a 2-hour 'walk-through' with client plus written report and all photos.
The two-hour commercial walk-through reflects the simple fact that commercial buildings have more systems, more tenants and more questions. The deliverable still arrives in the same form, with the same photographs, written in the same plain narrative.
The Standard, Either Way
Whether the file is a 1960s rancher on the North Shore or a strip mall in Sahali, the framework is the same: walk every system, photograph what matters, narrate the findings, and sit down with the client at the end.
Reports are written in a plain narrative, not a checklist of red flags. Photographs are delivered in full so the client keeps a record of the building on the day it was seen.
