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Commercial/Residential Inspections

Standard Complete Inspections:

“RC Professional Home Inspections, LLC” can provide you with a Standard Complete Inspection of your Home, Commercial Building, Condo, Co-op, Townhouse or Multi-Family Dwelling. A Complete Pre-Purchase or a Pre-Sale Inspection is usually required when Buying or Selling a property. Our Extreme Thorough and Standard Full Inspection covers all of the major systems of a Home or Building, including the Structure, Roofing, Electrical, Plumbing, Heating and Cooling system, the Garage, the Sidewalk and Grounds and all Interiors and Exteriors, all incoming utilities and as well as a safety inspection will be conducted. A Limited Inspection covers a Limited or a Specific area of a home or a building and are geared for the current Residential Home Owner or Commercial Building Owner. We specialize in Residential & Commercial Inspections, such as, 1 or 2 Family Homes, Co-ops, Condo's, Townhouses, Mixed-Use Apt./Buildings, Brownstones, Low Rise Buildings, Bed & Breakfast Inns, Foreclosures, Motels, Mansions, Penthouses and Churches. We encourage the Buyers and all related parties to attend our inspections, to talk and to see the entire Structure and Property, through the eyes of the Licensed & Certified, Professional Home Inspector,Mr. Rick Cortes, Jr.

Our Standard Inspection Process:

After the inspection is conducted by “RC Professional Home Inspections, LLC”, the computer narrative reports will be prepared exclusively for our Client and for our Client's Attorney. Digital photographs of the property will be available on CD, for our Client. Our inspection report turn around time is Excellent. The original reports will be sent via-mail to our Client within 3 to 5 business days and a copy can be faxed to our Client's Attorney in 3 business days, after the initial day of the inspection. The standard inspection and the related reports, digital photos, fax services and postage, are all included in our service fee. A Termite Inspection and Report and Environmental Inspections and Testing services such as, Asbestos, Lead, Mold, Radon are not provided with the Standard Inspection. These additional services are referred to as ancillary services and are conducted by a Licensed, Independent Consultant, other than a Home Inspector and can be arranged by the Client during or after the standard Inspection.  Please click on "Assurance/Guidance", at the top left, for a detailed list of the services that are included with our standard Private Professional Home Inspections.

Limited Inspections: 

These types of inspections are geared for the current Residential Home Owner or the Commercial Building Owner and each limited inspection can be referred to as an Annual Tune-Up or Maintenance Review Inspection of the existing conditions in the premises. Our limited inspections will help to maintain the value of your home or building and reduce the cost of major repairs by informing our Clients, of the items or systems that are found to be reaching it's useful life, requiring repair, and/or requiring replaciement before they fail and cause extensive damage and/or the findings of a potential safety hazard. We provide Limited Inspections, such as, for example: the roofing system, the exteriors and the interiors. Please call for a listing of the available types of limited inspections for your home or building and for a Free price quote. 

The Cost of a thorough Home Inspection:

The standard inspection fee is based on the number of family units per dwelling.  If the premesis is either a commercial building or a residential mansion, the fee is by square footage basis. The cost should not be a factor in your decision to have an inspection. You may save many-fold the cost of the inspection, by using the report as a bargaining tool. Please refer to your Attorney for further guidance.

General Notes and About FHA/HUD Inspections: 

Our standard private Home or Building Inspections and Inspection Reports, should not be confused with an Appraisal,  a Home Value, a Home Repair Estimate, a Municipal Code Inspection, a City or State Building Department Inspection, an Elevation Certificate, an Environmental or Energy Audit inspection, a State Food & Health Inspection, a Home Owner’s Warranty, an Insurance policy or a Title Search and should not be interpreted or construed as a Government FHA/HUD Inspection or an FHA/HUD Checklist Inspection and/or an FHA/HUD HQS Inspection Checklist Inspection.

Our standard Private Complete Home Inspections and the FHA/HUD Checklist Inspections are two (2) different types of inspections. The FHA/HUD Checklist Inspection is usually filled-out and signed by an FHA/HUD employee or by an FHA/HUD 203K Consultant/Inspector and this type of inspection is a very limited checklist inspection - averaging 30 minutes, as compared to Our Complete Thorough Home Inspection - averaging 2 to 3 hours. 

The Government FHA/HUD Checklist Inspections nor an HQS Checklist Form and/or related Checklist inspections are not included nor provided with our standard Private Complete Home Inspection Service. Aside from the FHA/HUD Bank Inspection, The prospective Home Buyer has the option to also, schedule a standard independent Private Home Inspection, accordingly. A thorough and complete Home Inspection, conducted by RC Professional Home Inspections, LLC will provide our Clients with a Better Understanding of the Physical Condition of the Property, so that our Clients can make a Well-Informed Decision.