Building Knowledge

Barry Kreiter will impress you with his vast knowledge on how things are all wrong with the property he is inspecting. He’ll tell you how a certain screw is a quarter turn off from where it should be or how the developer didn’t install something the right way. He’ll also tell you that the shower isn’t done right and that things should be done in a different way. All the while, you are under impression that your property might just fall into the ground. While to some extent his finickiness may be great, he fails miserably looking for non obvious issues which is what most clients want. Leaks, rot, insulation issues etc. He missed a number of issues with our home inspection. He’ll notice the OBVIOUS things which even a monkey could figure out without scratching its head. Remember that a home inspection is primarily for peace of mind for the issues that you don’t know about or wouldn’t be able to figure out on your own.
When I contacted him to inquire about his oversight during our inspection, I never heard back from him. Finally after two weeks, I got him on the phone to which he mentioned that he was «in the middle of sending a response with additional proof to justify himself». I was told during that phone conversation that the problem happened «AFTER» his inspection. He missed a simple window leak issue on ALL the rear windows in our house. There was evidence it was leaking because a «mold spot» had shown up on the dry wall under the frame. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out. He never checked the window frame or the corners where it was installed during the inspection yet he blamed it on the weather being «exceptionally wet» during the Spring. The home was unoccupied for 3 years and obviously small issues were to be expected, however rather than admitting that it was an oversight he adamantly noted that it had to have happened after his inspection.
I was told I would receive the email with his additional pictures after the phone call but I never did. Follow up emails requesting for the pictures were never responded to.
He charges way more than other home inspectors out there. Do yourself a favor and shop around.

Barry just finished a condo inspection for me and I was very impressed. He was very thorough, explained everything he was doing, and took extra time to answer all of my questions at each stage of the inspection. He told me about the issues in my place without scaring me, which I guess is rare in an inspector. I went in not knowing anything about this stuff, and left so informed, I felt like I could inspect someone’s property! But don’t hire me. Hire Barry. Even my realtor, who has been in the business for awhile, was super impressed by this guy. She said she’s going to recommend him to her whole office. I know how nerve racking it is trying to hire people you don’t know to do such an important job, but this is one person you’ll be very happy with.