Lannes Group Inspections

On a recommendation from our realtor, we hire Lannes Group Inspections to handle our home inspection for our first home. As first home buyers, we were very nervous about making a wrong decision. Within minutes, Jory put our minds at ease. He has a superior understanding of what things will typically go wrong in a house over time, and went out of his way to make sure we understood the good things and the problems that he pointed out along the way. He was professional, punctual, polite, and actually pretty funny. Overall it was a fantastic experience and the next time I need a home inspected, I’ll be sure to call Jory.

We hired Jory Lannes to perform an inspection of a single-​family home (or, to use a term that’s less real estate jargon-​y, a «house») that we are in the process of purchasing. He provides an invaluable service at a very reasonable price, and he does it well. Not only does he know what to look for both inside and out, but he has the communication skills to ensure that you understand the sometimes complicated issues that come with an old house. And man, was he thorough! He does not charge by the hour, but he was more than willing to take his time and inspect everything that needed to be inspected, from the tuckpointing to the garage to the attic. I was very impressed with his expertise and his integrity; this is a man who takes pride in his work, and I recommend him highly.

We had Jory perform two condo inspections for us in the last few months (the second after the first deal fell through) and he is great! He first takes a careful «unofficial» look at the exterior of the building and is happy to share his observations along the way, and then does a detailed inspection of the condo itself. He is happy to answer questions and explain what he is seeing. He is also willing to answer any questions about the inspection or the property after the fact. He got caught in traffic and was about 20 minutes late to the first inspection, and gave us a discount because he’d been late. Our realtor, who had never met him before, was impressed that he did a very detailed inspection but at the same time wasn’t an «alarmist,» distinguishing between things that were actually problems and other little things that were more cosmetic or minor. We would highly recommend him!

More folks need to write reviews for Jory as he’s awesome and if you are an Angie’s List member, you’ll see loads of wonderful reviews for him on there so check it out.
My husband and I booked Tomacorp but switched to Jory last minute based on his Angie’s List reviews. I’m so glad we did. Tomacor seem to nickel and dime you whereas Jory quotes a flat rate and it’s the most reasonble price we found (less than half of Tomacor’s prices), and on top of that, his expertise and professionalism was so impressive that I would recommend him in a heartbeat.
Expertise — he explained everything he was looking at to us in layman’s terms so that even I could understand it all. He was very thorough and caught everything that could be caught.
Personality — he was so friendly, welcoming, approachable, professional, likeable, personable, and just an all around nice guy
Flexible — probably his most impressive trait. We found out the water had not been turned on in time for the inspection but he stayed all day anyway and did all aspects of the inspection that he could without the water. Then when he found structural issues that lead to us booking a structural engineer, he came back a second time just because he wanted to be there to see what the structural engineer said. He even planned to come back a 3^rd time once the water was finally turned on. That’s 3 different days of spending a few hours with us and he didn’t charge any more for that.
He never grumbled about all the scheduling changes we put him through and did all he could to make it work with his schedule. He was always friendly, professional and understanding.
What do you look for in a house inspector? You want him to have the expertise to find any issue that is there to find, you want him to be a nice guy, and you want him to be flexible as so many things can be out of your control when purchasing a property. Jory fulfills all this criteria.