Hinkey Home Inspections

Beware, This Home inspector will not check your AC even when the temperature in May is over 65 degrees, claiming that some AC manufactures don’t recommend testing if the temp is not above 60 degrees for at least 3 days. Meaning if it was 70 degrees when they come if the night before it was 56 they will not test it. They will not tell you this in their documentation, they will not tell you this in conversation, even when you ask to have AC checked, only after you get their report days later will you find out they don’t test AC. Jim also came out and never tested the Heating vents either. When I asked for only $ 75.00 of the $ 300.00 fee on a small condo inspection they provided me with the knowledge they don’t test AC. Shoddy work, and not respectable. I have verified with the AC manufacture and they have told me this is inaccurate information. Be careful, I am now being forced to litigation to get my refund.

We just purchased are home and had Jim inspect the house after paying him 250.00 and getting the key we noticed are ac wasn’t working so we called a ac repair man and he noticed a nail in the cooper pipe which should have been should have been obvious if Jim actually did his job properly. Since we moved in a 3 days later we were stuck with a 550.00 repair. I have contacted Jim and he said he just feels for air coming throw the vents and doesn’t use a thermometer to check the cooling of the unit which is something I find pointless and in my case it was. I well write the bbs about this and push the matter forward regards to his inadequate service you provided us…

My husband & I are currently buying a home in Roseville. We just used Jim Looney with Hinkey Homes and are VERY pleased! First his price cant be beat imo. He was friendly, professional, and thorough. We were able to schedule an appointment within 2 days & Jim showed up early and had already started what he could on the outside. He answered all the questions we asked and even came back out today to address a couple more concerns he had about the house & worked around ours & our real estate agents schedule. Our report was sent to us this afternoon. We will definitely be recommending Hinkey Homes & Jim Looney to our family & friends.

I hired HInkey Homes for an inspection in Lake Wildwood, close to Grass Valley.
Even though it was far and short notice, they came all the way from Sacramento on the weekend.
I had two houses to inspect and since both houses were a few doors apart and he could do both in the same visit, he gave me a great deal.
Jim Looney was the inspector and he did a very detailed inspection on both houses.
He went into the crawl spaces and attic, where the pest inspector said that he could not reach.
He did not rush and spent a total of 7 hours inspecting both houses, and he gave us a detailed walk through afterwards.
They did the inspection on Saturday and by Tuesday I received a beautiful (pdf) report with pictures and detailed information about everything in the property.
I highly recommend Hinkey Homes and I would definitely use them again!
NK

So i purchased a house and was looking for home inspection deal. Everybody wanted $ 350.00 then i called Josh and he said $ 245, i was like thats more like my price range. They have a special $ 100 of home inspection thus the $ 245 price.
When Josh came out to do the home inspection, it took him several hours. After he was done, he called me and did a walk through in where he showed me what is wrong with the house, structure, paint,.etc. Then the next day he sent me an email of the report with pictures and details of what is wrong.
I would def. see this person again because the price is right and the service was great.