Thomas Building Consulting

Listen to what the other reviews mention — Mark Thomas is the best and is well worth it.
I recently purchases a duplex down in Bayview and he was recommended to me by my realtor, Norm Terapak (Terapak Realty), as being the best. After calling up and speaking with his assistant about his rates and time, I noticed that it was a little more expensive than other home inspectors. She did mention that it is since he is the best, has the best reports, gets on the roof, and takes his time going through. I took Norm and her word for it and had Mark take a look at the property.
His assistant called to let me know that he was running late due to traffic yet he still showed up on time, which is always a plus. We spent more than 4 hours looking through EVERYTHING, and I mean he looked at and tested everything. I have been told that most inspectors don’t go up on roofs anymore yet Mark got up on the roof, snapped pictures, and was checking it out for 15 minutes.
Mark uses a digital camera to take dozens of pictures and has a laptop on site that he uploads them to right away. He puts together his digital report as he goes. In all he provided a digital PDF copy of the report that was 37 pages long with so much detail. Not only did it include a few pictures on each page, descriptions, but also diagrams of how to correct it or what it should look like. Mark also knew I was a first time duplex buyer and would educate me along the way, show me various items, and explain things in detail so I would understand and know for the future. He was very educational and helpful.
He may be a little more expensive than others yet what he found I was able to get some serious money knocked off the price so it was money very well spent. Highly recommend Mark and will be using him in the future.

Mark Thomas did an excellent inspection on our house. My husband and I are first time home buyers and we appreciated all of the time he took to explain things we didn’t understand. I would highly recommend him for your home inspection.

Mark was professional, friendly, honest and most importantly, thorough. He did not cut corners and at the end of the inspection he generated a very professional looking, and handy inspection report that included photos of the defects as well as easy to understand drawing details.
He has a wealth of knowledge, and did a great job of educating me and making the information easy to understand. It was like having my uncle do the inspection for me. Not the alcoholic uncle, the normal one.

Mark Thomas did an excellent job on our home inspection. He found a ton of things we would have missed on our own, and we were able to negotiate repairs/​replacements with the sellers instead of finding the issues to deal with on our own after the sale. He was very thorough and took the time to explain things so my husband and I could understand the details of the inspection. He generated the report onsite so we could review the findings together before they were officially submitted. I am very glad we hired Mark as our inspector; I definitely felt more comfortable moving forward with the sale after visiting the property with him.