AmeriSpec

They are just thorough, professional inspectors, doing their business as it should be done for those of us making the biggest purchases of our lives.
I would recommend this company to anyone buying a house.

Their ineptitude ruined a contract on my house. This company must be used as a bargaining tool to scare the seller and either provide the buyer an easy-​out on a contract or try to use their reports as a means to skim cash off of the price of the house. They either sent a con-​artist or a homeless buffoon off the streets to inspect my house.
Let’s see…
1 — Their inspector was surprised to see a sump pump in my house and immediately assumed that my house was a hazard and flagged it as a potential flooder. If you own a suburban house with a basement, you damn-​well should have a freaking sump pump! He wanted to know what year we installed it. It came with the house, man. Every home in the community has one. I don’t live on a flood plain!
2 — I have a dead-​bolt and he listed it as a hazard due to the inability for a quick exit and people could be locked in. I have a window right by the side of the door. It’s like that so someone can’t come by, break the window, and easily let themselves in. Think, McFly!
3 — He said my chimney should be two feet higher and it doesn’t meet some nebulous «code». I called my village, talked to their inspector, and they said this company’s inspector is (and I quote) «full of shit». There’s no way my home, built in 2000, would have gotten a certificate of occupancy without passing that code.
4 — He also said that my dryer’s exhaust was a hazard. Look, it has a metal accordion-​style exhaust. I have that. My parents have that. My girlfriend has that. It’s not the cheap plastic one! That’s up to code too! The builders installed that. What the hell…
I could go on. I have many other things to say but I can’t preseverate on this crap…