dgriffin

Wow. This is not where I wanted this thread to go. Les, I don't even know what you are talking about. I'm sure everyone of you are more experienced than I am but I am not looking to do any price fixing or whatever. I just needed some advice on a job that I don't have any experience on. Moderator please delete the thread. Definitely not looking to stir any pots. Never mind. Dave

So I told them $2000. They haggled a little and said they're getting some independent contractors for some of the systems so we settled at $1700. I'll let you know how it goes. Dave

Thanks for the advice guys. I definitely would want more than $825. I was thinking $1200 -$1500. It would be a full day in the house(s) and another full day of report writing I would assume. I've done one inspection for the buyer in the past (on a MUCH smaller home) Two years ago I charged him $400 for a 2400 sq ft older home (yea he's movin' on up for sure). The equivalent price for the 11,000 sq ft would be about $1800 but I'm afraid I'd be pricing myself out. I know you guys on the coasts are getting way more than us here but my experience has shown that people around here won't pay much more. Maybe I'm wrong. I was contacted for an 8000 sqft oldie a few months ago and told them $900. They went with a guy who did it for $600! No way I'm taking on that kind of liability and amount of time for that amount of money. I'm going to an ASHI meeting tonight so I'll ask around there as well. Thanks again and best of luck to everyone out there.

Greetings, I know everyone's inspection prices vary greatly across the country but I'm really stumped on what to charge for this house. It's 110 years old, 11,000 sq ft, 9 bedroom, 9 bathrooms and a 1500 sq ft finished carriage house/garage. In Denver Colorado. I've done a ton of old houses (old by Denver standards before you east coasters snicker) and quite a few giant newer homes but never both in the same house. Honestly I'm a little scared of this one. Just curious what you folks think. Dave

Greetings, I've been reading this forum for awhile but this is my first post. I don't know if you guys stop reading after a paragraph or two so I apologize in advance if its a little long winded. I'm looking for advice pertaining to an inspection I did a week ago and went out to recheck again today. This was a new construction, completed home with a suspended concrete basement floor. Only the first third of the crawlspace below the floor was accessible due to minimal clearance between the soil floor and the above floor framing. All of the framing members where steel, no wood, but the clearance to the ground was 6" at best. I'm having difficulty finding exact clearance standards and figured someone here would likely give me a good answer sooner than later. Prior to showing up at the house today I was lead to believe that the builder dug out the crawlspace to provide proper clearance and provide access for further inspection. Well, there was a small indention dug below the first beam that allowed my very skinny body(not bragging, I'm small) to slide through that gave me another 10 feet or so until the next beam. While in the newly accessed area I was able to see that the main waste pipe was seriously lacking sufficient slope but thats a separate issue. Anyhow, to get to the point I basically told the folks that there is still little to no access to most all of the crawlspace for inspection let alone any potential repairs, likely lacking required clearances and so on. I know for certain that the builder is going to call me and want to talk about this as we've spoken in the past. The conversation basically went, "We got our C.O., whats the problem?" I'd like to at least be able to provide some solid argument regarding the minimal clearance, accessibility issues etc. Any advice on this would be appreciated. Dave Denver, CO