You found a beautiful new home! Yay! Your offer was accepted! WooHoo!! You feel hope, accomplishment, excitement, and satisfaction that turns into pride of ownership. For most, those emotions move through feelings of nervousness and uncertainty that builds until closing day... It's a big investment in time, money, emotional capital, and commitment. Maybe I can help you through it by offering insight into your new home. Not every home sold gets inspected, but it should be. It's worth every penny!

I am the ONLY PhD Qualified (Industrial Systems Design & Management), Licensed, Insured, & Certified Home and Radon Inspection Business in Illinois! I'm a career changer.

This is a small business, a one man shop (for now....) of integrity, expertise, and honesty. I'm a career changing PhD-level industrial design and management professor, and an award winning educator. You're getting superior technical value and education for the money. What's the benefit of industrial design? I understand, and create, SYSTEMS. Your house is a bundle of systems that need to work together. I can assess that. Let me teach you about that property so it serves your interests, no one else.

You're committed to your new home. Will it be committed to you? Like most of us, you probably had about 45 minutes in the property before you made an offer! It's time for an Illinois-licensed and certified professional to show you this new home from a technical standpoint.  Does it appear to be safe and reliable? Are there repairs that need to be made? Are there blinding flashes of the obvious, just waiting to be discovered? Has there been delayed maintenance? I can help with that. 

Your home should be a reliable sanctuary. A part of your financial plans. A place to call home. A place where your kids and dogs play and a place where where your family can be a family! At InspectingPro/Radon Dog that's what I do!

Certified home inspectors are rare. There are only 279 of them in Illinois, according to the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors, our main accrediting body, yet there are about 1,342 home inspectors in total. Certified inspectors do a LOT of education and practice. Why so many fewer certified inspectors? It takes work, investment, time, peer communication, solid ethical standards, and TONS of continuing education. This goes waaay beyond the minimum.  

In Illinois, there were over 18,000 residential real estate transfers per month during the busy season from April, 2024 until Labor Day, 2024. There were about 132,000 total home sales in all of 2024. The median (half above, half below) price was about $292,000. Given these prices, wouldn't you want a licensed and CERTIFIED home inspector, a licensed and CERTIFIED Radon Measurement Professional, a good sewer scope, detection of pests, and assessment for Meth and Fentanyl manufacture and use? As a one-man (for now) generalist shop, I perform home, Radon, mold, and drugs assessment. I have a crew of partners who look at plumbing, sewerscope, and pests. In the vast majority of homes, everything works exactly as it should, with a few minor quibbles. Sometimes, well, WOW! In these cases, we can hep you find and arrange for specialist contractors, who can tell you what needs to be done, and the cost. Hey, sometimes a home needs a deeper dive! When I bought my house, I looked at systems for that.

Think of your car as a set of systems. They need to work together. Think of an auto assembly line. Systems need to work together. Think of a symphony! Flutes, brass, strings, and percussion need to work together as individual groups that work together, but also work as part of the larger orchestra in order to achieve HARMONY.

I sell peace of mind, harmony, and assurance of a home's condition at the time of inspection. I work through Illinois strict legal standards for home inspection and inspectors. They are higher than most states. You might find it intersting that Missouri has no inspection licensing or quality control agency at all. Neither does Iowa. Or Kansas... Or California, Colorado, Wyoming, Maine, Michigan, Utah, or Hawaii. In Illinois you get, quality. Missouri, allows and encourages Illinois Licensed inspectors to practice across state lines.

Buying a home? A first home? Education is top priority! I can educate you about your new home. I tell the impartial truth. I want you to inspect your home with me so I can show you what to look for. I work for YOU, not the Realtor, not the Seller, and not the bank. My work is your property. I don't share the work with anyone but you, or your designate.

Finally, I work where I live. I'm your neighbor, and I offer certified, licensed, and insured services in the Alton - Godfrey - Edwardsville metro  areas. I also work in the St. Louis metro.

Illinois Home Inspector License #  450-013310.   Illinois Radon Measurement Professional License # RNI202-52959. InterNACHI CPI 25021510. IL E&O N9PL569483.

InspectingPro® and RadonDog® Licensed/Certified One Stop Home, Radon, Sewer Scope, Mold, Pest, and Meth Inspections for Real Estate Transfers, Home Owners, and REALTORS®. We also Living@home® assessments for seniors.

LICENSED Home Inspector (Il lic 450-013310), LICENSED RADON INSPECTOR (il lIC RNI202-52959). INTERNACHI CERTIFIED (NACHI250-21510), nrpp - E&O N9PL569483. nrsb cERTIFIED FOR RADON IN HOMES, MIXED USE, SCHOOL, AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. INSURED - HOME AND RADON inspection. CALL FOR consults and HOME assessment for elder living ACCESIBILITY. meth/fentanyl assessments.

I AM your high-integrity & trusted partner for comprehensive home and radon inspections in the alton/godfrey/edwardsville metropolitan area.

Illinois Licensed & Insured Home and Radon Inspectors and Living@Home Assessments.

Realtors®, at the end of my work your client will have a long and objective report, an Owner's Manual for the house, and a discussion that explains what we found, together.

I understand you want a home and Radon inspector who is honest, skillful, a good communicator, ethical, LICENSED, insured, organized, and Professionally Certified by an accrediting organization. Someone who can fit your client's needs, who creates a very positive impression, is technically competent, has wide geographical coverage.... who makes your life easier by taking charge of the inspection end entirely.

AND A PARTNER WHO WON'T DELAY YOUR CLOSING SO YOU CAN GET OUT THERE AND SELL MORE HOUSES!

I'm selling professional assurance. Connectedness in an important area, and fewer phone calls! (I can also bring you chocolate)

Your client will get a report within 24 hours. They will have a much better knowledge of the home, perhaps better bargaining leverage, and absolutely better confidence that leads them to the closing table.

As you know, inspection increases a client's commitment to the home, and create transparency in the process. Do all systems work as they should? Are there near term maintenance priorities and necessary repairs? Should you sell a home warranty as assurance that undiscovered weaknesses can be covered?

I sell peace of mind. Call or contact Inspecting Pro! I can help.

If you have suspicions, or are just being thorough and caring, you might want to suggest a Meth/Fentynal assessment. Meth manufacture and fentanyl fabrication are common, and cross socio-economic lines. This includes a desk review for criminal proceedings at the local, state, and federal levels. On my inspection, I can look for telling signs. There are several. I can do that. This project includes a home criminal history report, and screening visit: $175. If there appears to be evidence of Meth or Fentanyl, we can do a chemical wipe, inclusive of the three main types of manufacture: phenyl-2-propanone P2P, ephidrine reduction, and hydriodic acid/red phosphorus). If we do need to go in for a wipe, there's an additional $400. This is an add on cost of $450. The higher amount reflects expertise and potential occupational safety hazards.

Frankly, if you have suspicions, or an intuition, you may want to get a report as justification to end a listing, refuse to list, or even seek compensation (I am not an attorney, ask your legal counsel).

UPCOMING! Drone roof inspection for damage. I can grab footage of the home and yard. If you want drone footage of the exterior house and yard (and the neighborhood), I will be able to do that later in the Summer, 2025.

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Radioactive Gas. . . a True Radon EXPERT!

Inspection, Honesty, Integrity,

Education.

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For Realtors... I try to get your client a property report within 24 hours.

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