Home inspection checklist
18 sections. 115 sub-sections. 1,132 check points.
Our goal is to be thorough. You’re making a big financial decision, and this is everything we look at to help you make it.
Main inspection sections
What we inspect
01 General information
- Weather condition
- Home type
02 Exterior & foundation
- Walls & trim
- Foundation
- Footings
03 Garage / carport
- Doors
- Vehicle door
- Automatic opener
- Floors
- Interior walls & ceilings
- Detached garage
04 Roof
- General information
- Shingles / shakes
- Metal / tile / panel
- Flat roof
- Flashings
- Skylights
- Gutters & downspouts
05 Grounds
- Fences & gates
- Retaining walls
- Soil & drainage
- Driveway
- Sidewalks & patios
- Deck & patio covers
- Decks & porches
- Stairs & handrails
06 Electrical
- Service
- Panels
- Wiring
- Receptacles
- Switches
- Lighting
- Exterior electric
- Smoke & CO alarms
07 Fireplaces, stoves & chimneys
- Wood-burning fireplace / stove
- Gas fireplace / stove
- Chimneys & flues
08 Plumbing & fuel
- Service / main line
- Supply lines
- Drains & waste lines
- Venting
- Sump pump
- Fuel storage
- Tanks
09 Interior rooms, doors & windows
- Exterior doors
- Interior doors
- Windows & skylights
- Walls & ceilings
- Floors
- Stairs & handrails
10 Bathrooms, laundry & sinks
- Counters
- Cabinets
- Floors
- Sinks
- Toilets
- Bathtubs
- Showers
- Ventilation
- Laundry
11 Kitchen
- Counters
- Cabinets
- Sinks
- Disposal
- Dishwasher
- Range / cooktop
- Ventilation
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Hot water dispenser
- Trash compactor
12 Heating, ventilation & A/C
- General condition
- Electric heat
- Forced-air furnace
- Filters
- Ducts & registers
- Hydronic / steam
- Burners
- Flues
- Combustion air
- A/C & heat pump
- Controls
- Ventilation
- Whole-house fan
13 Wood-destroying organisms
- Ants
- Termites
- Beetles
- Bees
14 Water heater
- General condition
- Electric
- Burners
- Flues
- Combustion air
15 Crawl space
- Access
- Floor substructure
- Floor insulation
- Vapor barrier
- Ventilation
- Manufactured homes
16 Basement
- Doors
- Windows
- Stairs & handrails
- Floor structure
- Floor insulation
17 Attic & roof structure
- Access areas
- Roof structure
- Insulation
- Vapor retarder
- Ventilation
18 Final walk-through
- Appliances off
- Roof structure
- HVAC
- Pets
- Doors locked
Your part
What should you do?
Come along
As we go through the inspection you’ll gain valuable insight into your future home. We discuss each component as we go, and you’ll come away understanding the value of regular maintenance.
Ask questions
Ask the questions you thought of while touring with your agent. It’s a house before you close; it begins to become your home afterwards, and answers give you peace of mind.
Receive your report
A detailed report within 24 hours, often before 9 AM the next day, with a download link and the extra photos. Available for 60 days after the inspection.
Selling? Use our
pre-listing seller checklist to get the home ready.