Pricing
Defender Home and Property Inspections Pricing
Complete Single Family Home Inspections start at $295.00. Condominium/Townhome inspections start at $250.00.
All Home/Condominium/Townhome Inspections include Indoor Air Quality and initial Radon testing, which are performed for additional charges by other inspectors, as well as a free hygrometer for every home. Please see the reasoning behind including these must-haves below.
Please ask us about our 15 % off “Heroes” discounting program. We respect and appreciate their contributions during this tough period.
Other Services, such as Wind Mitigation for insurance discounts, 4-Point Inspections for older homes to satisfy insurance requirements (this is part of the Complete Home Inspection, but is also available as a separate inspection at a discounted rate), Pools and Spas, Water, and Methamphetamine testing, are available upon request.
Radon Inspection
According to the U.S. Surgeon General:
“Indoor radon gas is the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the United States and breathing it over prolonged periods can present a significant health risk to families all over the country. It’s important to know that this threat is completely preventable. Radon can be detected with a simple test and fixed through well-established venting techniques.” January 2005. Defender Home & Property Inspection is fully certified to test for radon in your home.
Radon Inspection
According to the U.S. Surgeon General:
“Indoor radon gas is the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the United States and breathing it over prolonged periods can present a significant health risk to families all over the country. It’s important to know that this threat is completely preventable. Radon can be detected with a simple test and fixed through well-established venting techniques.” January 2005. Defender Home & Property Inspection is fully certified to test for radon in your home.
Indoor Air Quality
Indoor Air Quality is often overlooked during the home buying decision making process. Research has shown that the quality of indoor air can be worse than that of outdoor air. Many homes are built or remodeled more tightly, without regard to the factors that assure fresh and healthy indoor air. Our homes today contain many furnishings, appliances and other products that can adversely affect indoor air quality. Although costly repairs are generally the buyer’s number one priority, nothing is more important than a healthy home. At Defender Home & Property Inspections, we will test the air quality within the home for oxygen levels, hydrogen sulfide levels whose presence can indicate Chinese drywall, carbon monoxide which is an odorless, colorless, tasteless, and poisonous gas that can be fatal), Volatile Organic Compounds which can be an indication of the home being previously used to manufacture methamphetamines, and combustible gases such as propane and natural gas.
High Relative Humidity
When you run your air conditioner, the air indoors will be cooler than the outside air. The cooler indoor air and the hotter outdoor air will cause condensation to form on your windows. Eventually, pooling condensation can rot your window trim. At certain levels of humidity, you will have dust mite infestations. Dust mites are a health issue especially for people with allergies. High humidity indoors can also cause your paint and wallpaper to peel, your wood floors to cup and buckle, and your furniture to become mildewed. It can even affect the structure of your home, invisible to you until you need major repairs.
High indoor humidity creates an environment that fosters the growth of bacteria, viruses, fungi, mold and mildew, and wood destroying insects, which in turn can lead to structural damage and unhealthy indoor air quality. These microorganisms can create serious health problems for people and especially children due to their increased level of respiration. An increase in humidity also increases the concentration of VOCs. Volatile Organic Compounds are nearly omnipresent in our daily lives via the chemicals used to treat common household items. They exist in paints, carpeting, composite wood, upholstery, air fresheners, et cetera. When the relative humidity increases in temperature, these VOCs are released in higher amounts from these different sources. This means that a high humidity not only allows more VOCs in, but allows more chemical off-gassing to occur. The importance of avoiding high humidity levels in your home, to avoid structural damage and an unhealthy environment, is so great a free hygrometer/thermometer is included with every complete home inspection to allow you to monitor the indoor humidity levels at all times.
High Relative Humidity
When you run your air conditioner, the air indoors will be cooler than the outside air. The cooler indoor air and the hotter outdoor air will cause condensation to form on your windows. Eventually, pooling condensation can rot your window trim. At certain levels of humidity, you will have dust mite infestations. Dust mites are a health issue especially for people with allergies. High humidity indoors can also cause your paint and wallpaper to peel, your wood floors to cup and buckle, and your furniture to become mildewed. It can even affect the structure of your home, invisible to you until you need major repairs.
High indoor humidity creates an environment that fosters the growth of bacteria, viruses, fungi, mold and mildew, and wood destroying insects, which in turn can lead to structural damage and unhealthy indoor air quality. These microorganisms can create serious health problems for people and especially children due to their increased level of respiration. An increase in humidity also increases the concentration of VOCs. Volatile Organic Compounds are nearly omnipresent in our daily lives via the chemicals used to treat common household items. They exist in paints, carpeting, composite wood, upholstery, air fresheners, et cetera. When the relative humidity increases in temperature, these VOCs are released in higher amounts from these different sources. This means that a high humidity not only allows more VOCs in, but allows more chemical off-gassing to occur. The importance of avoiding high humidity levels in your home, to avoid structural damage and an unhealthy environment, is so great a free hygrometer/thermometer is included with every complete home inspection to allow you to monitor the indoor humidity levels at all times.