09/03/2026
"The house passed inspection."
We hear it constantly, and it isn't a thing. There's no pass. There's no fail. There's no score at the bottom of the page. There's areport describing the condition of a house and a buyer deciding what to do about it.
That one's the most common, but it's not the most expensive.
The most expensive is thinking a new build doesn't need an inspection. New homes have findings. Different findings than a1962 ranch has, but findings, and the window where somebody else pays to fix them is shorter than people realize.
Then there's the belief that a good inspector finds everything. No inspection is a guarantee or a warranty, and anyonepromising otherwise is selling false certainty. What you should expect is a clear account of what's visible and accessible, andan honest answer about what isn't.
People also read a long report as a bad house. Usually it means a thorough inspector. The number that matters isn't how manyitems got listed — it's how many are serious.
And the last one, which agents hear more than we do: that an inspector referred by an agent is somehow softer on the house.Every house gets the same inspection no matter who's paying or what's riding on it. That isn't a policy we advertise. It's theonly way the business works for fifteen years.
No home is perfect. The inspection was never about finding one.
Which of these had you believed?
