Amerispec National Home Inspection Service

Colleen Brand did an amazing job on inspection our home. We are first time home buyer and was really hesitant and had a million questions. But she was very clear and gave us the information that we need to understand what is needed to be done. If I can give her a 10 star I would! AMAZING job!!! Thank you so much for making this part so smooth for us.

Lucas and Ned have inspected quite a few properties for my family. They are always thorough and explain everything really well. I would recommend them to anyone.

Read all the Unilocal reviews. They CANNOT be more true! The similarity of experiences speak the truth. Lucas inspected our first property and was thorough and honest. Ned inspected the 2^nd property and was in and out in half the time Lucas spent on the same square footage. My impression is that Ned just wants to fulfill some quota and bill. Ned acknowledged a strong odor of mildew on his initial visit and a 2^nd visit at our request. Ned said he could not find the source. Subsequently 3 other companies inspected the bathroom and immediately identified wood rot, the source of the mildew. I asked Christine for the name of their insurance company to inquire about filing a claim to repair the damage AmeriSpec was negligent in identifying, and Christine has chosen to ignore my email. AmeriSpec was referred to us by our realtor Michele Steggell so I take some responsibility in not checking out AmeriSpec prior to using their service, such as it is. AVOID THESE PEOPLE. Lucas would be smart to find another employer-​distance himself from the flakes.

I hired AmeriSpec for home inspection before I purchased property. The reason was to make sure that all property defects were noted before closing on the property so that any defects can be addressed before purchase of the property. The cost to repair the property would be negotiated out of the purchase price of the property.
On page 4, item #139 on their inspection report indicated that there was no evidence of leaking in the attic. However, after closing on the property it was noted (by a termite inspection of the attic area) that the roof is leaking. The roof leak appears to be a long term leak due to all of the moldy rotten plywood on the roof.
The area of the leak in the attic is readily accessible and should have been noted by a competent inspector. Now it will be a substantial amount of money to repair the roof that should have been paid by the seller of the property before closing.
AmeriSpec was not diligent in the inspection of the property. Therefore, I requested that the money I paid for this inferior inspection be refunded. AmeriSpec informed me that the leak probably started after their inspection and will not respond to me. I contacted several roofers and to get the leak repaired and they indicated that the leak has been there for numerous years.
Don’t waste your money on Amerispec. The owner «Ned» was not diligent in his inspection.

Lucas came out on a Friday evening to do our inspection while my wife and I chatted with the current homeowner and our relator. Lucas was on time, friendly, extremely thorough and straightforward with the results. He made sure that we understood all the elements of his report and didn’t make us feel rushed at all (it was a Friday night after all — wouldn’t have blamed him for being ready to hit the road).
While I don’t have a great deal of experience with inspection services, I do have a great deal of experience with customer service, and his was top-​shelf.
Thanks Lucas!

Lucas was very thorough and knowledgeable. He caught every little detail, and was able to put each issue into context so we could understand if it was a major or minor issue. He took pictures of everything that was of concern and walked us through all the issues. I had a contractor out at the same time as Lucas’ inspection and my contractor said Lucas was the best inspector he’d seen. I would recommend him to everyone!

We were instructed to use this company not knowing very much being our first home purchase. When we dug deeper we found that they missed so many things in the inspection that end up costing us thousands of dollars to fix.
When we questioned some of these items, they came back a second time, after we purchased the home, and found the issues, but it was too late. If they had pointed these issues of gradation and water damage on the front of the house out to us the first time we would have been able to negotiate with the seller.
The only reason we were able to find the issues was b/​c we were doing work in the home and our contractor noticed these things. These issues that should have been seen and areas that were completely missed by the inspector.
One would expect small misses but to miss gradation and water damage to signify potential mold, is unacceptable. We feel that it was not a «true» inspection. Again, they found the things they missed the second time around, once we started questioning them. Why couldn’t they have found it the first time???
I would never use this company again as not only are they not thorough BUT they are not willing to own up to the issues found. How can they say that its not their fault but then find the issues the second time… and then offer us an insulting amount of money to make up for it. Just unacceptable.
Because of all of the above we are taking them to small claims court to get our money back per the advice of our real estate lawyer.

Lucas was thorough and explained every item. We had the inspection on Saturday afternoon and received the full report on Monday evening. That is FAST!

Whole staff is great! Ned is always courteous and accommodating. Amerispec has been around for awhile, they’re reliable and (between all of them) have a lot of experience. Once I started using them, they’ve been my choice for a home inspection company. I’ve used them many times and will continue to.
PC — Torrance, Ca

Ned with Amerispec always does a good job. Gives you the real information with out the fluff or scaring my clients. Just a real strait shooter who you know will tell you the truth. We have used him 25+ times for our self and our clients.

We should have waited and gone with a trusted inspector instead of going with Leonard at Amerispec.
We know now that this inspector failed to report some serious issues with the house. It is unacceptable that he was either highly negligent or made a seemingly conscious effort to disguise information that should have been notably addressed in the report such as serious structural issues. Pictures and notes made were misleading or far too casually mentioned.
We absolutely wasted money on this inspection. And we would never refer his services.