Buyer’s Choice Home Inspections

We have gone over this and over this. He is making accusations that have no substance. I have an inflated gas bill for ONE MONTH (the month he inspected my home), which can be compared to many, many months prior and never has it been that high. He is unscrupulous and not as detail oriented as he’d like you to think. Just owner beware if he «inspects» one of your properties. Check EVERYTHING after he leaves so you don’t get surprised with a large bill like I did.

He is the only home inspector I recommend, and I know a lot.
Thorough, patient, and professional. Hal knows construction and knows what can be problematic.
If you are looking for a great home inspection you can count on Hal.

I would give Hal 3.5 if there is option, he is doing a good job and I do have met inspector I like more before. I hired Hal for home inspection for a SFH after reading excellent review on Unilocal.
What I like about him:
1. Time efficiency, arrived on time although we are 5 minutes earlier. He provided the report on the same day.
2. Very nice and friendly. Help answer the questions I had after providing the report to us.
3. Tell us about finding rats’ pupu in attic, answered the questions patiently
What I do not feel very comfortable:
Comparing to other 3, 4 hours home inspection, it took him about 1.5 hours to finish inspecting a relatively small SFH house and another 30 minutes’ for summarzing the findings, I asked him, he said it is empty so he can do it quickly. Later on, when I turned on the hot water, it takes long long time and still no hot water although I already turned on the temperature of water and checked what Hal suggested me to. Then I remember when I hired inspector in another city for a condo, he turned on the hot/​cold water to fill the tub in each bath room to check whether hot water is coming out regularly and whether tub has any linkage, and I did not remember Hal did that for this house. He did turn on the dish washer after he came, but I think he did not check tub linkage and I am not sure he checked the hot water or not. The price he charged is at high $ 300 and I hope he could take more time and be more detail oriented.

Amazing! Hal is extremely accommodating with his time and rates. Do yourself a favor and set up an appointment with him!

Hal does a great home inspection, very thorough and patiently explains all his finding with the potential home buyer.

Today I had the pleasure of having my «hopeful» new home inspected by Hal Metzner, the owner of Buyer’s Choice Home Inspections. He was referred to me by a termite inspector (The Termite Guy, another awesome company I might add!) when my scheduled Home Inspector double booked me and had to pull out, literally 36 hours before inspection time. I arrived at the property 15 minutes before the scheduled time and already found Hal setting up. Being a former Marine, punctuality rates high on my list of positive personal traits, and this was a perfect start to my day. After initial pleasantries, Hal immediately set out to work inspecting the new property, not an easy task considering it is 4200 sqft to walk thru. Over the next three hours, Hal did a thorough and detailed inspection, taking additional time during the inspection to update me on some minor items he found that need attention. What I really liked is that he didn’t just tell me what was wrong, but how to fix it, if it is a job that I can do or should I refer it out to a contractor. He also had the patience to answer my questions when I spoke about remodeling ideas and if they were feasible. I was also amazed how he found items that need attention that the home appraiser from the bank never noticed. I can whole heartedly refer him to anyone in need of a home inspector. You will get more in return than in what you pay to hire him, and that is rare in this day and age. And before I forget, he also does Termite Inspections (which he did) and works for The Termite Guy in that role.