Trinity Home Inspection

While I generally liked Kevin, I was not very satisfied with our inspection. Kevin was moving about 3x faster than other home inspectors I’ve seen and he wasn’t very thorough. It was as if he was late for an appointment the entire time. I didn’t feel like he wanted to make the time to answer questions and had I not insisted on checking more things, several other issues would have been missed.

My experience with Kevin Jardet was not that great. During my first home inspection, he brought along his two sons. I didn’t have a problem with that at first until I found out that he reported my electrical outlets in the living room were not working. I later found out that he sent his son to do the testing and it was a mistake, the light switch wasn’t on. After I moved into the home, I found out that there had not been a gas meter hooked up to supply my heat in about 2 years. Yet, he marked my furnace as working and in good condition on the inspection report. Once I got the gas meter hooked up, I still had no heat. How could he check the heat if there was no supply of gas? As a result, I had no heat for about a week. At the same time, my hot water heater went out. When a plumber came out and unwrapped the water heater from it’s insulator, he discovered that the whole back of the heater was corroded and I needed a new water heater. I believe Kevin should have pulled that hot water heater insulator off to examine the heater during the inspection. Instead, he just marked it ok and in good condition in the inspection report.
Once I notified Kevin that the furnace wasn’t working, he did come out to see if he could fix it. When he could not fix it, he offered to pay the technician fee of $ 60 that I had to pay to have a tech come look at it. I paid the tech and told Kevin he could re-​imburse me, he said ok and I haven’t heard from him since.
The bottom line is that I had no heat and no hot water during the same week after I moved in because he did not do a complete inspection. There was algae growing in the furnace lines and the water heater was corroded beyond repair. These are items that should not have been over looked during the inspection.

Excellent home inspector. I have used Kevin Jardet several times with my real estate clients and I have never been disappointed. He is thorough and knowledgeable, also willing to go the extra mile when needed. Very reliable and honest as well. I will certainly continue to use Trinity Home Inspections in the future.