Why Use Us

THOROUGH

We inspect as many areas of attics and crawl spaces as are safely accessible. These are the places where many
major defects are located. The best and often the only way to find the defects is to get as close as possible to
them. Some inspectors only view attics and crawl spaces from access openings and service platforms.

We walk on roofs that are safely accessible. Experienced inspectors agree that the best roof inspection is when
the inspector walks the roof. State and national inspection standards do not require inspectors to walk on roofs,
but again, the best and often the only way to find the defects is to get as close as possible to them.

We invest whatever time is required to perform a thorough and professional inspection. We usually perform only
one inspection per day, so we do it well. If the inspection takes all day, that's OK. If the report takes several
hours to write, that's OK. We treat your inspection as if it were our own.

We provide the most thorough and professional written report in the industry. The best inspection has little value
without a professional written report. We take great pride and care to ensure that our reports comply with
Arizona and ASHI Standards of Practice. For this reason and others we do not use checklist style reports and
we do not issue reports on site. We find that taking the extra time required to carefully consider and report about
our inspection findings makes our reports more useful to all involved and makes them more difficult to dispute.
Our reports:

* Identify systems and components that are not functioning as intended, significantly deficient, unsafe, or near
the end of their service life,

* Provide a recommendation about whether you should repair, replace, monitor, or seek additional information
from a qualified contractor regarding identified systems and components,

* Explain, where appropriate, the nature of the problem with the identified system or component (e.g., the risks
caused by the indentified system or component),

* Cite, where appropriate, the current accepted standards upon which we base our finding and
recommendation.

You get what you pay for.

PROFESSIONAL

Our professional education and training far exceeds that of most inspectors. We hold advanced college degrees
from a nationally ranked university. We have experience and training at one of the country's largest public
accounting and consulting firms. We have extensive postgraduate education in home inspection, building codes,
and law. We are a published author of home inspection technical articles and a comprehensive book about the
residential building code. Our education and training helps us identify, analyze, and document defects in ways
most inspectors cannot.

Some home inspectors worked as trade contractors (plumbers, handymen, carpenters, construction
superintendents) prior to becoming inspectors. Some home inspectors have no construction experience at all.
The training of home inspectors who learned as trade contractors is limited by the experience and competence of
the people for whom they worked and is limited to their area of experience. The training of home inspectors with
no construction experience may be limited to a week or two of classroom work and some parallel inspections
with another inspector. Few inspectors have our level of professional education and training.

You get what you pay for.

EXPERIENCED

We designed and built custom homes and are a licensed contractor. There is no substitute for actual design and
construction experience when it comes to inspecting a home. From lot selection to foundation layout through
final grading and landscaping, the builder needs to know how the thousands of components in a home will
interact to make the home as trouble free as possible. As a home inspector, we bring this knowledge and
experience to work for you. Construction experience is not required to become a home inspector. We hold
contractor licenses in both Arizona and Florida as proof of our experience.

We are a certified building code inspector and author of two books about the residential building code. Home
inspections are not building code compliance inspections; however, the building code plays a significant role in
determining what a builder must do to correct a defect. No person should inspect new homes without expertise
in the residential building code.

We are an ASHI Certified Inspector. This level of national certification requires that the inspector perform at
least 250 fee paid inspections. We have performed many more than the minimum number, Make sure that the
inspector who performs your inspection (not the owner of the company) is an ASHI Certified Inspector.

You get what you pay for.

FAIR

Our duty and loyalty is to you, our client. Most inspectors rely on real estate agents to refer business. This can
make it difficult for the inspector to clearly identify the client. Is the client the person paying for that one
inspection or is it the agent who refers many inspections? Our answer is clear: you are the client. We owe an
honest and fair assessment of the home's condition to all parties involved; but when we must make a judgment
about whether and how to report a defect (and we must make many such judgments during every inspection) we
always make the judgment in your best interest. We are proud members of the Independent Home Inspectors of
North America. Only a few out of the thousands of home inspectors throughout the country think enough of
their commitment to client service to pledge not to solicit agents for inspection referrals.

We set our fees to maximize client value. Buying a service is different from buying a product. Product features
and benefits are often available for comparison and similar products often have similar features and benefits. It is
also possible to find independent comparisons and ratings of many products. When buying a product, price is
often an important consideration because you can use price to select between similar products.

When buying a service, you are buying the thoroughness, professionalism, knowledge, and experience of the
person providing the service. People can easily make statements about their "features and benefits." It is far
more difficult to verify and compare a person's "features and benefits." This is what makes buying a service
more difficult than buying a product. For example, a person can claim to be "licensed." The license can be a
contractor license, which is difficult and expensive to obtain, or it can be a business license which almost anyone
can obtain simply be paying a small fee. In addition, a company can claim "features and benefits" for the
company if only one owner or employee of the company actually has the "feature or benefit." A company's
"features and benefits" are of little value to you if the person providing the service does not have all the claimed
"features and benefits."

At Dream Home Consultants, the person providing the service has all the "features and benefits" that we claim.
We encourage you to verify each and every one of them. When you compare our fees to the value of our
"features and benefits" we believe you will find that the value of our service far exceeds our fee.

We understand the needs of all people involved in a home inspection and sale. We have walked in the shoes of
the home buyer, home seller, and home builder. While we have not walked in the shoes of a real estate agent, we
have been in the business long enough to understand their needs. We understand that everyone needs a fair and
honest assessment of the home's condition. An unnecessarily alarming assessment or an unrealistically rosy
assessment serves nobody's needs. We try to balance the needs of all people when conducting our inspection
and writing our report; however, our duty is to our client and we will always make close calls so that our client's
needs are served first.

You get what you pay for.