INSPECTION SERVICES
Comprehensive building-envelope inspections that protect homeowners and real-estate professionals from costly construction-defect surprises.
Lawsuits are exploding exponentially involving real-estate transactions. Serious construction defects are rapidly escalating, creating catastrophic structural issues to homes that cost tens of thousands of dollars to repair. Some properties are even being condemned in this process.
A Guardian inspection identifies envelope-integrity issues before they become claims, lawsuits, or six-figure repairs. Whether you’re buying, selling, or simply diagnosing a building you own, the inspection report becomes the documented basis for any next decision.
Both buyer & seller agents, real-estate professional offices, and home inspectors are increasingly caught in expensive and costly litigation involving huge unexpected costs when construction defects reveal themselves years after the real-estate transactions — because the envelope problems were never identified or disclosed up front. A Guardian Pre-Sale Inspection report is documented, full-disclosure protection for everyone in the transaction.
A Guardian inspection determines the status and integrity of an existing building’s envelope — and identifies any associated risk so problems can be remedied properly before they become catastrophic.
A Pre-Sale Inspection allows for the early determination of any potential issues with a property’s building-envelope integrity. It’s an important aid in properly pricing the home in the market and helping to sell the home quickly without obstructions.
A Pre-Sale Inspection report protects both the seller and the seller’s real-estate agent from future litigation and qualifies as a full-disclosure condition document for the property’s building envelope. A Guardian Pre-Sale Inspection report may also increase both the marketability and value of the home.
Specialty Inspections are typically required or requested on behalf of the buyer’s home inspector, real-estate agent, appraiser, or the underwriting risk department of the potential buyer’s mortgage financing company because of suspected moisture-infiltration issues.
A Guardian Specialty Inspection report protects both the buyer and the buyer’s real-estate agent from completing the sale on a property that might be engulfed in future litigation and major costly repairs. Many times, a remedy for the flagged problem can be specified and used as a condition of the sale.
A General Property Envelope Inspection provides an accurate evaluation and documentation of the current condition or defects in a building’s envelope. With this document, any diagnosed problems can be projected and planned based on priority needs — and used to get educated quotes from the right type of competent contractors for your actual needs.
Most homeowners do not have the experience or expertise to evaluate their building’s envelope condition.
Home Improvement Industry salespeople thrive on the opportunity to take advantage of unaware homeowners. These salespeople are notorious for pitching whatever the limited brands of products they sell as the “end-all be-all” fix to the symptoms of the problems the homeowner requested be repaired or replaced. A salesman’s only agenda is getting a sale.
Documentation from real Guardian property inspections. Each report includes photos like these so homeowners and real-estate professionals see exactly what we found.
Guardian is a building-envelope consulting and full-service turn-key construction firm with clients throughout South Eastern Wisconsin. Guardian specializes in building-technology consulting and turn-key construction services for all types of buildings — both residential and commercial. Our focus is preventing and resolving problems related to building design, specifications, and construction. We are nationally recognized for our expertise in building-envelope failures, moisture dynamics, and construction-defect inspections and investigations — and our experience in successful construction-remediation services.
Most homeowners overpay because no one diagnosed the real problem first. Let’s fix that.
