Commercial Property Inspector Guide

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Commercial Property Inspector

Commercial Building Inspections
Commercial Building Inspections

Commercial Building Inspections Information

In real estate HUD and FHA recommend home inspections and radon testing to help protect your investment and health, so bit is important to have a high quality home inspection company and certified home inspectors do your commercial inspections for you. These are the areas where you will need to know the condition of the property.

Home Inspections, New Construction Inspections, Commercial Inspections, Mold Inspections, Mold Testing, Seller Inspections also known as a Pre-Listing Inspections, Home Warranty Inspections, Foreclosure Inspections, Radon Testing and Thermal Imaging Inspections.

Commercial property inspection checklist:

What you will find is that a company that is certified will do visual inspection of your home or commercial properties roof, siding, walks, driveways, plumbing, electrical, heating, air conditioning, appliances, structure, flooring, garage, foundations, insulation, attic, walls, ventilation, bathrooms, interior, exterior, ceiling, venting, laundry, drainage, mold, asbestos, lead, pest and landscaping, which will help you will your buying and investment of owning property.

Managing property has risks, associated with commercial building conditions so you will want to make sure that the property field inspector that does your Commercial Building Inspections is CREIA Certified and part of the ASHI Certified Real Estate Inspection Services because you may need to have Window Leak Testing, Building Envelope Analysis, EIFS inspections, Moisture Infiltration Inspection, and Moisture/Mold Inspection especially if the building has been sitting unoccupied for several months or even several years.

Commercial Property Inspection Service

Pool and Spa Safety

Other important things that should be included in your property condition report is Pool and Spa Inspections because Pool and spa safety should be your primary concern when you are a building manager, when a property goes unattended you will find that these bodies of water becomes an hazrd to children and kids who are drawn to them,so you want to be careful about small children from the neighboring area wandering into your back yard and falling into the pool. It is recommended that Gates and barriers are provided for safety.

Electrical Safety

Other safety concerns include: is electrical safety. Anytime people, water and electricity come together you want to ensure that you're protected from electrical shock. Get a company who will inspect those systems for safety and function.

Commercial Property Inspection Jobs

 Companies hiring commercial property inspectors.

  • Jav Field Services - Corpus Christi, TX  personal property loans and commercial property for finacial instutions, and other types of inspections 
  • Metro Public Adjustment - Doylestown, PA residential and commercial property owners.
  • CH2M Hill - Fort Irwin, CA has opening for managing the construction of commercial property.
  • City of Whitehall - Whitehall, OH needs a certified Cmmercial Building Inspector. Certification as an ICC Property Maintenance Inspector.Property / Casualty Insurance Inspector,
  • Cal Inspection Bureau - Santa Cruz, CA has opening for commercial or residential property inspectors.field inspector, or Tax Compliance Inspector
  • Prince William County Government - Woodbridge, VA has a position for a County Paid Vacancy TaxCompliance Inspector who Plans and conducts on-site inspections of business/commercial property as a  Sr. Field Engineer/Inspector.
  • CH2M Hill - United, PA needs someone for managing the construction of commercial property, as a Senior Field Engineer/Inspector and working as a Property Claims Adjuster/Inspector Northwestern
  • Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company - Grinnell, IA has a postion for a Property Claims Adjuster-Inspector who is responsible for handling property claims from inception
  • LandAmerica Financial Group - Florida has a full time Inspector Job in Tampa Boca Raton for a commercial lines loss control inspector for property inspection service.
  • Insurance Services Office - Texas job requires someone to Complete commercial property surveys, conducting surveys - commercial property, inland marine

Ask if your pool/spa inspections will survey the following areas

  • Electrical lights and GFCI protection
  • Self-latching gates and fences
  • Plumbing and pumps system
  • Heaters, Filters, Pool Decking and coping
  • Pool spa surfaces
  • Manufactured Mobile Home Inspections
  • Historic Renovations
  • Household Hazards
  • Lead in Paint
  • Log Homes
  • Mold Information
  • Plumbing
  • Pool Safety
  • Pre-built Homes
  • Private Wells
  • Radon
  • Roofs
  • Septic System
  • Spring Maintenance
  • Storm Proof Your Home
  • Stucco Homes
  • Termites
  • Water Damage
  • Water Quality
  • Wildlife Control
  • Winter Maintenance
  • Property Condition Assessments
  • Commercial Property Inspections

Types of commercial inspections and property inspectors

Here is a list of the different types of inspections:

  1. Home Inspections
  2. Construction Inspection
  3. Mold Inspections
  4. Seller Inspections
  5. Warranty Inspections
  6. Yearly Inspections
  7. ADA Regulations
  8. Air Quality
  9. Asbestos
  10. Attic Venting
  11. Basement Sealing
  12. Biological Pollutants
  13. Carbon Monoxide
  14. Child Safety
  15. Chimneys
  16. Closing Process
  17. Conserve Energy
  18. Disaster Preparedness
  19. Electrical Safety
  20. Electromagnetic Fields
  21. Exterior Siding Types
  22. Foreclosures
  23. Foundation Cracks
  24. Foundation Insulation
  25. Furnaces
  26. Grading and Drainage

Commercial properties come in all shapes and sizes from: Mountain-top Bed & Breakfast, Sand and Gravel Mines, Medical Facilities, Scrap Yards, Marinas.

US Food & Drug Administration test lab whether you are a building owner, property manager, leasing agent, lender or tenant you will benefit from a visual assessment of the commercial property.

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Vincent de Jong 6 weeks ago

Great hub. Very informative. Thanks. Voting up.

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