Crazy find on a recent maintenance inspection
Check it out!
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A little tip for the OP, since it seems like he might be using the same template for commercial as he does for homes. Once you are done with the report but before you send it, save it as a PDF and then search the PDF for the words; home, house, residential, etc. Then go back and edit those narratives or other areas where these words show up. It will make for a much more professional presentation to a commercial property client. I searched the PDF of your report and found the word “home” used 16 times.
Since I use the same template for residential and commercial, I try to write my narratives to be universal. But the above method has caught a straggler several times.
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I see a picture of bumps, and a picture of ponding, but I didn’t see any mumps. That would be crazy though.
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Mumps in adults can cause sterility. Must avoid that roof.
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How? Is your SoP the same?
Easy. Just put all the narratives you need for both types of inspections into one template. Also, you can have whole sections that you turn on or off, depending on what type of inspection you are doing. No, the SOP’s are not the same, but very close actually. NACHI vs CCPIA. They don’t differ much.
The benefit is that there are many, many, many narratives that are shared between residential and commercial. Using a common template means I only have to maintain one set of those narratives.
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I think I missed your “crazy find”…
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I didn’t want to ruffle and feathers or turn this into something sour.
Looks like some good advice so far. It appears this was not an actual PCA or full Commercial Inspection, so that can be a good thing. But, for anyone tackeling commercial I would advise a few things.
- Treat it as Commercial, not residential. That is from the initial inquiry to the final delivered product.
- Make Commercial report templates.
- Make sure you are covered through your insurance carrier for this tyoe work.
- Use a separate Commercial proposal aka as an Inspection agreement.
- Choose a standard of practice or guideline to use. There are 2 in our industry.
- Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
- Visit the forums and ask questions or help.
There are many more smaller details. But hopefully that is helpful.
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I’m not going to lie, after I viewed the OP’s report this morning, I could not stop thinking about Taco Johns and had to go there for lunch today. Bonus, it is Taco Tuesday so tacos were discounted! Yum, yum. Ask for their “Super Hot” sauce. It is not in packets, it comes in a little cup and is delicious.
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That is great advice. Know your limits and what you want to take on. I passed on quoting an extremely large retail inspection just yesterday. I knew it was beyond what I wanted to devote myself to. In the initial correspondence they stated that they did not want to hire a large firm out of the metro, but the size of the project was just too large for a one-man home inspection company that also dabbles in commercial.
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That your report?
I read some very troublesome observation narratives in several sections and returned to the post after 5 minutes. Very inaccurate statements. This type of reporting would get someone in a bunch of trouble IMO.
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