I’m all for exceptionally detailed inspections and reports, but as you have learned, that comes at a significant cost in time and effort. You can’t charge average prices and be exceptional in service and still be successful in your business. You need a business plan and you need to be analytical in your pricing Working RE Home Inspector: How to Price Your Services? If it’s going to take you two days to produce an average report, your average fee needs to be well north of $1,000
Looking at your report, I didn’t read every word and none of your clients will either, there’s a lot of custom written filler that doesn’t really add value. Remember, when they’re in the process of buying a home, they have a hundred priorities going on and limited time to devote to any of them. It’s not the time for them to read a whole house manual. They need to know those things that are important to them in making an informed decision about their home purchase. Anything outside of that in your report is a distraction.
Much of the content of your report is “example photos” (i.e., non-defect related) and custom-written captions. These consume your time, bloat the report (I don’t mean that pejoratively) and make it more difficult for your client to get the info that they need because what’s important to them is buried amongst the inconsequential. This IMO not only consumes great quantities of your time, but it also diminishes the value of your work product for the purpose that your client hired you for - it’s completely counter-productive.
Be true to your nature. Be ruthlessly thorough in your inspections and reporting, but apply your efforts where they will actually benefit your client. Think back to when you bought your own home and all that you were going through in that compressed timeframe. Put yourself in the client’s position and consider what they really need and can absorb in that timeframe. Scour your reports and eliminate anything that does not directly contribute to their immediate needs.
If you’re going to deliver exceptional service, then you need to charge exceptional rates to stay in business. That means you’re going to lose a lot of potential sales due to price. That’s OK. Not every prospect is really a candidate for your service. Let those folks hire the guys that produce 8-page reports in 18pt typeface. There is a market for people who want exceptional service and will pay for it because they understand the difference between price and value, let these people be your clients. That’s the market I targeted https://homecert.com/sample-reports/