I try to appear as a 5 or 6. No jeans or sneakers. I also bring a second pair of shoes or booties, especially if the house is still occupied or the buyers plan to keep the carpeting. I’m not as careful if extensive renovations are planned. The last thing I want to do is spread tar from the roof or driveway into the house.
Owners and buyers are always impressed by my consideration when I change shoes or don booties.
Dean Conrad
#5 or 6 Always wear slippers inside.
Gotta love a job where you can wear slippers 
cheers
Good luck with the opening of the electrical panel (w/ slippers)…
I’d be curious as to how Bkelly 2 managed to be in all 10 categories?:mrgreen:
I wear a pair of black denim work pants with a black button-up collared work shirt from Marks Work Warehouse. Got the free (white/black) InterNACHI patches from Lisa and had the wife sew them on the pocket or sleeve of all the shirts. I also wear steel-toed work shoes and bring along a pair of “indoor only” sneakers to wear inside if necessary.
I wear dickies twotone collared shirts and dickies shorts in summer and dickies pants in winter. I look professional but can get dirty without ruining the uniform. I feel if you are doing a good inspection you will get dirty. But you can still look like a professional. I would wear a tie but it just gets in the way and is unsafe near moving parts like the furnace or A/C units.
Really depends on what is standard in your area. I wear clean jeans and a logo shirt. Usually wear tennis shoes because they are good on roofs and do less damage to shingles in hot weather. In my area, bankers wear jeans.
I wear booties over my safety shoes of course… 
They are a conversation piece especially since I don’t wear a match!
Logo Polo, Die Hard Boots and Cargo/Carpenter shorts in summer (I’m out in 100 +) and a casual pant in winter. I try to keep in shape for the most part, but, the ladder/view thing I hadn’t thought of. OOOPS.
I also carry a change of clothes.
I always inspect in a 5.11 uniform {HRT} that is flame retardant and equipped with padded elbow and knees as well as a “Mandarin” collar. A crew neck moisture wicking under shirt is comfortable when in confined spaces; durable and well made for the crawl spaces. Always dress for safety when on an assignment - not for the fashion police. OOPS, can’t say always as in the posed mold inspection photo. The South Lake Tahoe chalet was covered with “apparent mold” growth in January. The Inspector lacks safety glasses, mask, gloves and booties. The Booties were eaten by the Fungi by the time the Inspector reached the stairwell.
Gerold writes:
Why flame retardant? Because of a service panel flash?
Flame retardant because the 5.11 uniforms are marketed toward the Life Safety Professionals - Police, Firefighters, Flame Jumpers and EMT etc (service panel flash). The complete setup is professional in appearance and well made; I believe that we should utilize all the safety features that are available to us because we don’t know when we will find ourselves in harms way. Factoid: wearing shorts is okay for the UPS delivery crew but not for the professional carrying the ladder through the flower bed near the rose bushes or inspecting the crawlspace. I never wear shorts when inspecting a toilet, mold contaminated base cabinets because I do not like the funky germs on my skin. Call me wimpy but I don’t want trans dermal yuck ruining my paycheck opportunities.
Good advice.
Well if it has a pool to inspect!!!
I can’t imagine inspecting even the exterior in suit coat. Yesterday I was sweating just standing still.
Were you waxing the realtors car again to get more work??? 
Why not? I dress according to my mood and clientele Marcel. 
Well, you sure have a lot of moods available. :mrgreen:
I suppose it all boils down to where are you inspecting and who you are inspecting for. I’m still having trouble picturing a pair of cargo pants with stuffed pockets looking somehow more professional than a nice new pair of jeans. I guess it could be a regional thing though. I used to have a bunch of yankee friends in PA who really looked down on jeans unless you was doing yard work or camping. I grew up thinking (mistakenly btw), as did a lot of folks in my neighborhood, that folks wearing Dickies or similar didn’t make enough money to wear real pants (jeans). Times have changed though…
G
