Understanding How our Paid Assessment Works

Sometimes, to obtain the appropriate information to price and advise on some types of work, we need to inspect the locations in person, or at least, perform a walk-through of the property.

In these cases, we must send one of our specialists to check all of the details in person, talk to you, take pictures and measurements to prepare a detailed work agreement for you.

We prepared a video diving into all the details of how it works.

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Why some jobs cannot be priced over the phone

A phone call is enough for a great many questions. It is not enough when the answer depends on something nobody can see from the street.

The honest list of when a site visit is required:

• Anything structural, where what is behind the finish decides the scope

• Anything where water has already caused damage, because the visible damage is rarely the extent of it

• Foundations, retaining and grading, where the soil is the project

• A property under an existing order from a building department

• Multi-trade work where the sequence and the interfaces are most of the cost

• Anything where somebody else has already given you a number and you want to know what it leaves out

On those, a number given over the phone is a number that will change. We would rather charge for the time it takes to get it right than quote something that moves later.

What a specialist does on site

1. Walks the property and looks at the conditions that actually govern the work

2. Measures, rather than estimating from a photograph

3. Photographs the conditions, so the record exists and you keep a copy

4. Identifies which jurisdiction, which permits and which approvals apply

5. Identifies what is likely to be found once something is opened, and says so in advance

6. Produces a detailed written work agreement rather than a one-line figure

The point of the document is that it is specific enough to compare against anybody else's. A quote you cannot compare is not a quote, it is a number.

What you keep

The assessment is yours. The measurements, the photographs, the conditions found and the scope described belong to you whether or not the work goes ahead with us.

That matters more than it sounds. Owners who have had a property assessed properly once are in a far better position the next time something comes up, and in a much better position in a sale.

Before you book one

Most people should start with the free call rather than here. Fifteen minutes on the phone usually settles whether a site visit is necessary at all, and if it is not, you have saved the step: our 15-minute free consultation.

Call (323) 651-0635 to book the free 15-minute consultation first. If your project needs the paid assessment, we will say so on that call rather than after it.

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