Environmental (Green) Services

"Our "Green Home Inspections" are an examination of a home designed to identify home systems and components which enhance home energy-efficiency, health and comfort. These features of a home which, when considered together, determine how "Green" a home is."

- Management, Sound View Home Inspections, LLC -

Environmentally friendly services-promoting home energy-efficiency:

• Mold (Fungi) Inspections Now Available
  
  
  • We inspect Stachybotrys “Black Mold” this is the most common toxic mold related problem in our community
    
    
  • Mold is never the root issue; the moisture is the problem and this impedes the efficiency and longevity of the home's energy.
    
    
  • Be proactive in decreasing current health issues such as asthma, eczema, hay fever and sinusitis.
    
    
  • Agents ensure your clients have an environmentally sound home!
    
    
• (LBP) Lead Based Paint Inspections
  
  
  • Inspectors identify the presence of LBP in buildings in order to help protect children
    
    
  • An important part of lead poisoning prevention plan for your daycare business
    
    
  • Childhood lead poisoning remains a major environmental disease.
    
    
  • Maintain the market value of your home by assuring that no hazardous lead materials are present.
    
    
• Asbestos (AHERA) Certified Inspections
  
  
  • We inspect for Friable & Non-Friable (ACM) Asbestos Containing Material
    
    
  • Chrysotile, most common and accounts for approximately 95% of asbestos found in buildings in the United States
    
    
  • Helping you be proactive with your families, community & co-worker’s health
    
    
  • Homeowner Association members: is your community proactive with these common (and sometimes) unseen environmental health risks?
    
    
• Thermal Imaging
  
  
  • Thermal imaging is a non-invasive, non-destructive way of evaluating conditions below the surface.
    
    
  • Everything from faulty wiring to the presence of termites, and from mold to wet insulation affects the surrounding temperature, heat-sensitive photography can reveal these and other issues that just cannot be seen by the naked eye or with conventional or digital photography.
    
    
  • By providing thermal imaging reports we can document a hidden fault for corrective action or to prioritize repairs.
    
    
  • We can also document the safety of a property by revealing dangerous electrical hot spots or the presence of harmful mold.
    
    

This service is an added feature to a standard inspection or separately and must be requested. Please note, there is an added fee for this service. For more information please call 206-323-7566 or email us at info@soundviewinspect.com.

If you are a Buyer, a Home Inspection:

• Educates you about the condition of a home.
• Positions you to negotiate a realistic selling price with the seller.
• Gives you peace of mind knowing that the authenticity of your investment has been confirmed.

If you are a Seller, a Home Inspection:

• Helps increase your homes marketability through our pre listing inspection report.
• Lets you identify and correct problems before listing.
• Avoid disappointing and costly delays in settlement.