These guys are the best! Tim Boatwright is my go too general inspector. Tim & Don are great consultants with decades of experience. read more

Not good. I contracted them to do an inspection for a house we were in escrow on last October. During the inspection, two people showed up. One of them said they "couldn't fit" under the house to do an inspection of the foundation. The other whispered to me (about the first guy) "I could probably get down there, but I don't want to embarrass him..." Um, ok.. Fast forward to now, when we're a few months into doing construction on the house, and it turns out that the foundation they didn't inspect because they "couldn't fit" has cracks all over the place. One of the workers doing the construction fit without an issue into the crawl space and was able to point them out. It's costing me an extra $2,200 in construction costs (which I could have brought up during escrow and gotten a seller's credit, but now it's too late), all because they sent guys too big to get into normal crawlspace holes to do a proper inspection. Avoid, unless you like hidden multi thousand dollar surprises. read more

Boatwright has handled inspections for two properties for us. In both cases they completed an extremely thorough report. They now also will check the roof with a drone, which is great since you really shouldn't walk on Spanish tile roofs common here in the South Bay. In our most recent report they caught an area of concern and recommended an engineer come out to follow up. With Boatwright you know you are getting a truly independent inspection, not a company that's simply trying to push through everything quickly for the real estate agents. They work quickly and are able to visit the property within a few days, but once on site take their time. Report was delivered next day. Thanks again! read more

My fiancé and I were in the market for a Home Inspector but hadn't a clue where to begin. The Owner, Don, responded and he spent quality time letting me vent my fears and concerns. Don spent quality time educating me on what to expect when having my home inspected. He also let me know what separated his Home Inspectors, from the norm. I concluded my 1st conversation feeling confident and self assured, a complete 180 degree difference than how I felt at the beginning of my call with Don. I was so impressed with his knowledge, and easy going demeanor, that was just what the doctor ordered for my fiancé and I. I hired Boatwright and I received exactly what I paid for, and MORE !!! Dan, the Inspector assigned to my property was on time, professional, easy going, and carried himself with honor and class! KUDOS to you Don Boatwright and your company! Quality people. Quality service. I highly recommend Boatwright Building Consultants! :) read more

Tim Boatwright recently inspected a condo I had made an offer on to purchase. He found things I never noticed or would have looked for. This man knows his work and I highly recommend anyone preparing to buy a home to hire him for your inspection. He is honest and very reliable. You will know exactly what you are getting if you decide to go ahead and purchase the property. In my case I decided against getting the property. Thank you Tim for saving be a huge bundle, and a lot of trouble. You're the best! read more

They have been one of the worst companies I've hired since buying my house. I would definitely not recommend them for a home inspection. They were recommended to my agent from the seller's agent (already a red flag I realize). They found multiple items, some I fixed, some minor in my opinion. It is my first home purchase so I was going on faith to some extent. After purchasing the home, I noticed a few other things that they had not noticed. None of them that major so I didn't think much of it. But one of the showers did not have cold water running (I mean you turn on the cold water and no water comes out). It clearly should have been noticed on the home inspection. As I had a few things remodeled and workmen in and out, it wasn't on my priority list (I had two other functional showers). Eventually, I had a plumber out for a home warranty issue so I had him look at it. He was perplexed and not even sure it was piped. So at that point I looked back at my inspection report just to see if anything was even mentioned about it not working that I may have missed. To my surprise, that entire bathroom wasn't even in the report. I guess I should have noticed it at the time, but I was more looking through the report to see what was wrong/right and had simply assumed all of the rooms would be included in the report. But this bathroom was completely absent. I contacted Boatwright Building Consultants to let them know the situation. They came out to take a look and agreed that it wasn't working. He stated that he couldn't specifically remember checking that shower but it his routine so he assumed he would have. I assured him that it had never worked. Tim later talked to me after speaking to the plumber and basically told me it had been too long and they weren't responsible. He was dismissive and rude about it. I then had a general contractor look into it. It appears that the cold water is capped off back at the hot water heater. There is proof of previous water leakage around that pipe (also not mentioned in the inspection report) that they appeared to try to fix (as evidenced by burned wood around it) and then decided to just cap it. It is going to be thousands of dollars to fix and involves going into the ceiling of another level. It's a mess. I wouldn't even mind that they missed it if they did the responsible thing and stepped up to offer to cover the cost to fix it. Not only did they not do that, but Tim has been rude and implied that I don't know what I'm talking about even though it clearly isn't documented anywhere that it was ever working. I have neither the time nor desire to try and extract money out of people that aren't responsible. Now I've hired a lawyer as it was clear in our last conversation that they were not going to offer any acceptable solution. I'd find another company to do any future home inspection after this experience. read more

I just used Boatwright inspection to inspect a home in century city. My inspectors name was Tim Boatwright. All I have to say is that I could not be more satasfied with the inspection. Worth every penny. They are not cheap, but you get what you pay for. My broker wanted to hire an inspector for 250. The inspectors brokers regularly bring usually give a green light to everything...if they did not then the brokers would not hire them. So I decided to do some research, and hire my own. I could not be happier with the job done. The inspector arrived, and then excused himself as he wanted to be by himself so he could fully concentrate on the property. He went arount the house for about 4 hours (home square feet was 2645). He continously inputed info into the computer and took pictures. At the end he gave a general report of his findings. The following day he sent a summary report and a full detailed report with picures and detailed explanations. The following day we had a phone conversation where he addressed all my concerns. I was so happy, with everything. My broker says she never had an inspector who was so detailed. I know feel more comfortable with the biggest purchase of my life. I will higly reccomend this company to all my family and friends. In fact I feel that I will periodically use them every 5 years or so to inspect my home and reccomend to me any maintenance issues. Thanks boatwright. Also I should point out....after the inspection a report is given to Don boatwright at the main office. He is an engineer, who evalutes the findings and offers his insight as well. I hope this info helps. read more

I highly recommend Boatwright Building Consultants, for home inspections. Tim, did an outstanding job!! They are extremely accommodating. The sellers of the place we had inspected, did not have the gas turned on at the time inspection. They performed the usual inspection minus the gas checks, and once the sellers had the gas turned on, they scheduled a follow up with us to go over the gas portion of the inspection. Unbelievably professional and courteous. To find this caliber of a company these days, is truly rare. Their inspection was extremely thorough and they identified several areas that even confused some contractors when we had them come out for an estimate. Seriously, they identified a sliding door that was installed the wrong way affording easy entry to intruders. It took several contractors several minutes to identify that it was an actual problem, one contractor stated was no problem. read more