Yes.
It’s called a 5-point Major-Items inspection and it covers the capex items of a residential home or side-to-side duplex.
It includes:
- Foundation
- Plumbing
- Roof Structure (including attic)
- Electrical System
- HVAC
It’s usually about 60 minutes long and includes an online digital report with photos and is delivered the same day.
But ensure all the utilities are on and the pilots lit BEFORE the inspection starts. If the utilities are turned off, you miss the most important information about these areas.
Especially the water. In fact, the the main valve must be open and water flowing through the faucets inside the home. We won’t open the water main in a vacant home just in case there’s a leak that no one knows about.
If the water is off, we’ll stop and suggest postponing the inspection until the conditions are right.
Finally, this inspection falls outside professional inspection standards so you won’t find this offered by most home inspectors.