Licensing Debate: Community Awareness
Are there communities around the state where agents and buyers are asking for "certified inspectors"? Or does anyone care?
posted by Hollis at 10:13 PM
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Virginia Home Inspector Directory
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- Virginia Association of
Real Estate Inspectors
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- American Society of
Home Inspectors
(ASHI)
- Northern Virginia Chapter of ASHI
(NOVA ASHI)
- Mid-Atlantic Chapter of ASHI
(MAC ASHI)
- Central Virginia Chapter of ASHI (CV ASHI)
- Piedmont Chapter of ASHI
- Hampton Roads Chapter of ASHI
- National Association of
Home Inspectors
(NAHI)
- Virginia Chapter of NAHI
(VAHI)
- Commonwealth Chapter of NAHI
- National Association of
Certified Home Inspectors
(NACHI)
2 Comments:
The home buying community isn’t asking for Certified Home Inspectors that I’m aware of. It’s not that the Virginia community doesn’t care, but more, the community is unaware. I get the same reaction when I tell people that home inspectors are not required to be licensed, or regulated at all, and that you don’t have to know anything about houses and their systems in order to be a home inspector in Virginia. They are surprised, some shocked. Most assume that we are a licensed profession. The public is totally unaware that we are an unregulated profession.
When you need the services of a doctor or lawyer, do you ask the receptionist, “Is she licensed?” No, you just assume that they are. It’s the same with our profession. People don’t ask, because they think that we are. When people order a Whopper with Cheese, they never ask if they come with meat.
Bob Anderson
I agree with Bob. I think most home buyers would be shocked at who can call themselves a h ome inspector.
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