Update: the stove is a model from 2006. It is old. Now David is calling me a liar. There was a hole in the stove from overheating, melted. It is true that mice come out during the night when the inspector may not be there, but the dead mice are always there. If you hire, ask him to inspect the home like it’s his daughter’s home. I’m sure he will at least think of doing the right thing then.

Update to David’s response: David was in fact, lazy, during our home inspection. I stand by that. His reviews are very subjective. For our house, he didn’t bring his A-game! We had the stove inspected before our first winter using it Bc I noticed a hole in the back of the wood stove where metal was missing. They said we had at best 2 years left of the use of that stove. David said it was newer in his response to my post. The gaskets on the door were severely worn down as well. Not a newer stove. Chinking is not just for cosmetic purposes, all logs bend/settle. It is for insulation and to help prevent bugs (and bats!) from getting in Your home (we learned the hard way). We had large gaps between the logs higher up(where you have to use a ladder) and even lower parts where there was settling. When we had our home pressure washed, there was water leaking around the windows Bc it was not chinked. The water tank was at the entrance to the crawl space. The fallen insulation and dryer vent were visible from the crawl space. Didn’t need to crawl through the entire space to see them. Again, large mouse nests where he didn’t crawl. He would have seen them. “Common to find things after moving in.” These things we felt should have been obvious to an experienced inspector. “I cannot see underground per contract.” Either can I but my first thought was “what is the white build up on the foundation?” It was hard water precipitate. That’s when I moved a little dirt and found drip line. Took me 3 minutes. Original: we found these things in the first few days. After living in it for a year, we realized he, like a lot of inspectors I assume, may just be doing the minimum for the bank's requirements for loan acceptance. Our wood stove was at the end of it's life, he didn't mention that, just "get inspected by certified wood stove professional." I never owned a wood stove, but after researching and living in the home, it doesn't take experience to see it was at the end of it's life. Our house needed chinking, he didn't mention that. There were signs of mice under the house including dead mice and multiple nests, everywhere, he never mentioned that. We took care of it. He said the valleys in the metal roof were bent and it was "probably from the southwesterly winds." Living in our first home now, I realized it was from ice dams that build up on the roof, and the ice expands and bends the roof. The baseboard heating in our house is useless, especially for our vaulted ceilings. He could have mentioned that. He took a pic of the smoke alarms and mentioned "they are present but should be replaced if needed." We found out the hard way they were expired after they started going off in the middle of the night. All he had to do was remove one, look at the date, and help us out and say, "it's expired, should change them out." That would have taken a few minutes. The previous owners also had 150ft of drip line buried against the foundation of the home in order to supply water to all of the plants on the perimeter. They were literally watering the foundation. This could have been detrimental, but thankfully the foundation was ok. We dug it up and tore it out. I found all of this out after moving in on day one and living in the home for 24 hours. He never mentioned it. There are other things, but I am assuming he is getting complacent doing the minimum requirements to keep certification. He seemed rushed every time I spoke with him. Most of the positive reviews seem influenced by David's positive personality, not outcomes. He didn’t crawl through entire crawls space or attic.