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HKI Building Inspections

Helping Home Buyers Make Smart Decisions

HKI.Serving the Beautiful

North Olympic Peninsula

Licensed Home Inspector,

Washington State Department of Licensing

#493

Licensed Structural Pest Inspector,

Washington State Department of Agriculture

#74915

Helping Home Buyers Make Smart Decisions

HKI provides thorough building inspection services at a reasonable price. We observe, investigate, educate, and inform. Whether you are a first-time homebuyer or a seasoned veteran of investment properties, an HKI report on the building’s condition enables you to make an intelligent decision on your purchase.

An HKI Inspection

Puts You in Control

• Home Inspections • Commercial Building Inspections• Single Item or Partial Systems

Inspections• Troubleshooting and Building Defect

Inspections• Expert Witness Testimony

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We…

• Prioritize Defects

• Include Maintenance

Recommendations

• Provide Personalized Service •Report on Unsafe Conditions

DOL License #493

WSDA License #74915

A storm drain line was never

installed for this downspout…

Do you need a home inspection

on new construction?

This is other side of the

foundation, inside. Water

from the downspout was

entering through this hole

and causing ponding in the

crawl space

Rotted steps at

same deck

Properly-made

deck…

…Improperly-made deck

What might happen when

the clothesline securing this

service neutral finally rots

out or comes untied?

Home-made

electric

fence

With the unsealed vent at the

chimney, and the makeshift vent

sleeve (nearer the camera), will

this gas water heater backdraft

carbon monoxide?

If the manufacturer of this

condensing furnace wanted

a vent cap, they would’ve said so

The concentration of moss to the

right matched readings of leakage

in the ceiling below

Deterioration in the

building paper

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Patching with exposed nails

Rot

Can you spot a problem in this photo?

No guardrail on the deck!

This deck

was built

over another

deck!

This

wood-

burning

Stove was

cobbled

together

using a

55-gallon

drum

This chimney damper is being held

open with a butter knife…

Safe venting of

combustion

gasses is a lot to ask

of a butter knife

Rotted wood

attracts wood-

boring insects

This stump should

be ground out