When we bought our house three years in 2001 it was new construction. I got a recommendation from a friend for Mike Miller of All Sound Inspections and after talking with him briefly we hired him to do the inspection.
Mike was very thorough and found a bunch of issues that we worked with the builder to take care of. An example was that the siding wasn't primed and painted to the manufacturer's specification where it had been cut.
I *think* the cost was about $375 and included a multi-hour inspection, printed report, and help clarifying items via email.
Since our builder provided a one year warranty we took advantage of the reduced-rate re-inspection and had Mike come back just before the warranty was up.
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