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Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Academy Home Inspections, LLC. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$530 – $760
Typical inspection around $650
Brett Cortez runs Academy Home Inspections solo out of Waltham — buyer and seller home inspections across Greater Boston and MetroWest, plus radon and water testing. The Better Business Bureau lists the business as started in 2013, and Cortez holds a Massachusetts home inspector license, current on the state registry; the number he lists on his own site matches it. He's also an ASHI member in good standing and holds ASHI's Certified Inspector (ACI) credential. A pair of Google reviews, from 2020 and 2021, describe repeat and referral business rather than one-off jobs. One client, on a third use, called him ultra-responsive and pointed to his preventive-maintenance tips as a reason she kept coming back and recommending him. Another, referred by a sibling, hired him while she and her fiancée were buying their first home. The Better Business Bureau grades the company A+, though it hasn't published a star average or complaint count of its own for the business. Academy suits a buyer who wants the same inspector for repeat business in the Greater Boston/MetroWest corridor; because it's a one-person operation, confirm scheduling directly, and ask up front if you want radon or water testing bundled into the inspection.
Brett has an amazing eye for detail and I recently used him for the third time. He was ultra responsive and I found his rate to be an excellent value especially with all of his preventive maintenance tips. I have recommended him to friends that are looking for homes in the greater Boston area.
This company was recommended to us by my sister who had a great experience with one of their inspectors, Brett Cortez, during her home buying process. My fiancée and I found a great little fixer-upper that thought we might want to submit an offer on but as first time homebuyers, we were concerned about some of the aspects of this older house and couldn’t get fully comfortable with the uncertainty about what exactly we might be buying and how much it would potentially cost to do some of the things that needed to be done. Enter Brett. We called Brett as a last minute Hail Mary and he was able to fit us in to his busy schedule to come do a consultation the morning our our offers were due. It was honestly one of the best experiences we’ve had in what has otherwise been a humbling home buying process. Brett went above and beyond. Not only was he clearly incredibly knowledgeable, he was happy to explain everything to us in layman’s terms and was thoughtful and patient with our questions, many of which I’m sure were definitely stupid questions. All in all, this experience gave us the comfort and confidence to submit a competitive bid on a home that we adore and an incredibly helpful sense of what projects to prioritize going forwards. I couldn’t recommend Brett more highly!
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