J.R. Bovill Home Inspections

J.R. Bovill Home Inspections is a one-person shop run out of Chelmsford by John Bovill, covering eastern and central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire towns from Nashua down to Lowell and Westford. The company says it's been doing this for over 20 years, and it holds a niche credential most home inspectors skip: HUD approval as a 203K consultant, meaning it can sign off on the specialized inspections FHA rehab-loan buyers need. The written record here is thin -- just two Google reviews span 2022 to 2026 -- so each one is worth reading on its own rather than averaged away. In a December 2022 review, a homeowner called the inspection experience wonderful and said they'd recommend Bovill strongly. Then in a July 2026 review, a very different account: the reviewer says the inspection damaged the home (insulation pulled off walls) and disputed his findings on a hot water tank and oil tank that turned out, in the reviewer's telling, to be fine. Its BBB file backs up the small-shop picture -- no accreditation, but an A+ grade and zero recorded complaints as of this year, alongside its own claim of a Massachusetts inspector license, #331. That MA number hasn't been checked against the state registry; what has been verified is a New Hampshire home inspector license (#209), which the state confirms is active. With so little else to go on, the 2026 complaint carries real weight -- a specific, dated allegation about property damage and inspection accuracy is exactly the kind of thing to raise with Bovill directly before booking, alongside confirming that MA license number yourself.