McDonald Home Inspections Inc.

The report is the product here, and people keep saying the same thing about it: it lands the same day, it is long, and it is organised. One buyer in June 2026 came away with 106 pages of colour photos on an older home; another describes numbered pages with the summary at the end, easy to read despite the length. McDonald Home Inspections is Brian McDonald, working out of Lunenburg across central Massachusetts, with Paula handling the phone and the calendar. Buyers mention code fluency more than anything else — one client in April 2026 noted he named specific codes, including recent ones, out loud during the walkthrough, and an October 2025 reviewer said he rattled off codes and laws while answering questions and spent long stretches in the basement and attic. A July 2025 client clocked the inspection at over four hours, with the write-up arriving four hours after that. Getting on the calendar seems to be easy. Several buyers this year describe being fit in on short notice — one booked the same weekend, another the next business day after a Saturday-morning call in a 2024 review — and the walkthrough itself is participatory: he asks for questions room by room and stays reachable for follow-ups afterwards. Two reviewers this year mention price without complaint, one calling it fair alongside easy online scheduling. The one sour note is worth reading carefully because of who wrote it. In January 2026 a property owner — the seller's side, not the client — said she called about damage she noticed after an inspection done for her buyer, that he denied causing it, and that the conversation turned into criticism of her property and repeated call-backs she ended by blocking the number. It is a complaint about a phone exchange rather than the inspection work, and it is the only negative in a 212-review history running back to 2021, 26 of those in the last six months. If you want an inspector who will talk you through a house in code-level detail and hand you a document you can plan repairs from, this is a straightforward call — first-time buyers turn up constantly in the reviews. Ask what the fee covers for your property size and age, and confirm whether you want radon or water testing added when you book.