MKC Associates Home Inspection

MKC Associates is a much larger operation than a solo inspector — founded 18 years ago by licensed inspector Morgan Cohen, it now fields a team of named inspectors (Tom Berthiaume, Jack Mason, Miner Sparks, Rob, Patrick, and others) across an enormous written record: 586 reviews since 2023, with 80 landing in just the last six months alone, and a Google rating built on more than 1,300 ratings. The overwhelming pattern across the reviews quoted here is the same regardless of which inspector shows up: patient, educational walkthroughs, especially for first-time buyers, with reports reviewers describe as thorough, detailed, and fast — same-day in more than one account. Specific jobs stand out: an inspection of a home built in 1895 and extensively remodeled decades later, several new-construction inspections, lead inspections, and a case where an inspector who'd missed a backyard shed during the first visit drove back the next morning to finish the job. With a team this size, the record isn't uniformly perfect, and two accounts are worth knowing. A June 2026 review says inspector Thomas Berthiaume's report failed to clearly document a visible structural issue at the property — a specific complaint about a possible missed finding. A March 2026 review describes a different inspector, Jack Haggerty, as an alarmist whose disclosures were vague generalities rather than useful, specific guidance, calling the inspection close to useless for decision-making. Both single out a specific individual rather than the company generally, which is worth keeping in mind for a team-based inspection service — most named inspectors here draw consistent, specific praise. MKC is BBB accredited with an A+ rating, and the company describes itself as covering home and property inspections for buyers, sellers, new construction, and commercial properties across Massachusetts and Rhode Island. For a home purchase inspection with a company this size, the volume and consistency of detailed positive accounts is substantial, but it's worth asking who specifically will be doing your inspection — the two specific complaints on file both point to individual inspector variation rather than a company-wide pattern.