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Highlights
- Recognized as an expert — owner quoted by the Boston Globe on inspections
Mt. Vernon Inspection Associates is a Massachusetts North Shore home inspection business owned by Harold Popp, who has been quoted as a home-inspection expert in the Boston Globe and on Boston.com, offering general buyer advice on things like sloped floors, small foundation cracks, and how to read the condition of hardwood floors during a walkthrough — in pieces published between 2018 and 2021. There's no customer account on file yet describing an actual inspection with this company, so there isn't much of a track record here to weigh beyond that public profile. Anyone considering them would be relying on Popp's visibility as an industry source rather than documented feedback from past clients, and should ask directly about recent inspection reports and references.
Heard around town
News & the web
- Fall House Hunt: Touring homes? Take this checklist with you.Sep 14, 2021
“Home inspectors Harold Popp, with Mt. Vernon Inspection Associates, and Laurie Delmolino, with Compass Home Inspections, gave the Globe a run-down of vital areas to check during a home tour.”
— bdc2020-php8.boston.comRead the post ↗ - A beginner’s guide to buying an older home - The Boston GlobeSep 6, 2018
“Nor should buyers panic about sloped floors or small cracks in the foundation or main beam, says home inspector Harold Popp, owner of Mt. Vernon Inspection Associates in Middleton.”
— bostonglobe.comRead the post ↗ - Tips for spotting a hasty house flipJun 8, 2018
““If the floors are uniformly shiny and free of defects, that’s a really good sign,” said home inspector Harold Popp of Mt. Vernon Inspection Associates.”
— Jon Gorey - Globe Correspondent, boston.comRead the post ↗
What does a home inspection cost in Greater Boston?
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Mt. Vernon Inspection Associates. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Firms price in size tiers, not per foot — pick the bracket.
Estimated range
$530 – $760
Typical inspection around $650
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