Pillar To Post Home Inspectors - Alan Carney

Alan Carney runs the Pillar To Post home inspection office covering the Cape and the Islands from East Falmouth, and the record behind him is unusually deep for a one-inspector operation: 111 Google ratings averaging five stars, with written accounts running back to 2021. The word that appears in nearly every one is thorough, but the useful part is what people say he actually did. A North Falmouth homeowner called in July 2026 about a twenty-year-old roof; he arrived a few hours later, flew a drone over it, identified the roof type, judged it good for another decade, and handed over a report and photographs usable for insurance — the reviewer's advice was that anyone told they need a new roof should get him out first. In a 2024 review, a real estate agent said he saved their clients from buying a "renovated property" that looked fine but had a bad roof among other problems. Another 2024 customer described a complex inspection on a large house built in 1880 that saved them money on the purchase. The tooling comes up repeatedly — drones for roofs, infrared meters — and so does what he leaves behind. Reviewers describe reports with photographs, diagrams and clear explanations, one with a month-by-month checklist for keeping up with maintenance, several delivered within about a day. Follow-up is a pattern too: calls days later to see whether the report raised questions, and an offer to stay reachable after closing. First-time buyers say the inspection doubled as an education. One wrote that he broke everything down in a way they could understand; another, buying in Massachusetts for the first time, said the guidance gave them the confidence to go ahead. Scheduling is quick — a Friday midday call produced a Saturday inspection — and more than one reviewer called the price reasonable for what they got. One thing to know about the reviews themselves: a share of them come from real estate agents describing work done for their buyers rather than from the homeowners who paid. The agent accounts are specific and useful, but they are the referring side of the transaction. For a Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket purchase — especially an older house, or one where the roof is the question — he is a well-evidenced choice. Ask what the fee covers, since testing for mould, radon and water quality is priced on top.