Talon Home Inspection

Talon Home Inspection is Stephen Verbeek's one-man operation out of Revere, and his Massachusetts home inspector license is active — a credential the company's own history traces back to 2003, three years before Verbeek founded Talon in 2008. Eighteen Google reviews, all five stars, run from 2023 through early 2026, and one word comes up constantly: thorough. What that means in practice, per the people who hired him: he covers more than the unit itself. One buyer of an old-town Marblehead condo, in a review from earlier this year, says he checked the attic, basement, and common areas, not just the interior. Several reviewers describe him catching things a first-time buyer wouldn't think to ask about — in a 2023 review, one says he flagged radon that later turned out to be present in the house and walked them through next steps; another, also from 2023, says he researched a concern the buyer hadn't even raised and followed up separately with the results. A 2024 reviewer new to Massachusetts says he took the time to explain what's specific to homes in this part of the country. Turnaround gets singled out too: a 2025 review says the whole process, from initial inquiry to inspection date to report, took just four days, and a 2023 review describes a same-day findings breakdown after Verbeek fit the inspection in on short notice before a holiday weekend. There's no negative review to weigh against any of this in the record on file. For a buyer who wants someone who'll walk the whole building, not just the unit, and turn a report around fast, this is a deep, consistent track record — the main thing worth confirming up front is availability, since scheduling comes up as tight in more than one review.