Editorial Standards

This page answers three questions plainly: where the price ranges on this site come from, what "not professional advice" actually means here, and what happens after a reader tells us a number is wrong.

Where the pricing comes from

The ranges behind the calculator and the guides are built from typical home inspector pricing patterns nationally, checked against the scope described in the American Society of Home Inspectors' Standard of Practice for what a standard inspection covers. When a guide states a specific number, such as what a radon test typically adds or how much a sewer scope runs, the reasoning sits in the same paragraph as the claim, not tucked into a footnote. No inspection company or brokerage pays for a mention here, and none gets better placement for advertising. This site has no affiliation with any inspector or real estate brokerage.

How often we check the numbers

Pages carry a "last updated" date, and that date moves forward when the underlying figures actually change, not on a fixed calendar just to look current. In practice, the calculator's assumptions and the guide figures get reviewed every few months, sooner if a reader flags something that looks off.

What "not professional advice" covers here

Jessica Martinez writes the content on this site, and she is a pricing researcher, not a licensed home inspector. Nothing published here tells you whether your specific house will pass or fail an inspection, or takes the place of having a licensed inspector actually walk the property. Where a guide describes what commonly fails an inspection or what a specialty test covers, it is describing how those things generally work and what they generally cost, not making a call about your home. That call belongs to the inspector you hire.

Corrections

Spot a stale figure, a wrong year, or a claim that does not hold up? The contact page reaches us fastest. We check a flagged claim against its original source before changing anything. When a correction affects a cost figure in a way that matters, the page's updated date moves and we note what changed rather than editing it quietly.

What we will not do

• No claim that an inspection is guaranteed to catch every problem, or that skipping one carries no real risk.
• No paid placement that changes how an inspector, service, or product is described or ranked on this site.
• No byline on a page its credited author did not actually research and write. See the authors page for who wrote what.