Re: My home is inspected and tested yearly.

[Guest guest]

Brent,

Forgive my automatic suspicion, but can you provide a little more

information about ESP? Is the warranty by themselves and is it

backed by an independent entity or insurance?

I had experience with a different, unrelated, company which said

they would warranty my client's house for 30 years. One part of

the warranty was by a manufacturer of an encapsulant for 20

years but it was so severely limited as to not be worth much. The

other part of the warranty was by the company itself for 30 years.

However, the owner has a history of shutting down his company

every 2-3 years and starting a new one, thus ending any

responsibility for warranty work.

I'm not saying what you got isn't good, but we all need to carefully

check exactly what we got, what we are entitled to, and if we can

recover if the need arises.

Can you send your photo of the certificate directly to me? I'd like

to see what it says.

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

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> I didn't finish my posting yesterday.

>

> Posted on the window by my front door is a Healthy Home Assurance

> Certification. My home is inspected as a traditional inspection to

> protect my investment but also the indoor air quality was tested and

> passed. They will be coming once a year from here on out.

>

> The company is Safeguard through Environmental Service Professionals.

> 888-525-2344.

>

> I will post a photo of the Healthy Home Assurance Certification.

> Especially in this market if I were to try and sell my home and am

> competing against the neighbor I would argue my advantage with my home

> being inspected and monitored and healthy.

[Guest guest]

ESP does not warranty the home. Different states have different laws as far as

what the builder is responsible for. For instance California has a senate bill

800 which protects the homeowner for 10 years on latent defects. The inspectors

are versed in what is builders responsibility and homeowner maintenence on new

homes.

 

What this company does is their inspectors are trained in traditional

inspections as well as testing the indoor air quality. I can relate as I worked

in the building industry in field customer relations. If there was a very small

water leak in the wall many times it would be quite a while until the leak made

itself visible if it even did so. During the time who knows what mold spores

could be spreading throughout the home. If the home is inspected yearly, or has

this " Superinspector " monitoring the home and documenting with photos any issues

are caught before they are major. Same applies with the unseen indoor air

pollutants.

I had my home inspected and it passed. The inspector was very thourough inside

and out, took air samples and photos. When my home passed as having no

structural issues nor indoor air quality issues I was given the Healthy Home

Assurance Certification. I have attached the seal that is posted on the window

by my front door.

Being I have the experience and know what to look for it helps but I will be

having the inspector come yearly to make sure my home is sound and safe.

The 888-525-2344 number on the seal is toll free for any questions on the

company. My home was inspected on  7/12/08.

 

 

From: Carl E. Grimes <grimes@...>

Subject: Re: [] My home is inspected and tested yearly.

Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 12:00 AM

Brent,

Forgive my automatic suspicion, but can you provide a little more

information about ESP? Is the warranty by themselves and is it

backed by an independent entity or insurance?

I had experience with a different, unrelated, company which said

they would warranty my client's house for 30 years. One part of

the warranty was by a manufacturer of an encapsulant for 20

years but it was so severely limited as to not be worth much. The

other part of the warranty was by the company itself for 30 years.

However, the owner has a history of shutting down his company

every 2-3 years and starting a new one, thus ending any

responsibility for warranty work.

I'm not saying what you got isn't good, but we all need to carefully

check exactly what we got, what we are entitled to, and if we can

recover if the need arises.

Can you send your photo of the certificate directly to me? I'd like

to see what it says.

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

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> I didn't finish my posting yesterday.

>

> Posted on the window by my front door is a Healthy Home Assurance

> Certification. My home is inspected as a traditional inspection to

> protect my investment but also the indoor air quality was tested and

> passed. They will be coming once a year from here on out.

>

> The company is Safeguard through Environmental Service Professionals.

> 888-525-2344.

>

> I will post a photo of the Healthy Home Assurance Certification.

> Especially in this market if I were to try and sell my home and am

> competing against the neighbor I would argue my advantage with my home

> being inspected and monitored and healthy.

[Guest guest]

Hello Carl.

 

I took a look at your habitat.com site. Attached as well is a healthy business

assurance certification the company posts on any commercial establishment.

 

Brent

From: Carl E. Grimes <grimes@...>

Subject: Re: [] My home is inspected and tested yearly.

Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 12:00 AM

Brent,

Forgive my automatic suspicion, but can you provide a little more

information about ESP? Is the warranty by themselves and is it

backed by an independent entity or insurance?

I had experience with a different, unrelated, company which said

they would warranty my client's house for 30 years. One part of

the warranty was by a manufacturer of an encapsulant for 20

years but it was so severely limited as to not be worth much. The

other part of the warranty was by the company itself for 30 years.

However, the owner has a history of shutting down his company

every 2-3 years and starting a new one, thus ending any

responsibility for warranty work.

I'm not saying what you got isn't good, but we all need to carefully

check exactly what we got, what we are entitled to, and if we can

recover if the need arises.

Can you send your photo of the certificate directly to me? I'd like

to see what it says.

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

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> I didn't finish my posting yesterday.

>

> Posted on the window by my front door is a Healthy Home Assurance

> Certification. My home is inspected as a traditional inspection to

> protect my investment but also the indoor air quality was tested and

> passed. They will be coming once a year from here on out.

>

> The company is Safeguard through Environmental Service Professionals.

> 888-525-2344.

>

> I will post a photo of the Healthy Home Assurance Certification.

> Especially in this market if I were to try and sell my home and am

> competing against the neighbor I would argue my advantage with my home

> being inspected and monitored and healthy.

[Guest guest]

This looks like a good reference to the law on warrantees..

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/15/ch50.html

Also, citizen.org has a page giving examples of products that proved

seriously defective and how the law and the

(ir)responsible corporations handled those cases..

http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/prod_liability/general/articles.cfm?ID=93\

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On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Carl E. Grimes <grimes@...> wrote:

>

> Brent,

>

> Forgive my automatic suspicion, but can you provide a little more

> information about ESP? Is the warranty by themselves and is it

> backed by an independent entity or insurance?

>

> I had experience with a different, unrelated, company which said

> they would warranty my client's house for 30 years. One part of

> the warranty was by a manufacturer of an encapsulant for 20

> years but it was so severely limited as to not be worth much. The

> other part of the warranty was by the company itself for 30 years.

> However, the owner has a history of shutting down his company

> every 2-3 years and starting a new one, thus ending any

> responsibility for warranty work.

>

> I'm not saying what you got isn't good, but we all need to carefully

> check exactly what we got, what we are entitled to, and if we can

> recover if the need arises.

>

> Can you send your photo of the certificate directly to me? I'd like

> to see what it says.

>

> Carl Grimes

> Healthy Habitats LLC

>

> -----

>