Residential Services Offered Single and Two-Family Homes ∙ Apartments ∙ Condominiums ∙ Townhouses ∙ Duplexes Old and Historic Buildings ∙ Rental Property ∙ FHA / HUD Loans · Home Inspections Basic Home Inspection – Protect your investment and reduce your risk with a home inspection, helping you avoid problems by keeping you informed of major deficiencies and costs. Evening and weekend appointments are available for your convenience, and reports are quickly emailed directly to you. Typical home inspections include a review and report on the following building systems and components:  New Home - First Year Anniversary Inspection – Due to a variety of conditions such as shortages of skilled tradesmen, rushed construction schedules, and a loss of prime building sites, even new homes are increasingly likely to have significant problems. As newly constructed homes often carry a one-year builder’s warranty, it’s critical to identify any building deficiencies before expiration of the warranty. Protect your investment with a First Year Anniversary Home Inspection and ensure that outstanding deficiencies are identified and covered before warranty coverage expires. New Home - New Construction Inspection - For many of the same reasons listed above, it can be a very good idea to have a professional engineer perform construction observations while a new home is under construction - before important building elements are covered up and permanently closed from view. Major deficiencies can be recognized before the contractor leaves the site and the final payment is made.
· Construction Defects and Disputes: Steele Engineering will provide an unbiased and clear opinion of the matter and can recommend options to take next, minimizing costs and delays, and allowing your time and energy to return to more productive efforts. · Home Energy Savings Audits: Concerned about fuel costs? An energy audit can identify ways to save you money and significantly reduce your utility bills. · Mold, Mildew, Moisture, and Ventilation Problems: Concerns about mold, moisture, or basement flooding? Before thousands of dollars are spent with mold abatement or basement waterproofing companies, schedule a short site visit with Steele Engineering - easily correctible conditions are frequently discovered, helping avoid expensive and unnecessary contracting work. · Architectural Engineering Designs: Building a new house, porch, or garage? Renovating or planning a home addition? Steele Engineering will work with you to develop a thoughtful design, with engineer-stamped plans and drawings provided directly to your building department code official and contractor if needed. · FHA / HUD Loans: Steele Engineering provides inspections for FHA / HUD loans for standard and manufactured (mobile) homes. Permanent foundation inspections are performed by a professional engineer (PE) as required by FHA. · General building question or problem? Feel free to Contact Steele Engineering to discuss your needs. | Client Testimonials: "Buying a house is one of the most important financial decisions a person can make. John helped make this exciting, but stressful, process much easier for me. I always knew that he was representing my interests, and no-one else's. That trust was so important to me. His thoroughness and professionalism helped me make the right choices for me and my family. Thank You." Cindy Melendez, Albany, NY "Thank you for your professionalism and courtesies. I enjoyed the experience and will recommend you to any of my family and friends buying houses in the Capital Region." M. Hinton, Troy, NY "I must say I was very impressed with the report. Zainab (Ms. Zainab Magdon of WAMC/Northeast Public Radio's National Productions) was right about you and I am so glad we used you for our inspection. I will certainly forward your name on to others. Thank you so much." D. Erno, Mechanicville, NY "I was fortunate to have been aware of Mr. Steele's experience and background with building inspections. Prior to my enlisting his services I recommended John, without reservation, to several acquaintances and coworkers. I contacted John for inspections on properties I was considering purchasing in the Summer of 2005 and was thankful for the thoroughness of the inspections and recommendations for upgrades and maintenance." J. Collins, Troy, NY |
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