Nearly half the housing in Naples sits empty for part of the year. A house that runs three months out of twelve fails differently than one lived in daily, and the problems it develops are mostly about humidity, standing systems and time.
Tell us where the property is and what you need. We’ll call to confirm the time.
Typical range $300–$1,000 depending on square footage. No obligation.
Inspections in Naples and across Collier County.
(757) 240-9407Naples has the highest property values in our service area by a wide margin and a seasonal vacancy rate above 46 percent. Both facts change the inspection.
A house closed up through a Southwest Florida summer is a humidity problem waiting to happen. Thermostats set high or off, dehumidification not running, traps drying out, condensate lines going unattended for months. The result shows up as microbial growth in closets and on the underside of furniture, musty return air, and corrosion in places a year-round house wouldn’t have it.
That is the part of this we came from. Before inspecting, the work was water restoration and moisture and mold inspection — which is exactly the failure mode a seasonal Naples property is most likely to hand you.
Every area has its own failure patterns. These are Naples’s.
The single most common finding in a seasonal property. We're reading moisture, looking at return air and supply registers, checking whether the condensate system was left in a state that could handle a wet summer unattended.
Compressors that haven't cycled, water heaters that sat on standby, pumps that weren't run, dry traps venting sewer gas back into the house. Idle equipment fails on restart more often than equipment in daily use.
At Naples price points the cost of a missed defect is not proportional to the cost of the inspection. We take longer on these and we'd rather over-document than hand you a thin report on a seven-figure house.
Not sure which applies? Call and describe the property — it takes a minute to work out.
Yes. We’ll need access arranged and the utilities on — power, water and gas — and we’ll send the report the same or next day. It’s a common arrangement here.
Mold assessment and sampling is a separate Florida license from home inspection. We document visible microbial growth, moisture readings and the conditions causing them, and we’ll tell you plainly when what we’re seeing warrants a licensed mold assessor.
Yes. On a condo the inspection covers your unit and the visible systems serving it. The building envelope, roof and structure belong to the association, and the association’s reserve and milestone documents are where that story lives — ask for them.
Part of our Collier County coverage. Pricing is $300 to $1,000 depending on the size of the home, not on where in the county it sits.
Call or send the form. Tell us the address and your deadline and we’ll confirm a time and an exact price.