Fort Myers has the widest spread of build dates we inspect. A 1920s bungalow off McGregor and a 2021 build east of I-75 are different inspections, and pretending otherwise is how things get missed. We adjust what we look at hardest to the age of what we’re standing in.
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 Fort Myers and across Lee County.
(757) 240-9407Most of our service area was platted at once and built out in a wave. Fort Myers wasn’t. The city grew through the Edison era, again after the war, and again from the 1980s onward, so the housing stock runs from pre-1930 frame construction downtown to slab-built subdivisions finished last year.
That matters more than it sounds. The defects worth chasing in a 1950s Edison Park home — original panels, cast iron drain lines, galvanized supply, additions permitted loosely or not at all — barely exist in a 2015 build, where the issues are more often drainage, envelope sealing and whatever the last owner did without a permit.
Fort Myers also has the lowest owner-occupancy of any city we cover, at 49.1 percent. A large share of what we inspect here is bought to rent, which changes what the buyer actually needs to know.
Every area has its own failure patterns. These are Fort Myers’s.
Dean Park, Edison Park and the streets off McGregor hold genuinely old houses. We're looking for wiring the carrier will refuse, drain lines at the end of their life, and additions that went up without a permit and now sit in the chain of title.
Ian pushed five to eight feet above ground along the Caloosahatchee. On riverside properties we're reading for what water left behind — staining at the base of walls, replaced drywall stopping at a suspiciously level line, corrosion on equipment that sat in salt.
Half the market here is bought to rent. If that's you, the question isn't only what's broken, it's what breaks next and what a tenant will call you about in year two.
Not sure which applies? Call and describe the property — it takes a minute to work out.
Yes, and they take longer. An older Fort Myers home has more to document and more that a carrier will want explained, so we book more time rather than rushing it.
We can document what’s visible — staining, replacement lines in drywall, corrosion, moisture readings that don’t match the surrounding material. We can’t certify that a house never took water. Anyone who tells you otherwise is guessing.
All of Fort Myers, out through Gateway and along the Colonial and Daniels corridors.
Part of our Lee 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.