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My Promise to You
Choosing the right home inspector can be difficult.
Unlike most professionals, you probably will
not get to meet me until after you hire me.
Furthermore, different inspectors have varying
qualifications, equipment, experience, reporting
methods, and yes, different pricing. One thing
for sure is that a home inspection requires
work, a lot of work. Ultimately a thorough
inspection depends heavily on the individual
inspector’s own effort. If you honor me by
permitting me to inspect your new home, I
guarantee that I will give you my very best
effort. This I promise you.
Code of Ethics
The National Association of Certified Home Inspectors
(NACHI) promotes a high standard of professionalism,
business ethics and inspection procedures. NACHI members
subscribe to the following Code of Ethics in the course
of their business.
Duty to the Public
The NACHI member shall abide by the Code of Ethics and
substantially follow the NACHI Standards of Practice.
The NACHI member shall not engage in any practices that
could be damaging to the public or bring discredit to
the home inspection industry.
The NACHI member shall be fair, honest, impartial, and
act in good faith in dealing with the public.
The NACHI member shall not discriminate in any business
activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, familial status, sexual orientation,
or handicap and shall comply with all federal, state
and local laws concerning discrimination.
The NACHI member shall be truthful regarding his/her
services & qualifications.
The NACHI member shall have no undisclosed conflict
of interest with the client, nor shall the NACHI member
accept or offer any undisclosed commissions, rebates,
profits or other benefit, nor shall the NACHI member
accept or offer any disclosed or undisclosed commissions,
rebates, profits or other benefit from from real estate
agents, brokers or any third parties having financial
interest in the sale of the property nor shall the NACHI
member offer or provide any disclosed or undisclosed
financial compensation directly or indirectly to any
real estate agent, real estate broker or real estate
company for referrals or for inclusion on lists of preferred
and/or affiliated inspectors or inspection companies.
The NACHI member shall not communicate any information
about an inspection to anyone except the client without
the prior written consent of the client, except where
it may affect the safety of others or violates a law
or statute.
The NACHI member shall always act in the interest of
the client, unless doing so violates a law, statute
or this Code of Ethics.
The NACHI member shall use a written contract that specifies
the services to be performed, limitations of services
and fees.
The NACHI member shall comply with all government rules
and licensing requirements of the jurisdiction where
he/she conducts business.
The NACHI member shall not perform or offer to perform,
for an additional fee, any repairs or associated services
to structure on which the member or member's company
has prepared a home inspection report, for a period
of 12 months. This provision shall not include services
to components and/or systems which are not included
in the NACHI standards of practice.
Duty to Continue Education
The NACHI member shall comply with NACHI's current Continuing
Education Requirements.
The NACHI member shall pass the NACHI's Online Inspector
Exam once every calendar year.
Duty to the Profession and NACHI
The NACHI member shall strive to improve the Home Inspection
Industry by sharing his/her lessons and/or experiences
for the benefit of all. This does not preclude the member
from copyrighting or marketing his/her expertise to
other Inspectors or the public in any manner permitted
by law.
The NACHI member shall assist the NACHI leadership in
disseminating and publicizing the benefits of NACHI
membership.
The NACHI member shall not engage in any act or practice
that could be deemed damaging, seditious or destructive
to NACHI, fellow NACHI members, NACHI employees, leadership
or directors. Member(s) accused of acting or deemed
in violation of such rules shall be reviewed by the
Ethics committee for possible sanctions and/or expulsion
from NACHI.
The NACHI member shall abide by NACHI's current membership
requirements.
The NACHI member shall abide by NACHI's current message
board rules.
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