Welcome to Wells Inspections, LLC Website	Home Inspections by a Graduate Engineer with almost 40 years Experience. Wells Inspections, LLC is a full service home inspection company in Lakeland, Florida. We service the Lakeland and surrounding area. We are licensed to provide services in Polk County and the City of Lakeland. We are locally owned and operated - not a franchise. We live here and our reputation is our best advertisement. Note: Florida requires all home inspectors be licensed as of 01 Mar 2011.  They started taking applications July 01, 2010. I applied for a license July 15, 2010.  My Florida Home Inspector's License Number is HI 258 and was issued September 9, 2010.  I now also have $1,000,000 of General Liability Insurnace. Wells Inspections, LLC 362 Lake Harris Drive Lakeland, FL 33813 (863) 944-7972
HOME INSPECTIONS BY A Licensed GRADUATE ENGINEER AND CERTIFIED MASTER INSPECTOR We are Nationally Certified, experienced and capable. Check out the "About the Inspector" page. We do a Full Inspection and give you a 32 page detailed report with photographs. Our fees are competitive. But we are not the "low bidder". If you desire a "cheap" inspection please contact one of our competitors. And we want to insure that your home inspection meets your needs. Phone 863-944-7972 or email jlwsail@tampabay.rr.com	Our inspector is a CERTIFIED MASTER INSPECTOR.  As of July 1, 2011 there were only 6 so certified Master inspectors in all of Polk County Florida.  Master certification requires over 1,000 hours of documented technical instruction, along with other education and experience requirements.  It is not easy and only a few qualify. We are proud to be a member of the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors and follow their Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics. To review these please feel free to click on the link below: nachi.org We are also members of the Florida Association of Professional Home Inspectors. We are FEMA Certified Disaster inspectors. We are HUD certified FHA Inspectors # B796. We do Construction Progress Inspections for Residential and Commercial sites (new construction, additions, extensive remodeling) under subcontract to Granite Construction Inspections or banks and other lenders.  Granite is a nationwide firm who provides services to lenders. These are done to certify progress for payments by a lender. Inspection Warrantee; You may see advertizements from some inspectors promissing an Inspection Warrantee. These cost the inspector $17.00 or less and have a maximum payout of $1000.00 and tons of exclusions. Basically they are a marketing ploy and worth little.  We stand behind our inspections with a double your money back guarantee - as good as it gets in the home inspection business.
Feel free to contact us by telephone at (863) 944-7972. This is a mobil phone and we are generally available. If not leave a message and we will get "beeped". You may also call us at home at (863) 644-3932. Another very effective way is via email. Just click on the link below: jwells@fl.nachi.org Or call today: (863) 944-7972 Our Rates : Call for a quote! Residential up to 3000 square feet liveable area typical $300 Above 3000 square feet liveable area + $10/100 sqft. Manufactured Homes same as residential. Add –Ons: Multi Family Dwellings – add $80 per unit Each Outbuilding with its own Electrical Service – add $50 Pool and Spa Inspection – add $50 - standard small (up to 10,000 gallon) residential pools included in base rate. Historic home older than 75 years – add $100 Abandoned older homes are more. We will look and quote. Construction progress inspections. Please call.  Our rates are based on the time necessary to inspect and report. Commercial / Industrial:  We will quote based on information provided by client. FHA compliance inspections $100 to $300 depending on extent. Four point Insurance Inspections $150 to $200 depending on structure size.    A four point (roof & structure, electrical, plumbing, hvac) is almost a standard home inspection without the formal report    but with an Insurance industry certified form.  Upon request we will prepare a four point form as part of    a standard home inspection at no additional cost. Wind Mitigation Inspections.  Nominally $150 to $200.	We do all types of home inspections. One special type that is becoming an important part of our business is the new home warrentee inspection. Most new homes have a 1 year builder's warrentee. Just prior to this year ending, many homeowners want a professional inspection so that they may get the builder to fix defects before they are faced with fixing them at their own cost. We also do inspections of brand new homes to uncover construction defects. We also do insurance 4 Point (roof, electrical, plumbing, heating/air conditioning)inspections that many insurance companies now require.  Insurance companies are getting real picky. Fuse panels and old wiring must be replaced and we do certification inspections providing the documentation required for insurance renewal.   Note: a 4 point inspection is almost a full home inspection although the report is much simpler. Field work takes 60% of the time that a full inspection takes if done right.  Roofs, electrical, plumbing and HVAC inspections require instruments and experience - especially electrical evaluations. My rates for a 4 point inspection are $150 within 25 miles of South Lakeland. Sorry but the rates reflect the work involved. We will include a 4 point form with a standard home inspection if the client so desires for no additional cost. There are also wind mitigation inspections. Wells Inspections, LLC is certified to do wind mitigation inspections. These are difficult and time consuming if done right.  They may or may not allow a homeowner to get a reduction in their homeowner's insurance police preimum. Out rates are $200 and up for a wind mitigation inspection.
Jack Wells, CMI - Owner	National Association of Certified Home Inspectors