Independent, certified, and paid by exactly one person — you
Cal Inspections is a team of professional building inspectors covering residential and commercial property across California. That's the whole business. We don't do repairs, we don't take referral fees, and we don't have a preferred-contractor list.
Why independence is the whole product
California doesn't license home inspectors. There's no state board, no mandatory exam, no required insurance. Anyone can print business cards tomorrow. That puts the burden of judging competence entirely on you, at exactly the moment you're least equipped to do it — mid-escrow, on a deadline, in a market you don't inspect for a living.
So here's what we'd tell you to check, about us or anyone else:
- Certification through a recognised national body, with current continuing education. Ask to see it.
- Errors & omissions plus general liability coverage. California requires neither. Its absence tells you something.
- No repair work, ever. Section 7197 of the Business & Professions Code makes repairing a property you inspected within the past 12 months unlawful — but plenty of operators work around it through referral arrangements.
- A sample report you can read before booking. If they won't show you one, there's a reason.
- Willingness to be there with you at the end. An inspector who emails a PDF and disappears has sold you a document, not an inspection.
Our standard of care
Section 7196 of the California Business & Professions Code requires an inspector to conduct a reasonably competent and diligent inspection to identify material defects in the condition of the structure, its systems and its components.
That's the legal floor. Our internal standard adds three things it doesn't require:
- Photograph and locate every significant finding
- Rank findings so priority is unambiguous
- Stay reachable through your entire contingency period
Credentials & accreditations
Trained, certified and accountable
Our inspectors train and certify through the bodies that set the standards for this work — and carry errors & omissions and general liability cover on every job.
Home inspection
- InterNACHIInternational Association of Certified Home Inspectors
- AHITAmerican Home Inspectors Training
- PHIIProfessional Home Inspection Institute
Building performance
- BPIBuilding Performance Institute
- RESNETResidential Energy Services Network
- ASHRAEAmerican Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
California energy providers
- CalCERTSCEC-approved ECC/HERS Provider
- CHEERSCEC-approved ECC/HERS Provider
Each inspector holds their own accreditation in their own name. Certificates are available on request — ask us before you book, and ask any inspector you are comparing us against.
What we will never do
Three commitments, stated plainly so you can hold us to them.
Sell you repairs
Not directly, not through a partner, not for a referral fee. Our only revenue is the inspection fee you agreed to before we arrived.
Soften a report
Not for an agent, not for a builder, not for a repeat client. The finding goes in the report as we found it.
Pad the scope
If something's outside our expertise, we name the specialist you need rather than guessing on the page.
Ready to book your inspection?
Same-week scheduling across California. Most reports delivered within 24 hours of the walkthrough.