Camelot Home Inspection Services

Certified ASHI and Master CREIA Home Inspector Providing Affordable Home Inspections in San Luis Obispo County and surrounding Central Coast Communities

"Providing Quality, Affordable Home Inspections on the Central Coast Since 1994"

Looking for a San Luis Obispo area home inspector? Camelot Home Inspection Services is a locally owned and operated San Luis Obispo home inspection company serving the entire California Central Coast, from Santa Maria to the south and Cambria and Paso Robles to the north. Camelot serves the Central Coast communities of Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Avila Beach, Cambria, Cayucos, Grover Beach, Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Nipomo, Oceano, Orcutt, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach, Santa Margarita, Shell Beach and Templeton.

Camelot Home Inspection Services specializes in the pre-purchase and pre-sale evaluation of single and multi-family residential properties on the CA Central Coast. We inspect single family homes, condominiums, townhomes, duplexes, triplexes, four-plexes, manufactured homes (a.k.a. mobile homes), modular homes, and small commercial properties.

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Established in 1994, Camelot Home Inspection Services is owned and operated by Martin Hewitt, a Master CREIA (California Real Estate Inspection Assn.) inspector and Certified ASHI (American Society of Home Inspectors) Inspector with 25 years of home inspection experience. In California, where there is no licensing of home inspectors, dual certification with ASHI and CREIA demonstrates a dedication to ethics, education and service above and beyond the norm. Which is something to keep in mind as you shop around looking for the best home inspectors in your area. Because if anybody can claim to be a home inspector, they should have the experience and credentials to back it up. Your purchase decision depends on it.

Martin P. Hewitt, ACI

Certified ASHI Member No. 202935

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At Camelot, we strive to provide every home buyer with a level of service that matches the significance of the purchase - which very well could be the single largest investment in one's life, be it a manufactured home or a mega-mansion. With every home inspection comes years of education, training and professional experience. Martin Hewitt, your home inspector, will share this skilled knowledge with you to help ensure that your investment is the result of an informed decision.

To avoid any perceived conflict of interest, Camelot cannot and will not perform any corrective or repair work on homes that we inspect, nor do we refer any repair work. Camelot Home Inspection Services is not aligned or affiliated with any real estate companies or brokerage firms. There is no good reason why we should be. When you hire us - we go to work for you, nobody else.

Camelot Home Inspection Services serves the Central Coast communities of Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Avila Beach, Cambria, Cayucos, Grover Beach, Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Nipomo, Oceano, Orcutt, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach, Santa Margarita, Shell Beach and Templeton.
However, we can certainly appreciate a home buyer's reluctance to use a local home inspector referred to them by an unfamiliar real estate agent. For this reason, and as our schedule permits, we will gladly travel outside of our 'normal' service area, thus guaranteeing you an impartial and unbiased home inspection. Other areas often served include the Central Coast communities in and around Santa Barbara and Monterey.

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Home Inspection Photos

Here are a few images taken at some recent home inspections. Some commentary provided...

First Time Homebuyer?

If this is your first time buying a home, please read this first!

One of the things I hear quite frequently from my customers at the end of an inspection is how much they wish they had hired me the first time they bought a house. How they had made the mistake of letting their agent choose the home inspector for them, and how nobody ever told them that it would be beneficial to be there for the inspection, or at least be there at the end of the inspection, so that they could have the inspector discuss his or her findings with them. So they would know exactly what it was they were buying.

One of the things many agents will tell a first time home buyer is that they know a "good" home inspector who is "cheap" and won't cost them a lot of money. To a first time home buyer, this sounds great. They've been nickel and dimed to death already, and any money they can save is welcomed at this point. What they don't know is that the inspector who is being hired at a discount lacks the experience, the knowledge, the credibility, and the insurance needed to properly safeguard their investment. Their agent knows this all too well, but like everyone else they have bills to pay and don't want there to be any "hiccups".

Unfortunately, by not vetting and choosing their own home inspector, these buyers had given their agents free rein to choose somebody that they had "worked" with before, somebody they knew to be "agent-friendly" and would not, as many agents like to put it, "screw up their deal". Agents who chose to serve themselves first rather than doing what was in the best interests of their clients.

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Home Inspection Video

Here is a simple video we created — mainly to appease the search engine gods — out of some of the images above...

FAQ's

Frequently asked questions on home inspections:

What is a home inspection?

A home inspection is an objective visual examination of the physical structure and systems of a house, from the roof to the foundation.

What does a home inspection include?
The standard home inspector’s report will cover the condition of the home’s heating system; central air conditioning system (temperature permitting); interior plumbing and electrical systems; the roof, attic and visible insulation; walls, ceilings, floors, windows and doors; the foundation, basement and structural components.

Why do I need a home inspection?
Buying a home could be the largest single investment you will ever make. To minimize unpleasant surprises and unexpected difficulties, you’ll want to learn as much as you can about the newly constructed or existing house before you buy it. A home inspection may identify the need for major repairs or builder oversights, as well as the need for maintenance to keep it in good shape. After the inspection, you will know more about the house, which will allow you to make decisions with confidence.

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