Originally Posted by
Jon Randolph
I would not provide any estimates on repair prices unless you are willing to perform the work for the price that you quoted. ( Which would go against any ethical standard and the home inspectors law in Indiana )
If you do provide estimates and your estimate is lower than what can be found but the client bought the home and planned to have the work done themself based on your repair estimates, you may well end up paying the difference.
All wives-tales, no home inspector has ever been sued for the difference between a cost estimate and the actual cost of the repair, not one incident ever on record. This is the same type of misplaced logic that prevents home inspectors from becoming building code experts and using building codes in their reports, to me its pure and simple fear mongering steaming from a lack of experience.