Thread: Kansas Senate hears testimony on bill regulating home inspections - Kansas City Star

InspectionNews has just found the following information that might be of interest to you:



Kansas Senate hears testimony on bill regulating home inspections
Kansas City Star, MO - 2 hours ago
... company charges a minimum of $225 for a home inspection. Supporters urged the committee to approve the bill. When a family ends up with a lemon ...


More...

Similar Threads:

• Critics say NH lags on regulating home inspectors - Foster's Daily Democrat
• Home inspections key to helping buyers make sound decision - Chicago Daily Southtown
• Chimney fire displaces EHT family - Press of Atlantic City
• Plaintiffs claim homes poorly constructed, sue for repair costs - Merced Sun-Star
• Chimney fire damages home - Arizona Daily Star

Interesting.

The best part of the bill in my opinion are the following points:

- Supporters said, however, that the bill was needed to protect homeowners from shoddy inspections.
- HB 2315 would set standards for home inspectors and allow homeowners to sue inspectors for up to $10,000.
- It also would create a five-member Kansas Home Inspectors Registration Board and require inspectors to be registered. The board could revoke registrations if it received a complaint against an inspector.
- Now, inspectors are not required to be licensed by the state.
- Three board members would be inspectors, the fourth a real estate agent or broker and the fifth a member of the public.

Fail to understand this comment:

- He said the requirement exposing the inspector to $10,000 in liability would raise inspection costs. Moriconi’s company charges a minimum of $225 for a home inspection.

How would that increase the cost of an inspection? I wish I could cap my liability to $10K.