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Expert Advice on Commercial Inspections

Is it Wise to Use a Home Inspector for a Commercial Inspection?

When it comes to choosing someone to conduct your commercial inspection, it’s incredibly important to find someone who has extensive technical knowledge of the unique structures and systems of various types of commercial buildings, is properly certified by an accredited organization, and is up-to-date on all codes and ADA compliance. It’s also critical to find an inspecting team that has a proven track record of being trustworthy, reliable, transparent, and fair.

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What is CCPIA?

CCPIA is 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization and federally tax-exempt membership trade association for commercial real estate inspectors. CCPIA provides online training and resources to help its members become even better commercial inspectors. CCPIA provides up-to-date industry news, online classes and workshops, marketing and business tools, and a member’s directory for consumer and professional use. Members are from across North America and they all adhere to the International Standards of Practice for Inspecting Commercial Properties (ComSOP).

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Are Standards of Practice Different for Commercial and Residential Inspections?

Residential properties and commercial properties are different, and the knowledge needed to professionally inspect both types of buildings aren’t always transferable. You can’t just do a home inspection on a commercial building, or vice versa. This is because the standards of practice are different for commercial and residential inspections.

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Qualified Property Inspectors for Commercial Kitchens

A commercial real estate inspector will be able to provide vital information that helps the buyer/seller understand the commercial-grade building and systems as well as determine if they have been serviced and maintained properly and legally. However, a commercial real estate inspector does not certify a building is code compliant.

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Trusted Commercial Inspection Services Across Missouri

Focus Building Inspections is excited to announce that we serve all of Missouri. As a dedicated commercial building inspection company, we bring expertise and professionalism that outshines our competitors. Our clients span small business owners all the way to major industry brands. Focus Building Inspections has a long history of satisfied clients.

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Skip Home Inspectors for Commercial Building Inspections

When we first launched our own home inspection company years ago we would have been a bit offended by anyone advising a buyer to pass us over when it came to commercial inspections. Have you ever heard the phrase, “you don’t know what you don’t know?” Well, that was us, and in the infancy of our home inspection company (which is thriving today!) we discovered very quickly that we were underqualified to take on the major commercial building inspection projects. Years later we are giving that same advice to protect buyers, investors, and lessees of commercial properties, “don’t risk your investment on a general home inspector.”

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