Hawkeye

Leland C.

Hawkeye is great I would use them in the future. You can schedule appointments and pay online. Their reports are an excellent format and super useful for current and future projects. Our inspector Mark C. was super nice and funny. Made the 3.5 hours breeze by!

Mary T.

I bought a home in Grafton late summer of 2020. Excited to buy my first home as a divorced, single mom I knew that my dad would suggest I get a home inspection. I asked for a recommendation and my mortgage lender recommended Mike Kilgallen. I thought ""hey I know him."" He is a fire fighter with my ex husband and I had met him many times. I called right away, the front desk staff was great, polite, helpful and efficient. Mike came out and did the inspection, told me not to worry about following him around, that he would look at everything and provide photos and a thorough report. I trusted him, I figured he would do as he said and would find any issues that needed to be addressed before buying this 100 year old home. He kept saying ""it's a beautiful house.""

I move forward with the purchase and moved in on Oct 6th, less than one week later the front roof on my home office (enclosed porch), starts to have a roof leak. No, he didn't go on the roof (I know that, but said he looks at all the areas he can see). That section of the roof is 100% visible from the 3rd bedroom window. He could have looked at it, seen that it was caving in and inside the house there was a ceiling patch and that the roof was a total mess. It had been patched with clear caulking. I, even as a novice homeowner know that clear caulking is not used for sealing roof leaks! He said nothing in the report. Everything was in excellent condition.

I had the roof fixed. New rubber roof, all new materials and the vendor tells me that the mold growing on the ceiling in the office is an indication that that roof has been leaking for a long, long time and should have been caught by my home inspector.

I take my first shower and the exhaust vent starts dripping water. Turns out that neither of the 2 bathrooms in this house vent to outside, even Hawkeye admitted that this is very important. I had contractors come in to give me an estimate to fix these and they say to me ""didn't you have a home inspection?"" Yes, yes I did. A bad one obviously. The faucet for the upstairs shower, is on a roof line - guess what? That is not to code. The plumbing in that bathroom leaked after a month. Guess what? - the contractor told me he didn't need to be a plumber to look in the utility closet and tell right away that this plumbing was not done by a plumber. I got a bad inspection from a novice inspector. Again, everything listed as excellent on the report.

Of course I called Hawkeye, explained what had been happening, sent photos, filed a complaint. The owner Peter came out, with Mike and assessed the issues. They told me to send all info and they would submit to the insurance company. The roof cost me $5,500. The vents would be slightly less than $2,000 to fix properly. I will leave off the faucet this list for now. He is not a building inspector and I know that.

I received a nasty letter a month later from their insurance companies law firm. It was as if these issues and my desire to be compensated for the cost to fix what should have been caught in the home inspection was personal. It was a down right nasty letter. I was shocked. Peter should have admitted that Mike missed these things. I, as a consumer and one that he knew personally, should have been treated better. Now, I am out a lot of money, as a one income family who did the right thing and used a home inspector, this has made for very hard times. I think they should have stood by their work. They didn't - They lawyered up. I am disappointed, disgusted and angry. People suggest I sue them, go after them. It takes money to sue, I don't have any of the extra money I was supposed to have that was allocated for home projects that I knew were needed because of Mike's blatant oversight during my home inspection. I strongly recommend you do not use Hawkeye. Things happen in business, it is how you remedy the problems when they come up and this is not a stand up company. Beware. Really, it can cost you, no matter how nice they seem.

Carlos V.

Mark was very professional and was very thorough in his inspection. I felt confident in buying (now purchased) my home after he pointed out not only the bad, but also what is good about it. I would highly recommend using hawkeye. The report provided was very helpful!

Shannon A.

Being a first time home buyer I was so nervous about this inspection because I know very very little about any of this stuff. Chris G was my inspector who came to my future house and he literally had all of my fears melting away. Not only was he early but he also explained everything so thoroughly that I knew I could trust him to know what he was doing. He was amazing and so nice and helped answer ALL of my questions (and believe me, I had A LOT). He was patient and supportive and just all around made this experience actually very enjoyable for me. Would definitely recommend to everyone looking for home inspectors.

Asombroso K.

Peter was extremely professional and very informative on the home inspection process. Very comfortable asking him questions regarding new home ownership proceedings. Most definitely would recommend him to friends and family.

EastCoasteR -.

We highly recommend Hawkeye Home Inspections and Mr. Daniel Fox. Dan was incredibly patient and knowledgeable and provided us with amazing customer service. We got our report the same day, and it was balanced, incredibly thorough and was a trustworthy report we will reference again and again if we are ultimately the owners of our new home. We learned so much during the inspection, not only about the condition of the home we were considering, but also a number of things to consider as home owners, or be aware of for the future with regards to safety, efficiency, cost, and structural integrity of the home. This was so worth the money - I would never hesitate to get a Hawkeye inspection for any property we're considering prior to purchase. We didn't even have to take notes - the report had absolutely everything we discussed and that was noted during the inspection, along with pictures. So great!!

Elizabeth W.

Daniel Fox was the home inspector that did the inspection. Dan was very detailed in the inspection conveying the information as he went and explaining everything so that I would completely understand. He was very prompt in completing the hard copy of the report and getting the results to me. Great person, I highly recommend him. Dan has many years experience in the field.

KC S.

We had two amazing experiences with Hawkeye - when we were preparing to put an offer on our home, Neil came out the following morning. We didn't know at the time of booking but we would only have enough tome for a consultation, not a full inspection. Neil was still so thorough, friendly, knowledgeable and encouraging of questions. After our offer was accepted, we wanted to do a full inspection a our new home was actually a very old home! Unfortunately the time we needed, Neil was not available, but Mike came out and impressed us all over again. Again, very friendly, made us feel as though there were no dumb questions, and empowered us with so much information about old homes, and the condition ours was in. I also had several very positive experiences over the phone with staff at Hawkeye! We highly recommend.

Lisa Z.

As a real estate agent, I attended hundreds of home inspections in my career. I should have posted it way earlier! A 5 star review for Daniel Fox of Hawkeye home inspections: With a shiny personality and positive outlook, he explains in detail all aspects/ possibilities/ ideas for repairing of all parts of the home. He is patient as he answers clients' questions. He is not an alarmist. He takes detailed pics and send a detailed report in a timely fashion. He makes himself available for questions after the inspection as well. The report is filled with ideas and links to useful sites. Would highly recommend Daniel!

Nathaniel M.

My wife and I had our inspection done in April for our first house. Our inspector, Kurt, was thorough for most elements of the house but missed some very important structural issues in the basement. He did not notice the floor joist that was splitting apart above the washing machine or the bowing of joists that were under the kitchen and adjacent pantry. According to his report, there were no structural issues. The contract states we only have 10 days to dispute and we didn't move into the house until months later. Those are structural issues that should have been easily identified and marked. Instead of having that information in advance we are trying to fix it.