services

HOME INSPECTION

We will conduct a visual assessment of a home’s condition in which we will look for potential problems in areas of the home, including ceilings, walls, floors, windows, and doors. 

Skipping out on a home inspection puts the home buyer at significant risk. For many, buying a home will likely be the single largest purchase of their lifetime. A home inspector is an objective third-party consultant acting on the buyer’s behalf, delivering a report about the home’s condition to provide the buyer with vital information to make an educated decision on their purchase. Viewing the photos provided on the listing and visiting the home in person is only the tip of the iceberg when getting an understanding of the home. Cosmetic features play a part in determining whether the home is right for you. However, cosmetic features are often renovated relatively cheaper than significant issues associated with the home’s “bones” hiding under the surface.

The average person can easily miss vital issues without the appropriate knowledge, expertise, and tools needed to identify them. Once the home is purchased, the responsibility to remedy problems and cover costs falls onto the new homeowner, costing thousands of dollars.

KMI requires a construction set either in advance or on site for each pre-drywall inspection.

One way to ensure that a new home is built according to its specifications is by performing a pre-drywall inspection. “Pre-drywall” refers to a phase during the homebuilding process just after the installation of certain elements – such as the doors, windows, foundation, flooring, wall and roof components, plumbing and electrical rough-in – and right before the drywall is hung. This in-progress or construction-phase inspection is useful because drywall can obscure some aspects of the interior and make identifying or fixing any problems both difficult and expensive, once the new home is completely finished. A pre-drywall inspection can be performed after the insulation is installed, which is convenient because it allows the home inspector to determine whether it was done properly. However, the insulation may conceal some components in much of the same way that drywall does. 

What do we look at during this inspection? During a pre-drywall inspection, the areas of the house that we check include:

• the foundation, floor system, roof system (trusses or conventional framing)
• plumbing system, electrical system, electrical wiring, junction box, HVAC
• exterior wall covering, roof covering, interior, plumbing supply lines
• framing, foundation slabs, walls, drains, footings, floor joists, pier pads
• crawlspace, firestop material, retaining walls, waterproofing
• flashing for windows and doors, wall studs, metal clips, air ducts & registers

4-POINT INSPECTION

A 4-point inspection in Florida is a detailed examination of a home's four main systems: the roof, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC. It's a non-invasive inspection that's often required by homeowners' insurance companies to ensure a home's key components are in good working order, and is a tool that insurance companies use to rate your policy.

WIND MITIGATION REPORT

A wind mitigation inspection is a professional evaluation of a home's features that help it withstand strong winds and water damage:

• Roof: The type of roof covering, the age of the roof, and how the roof is attached to the walls.
• Roof Deck: The material the roof deck is made of, the type of nails used to secure the shingles, and how far apart the nails are.
• Secondary Water Resistance: "SWB" The material or barrier between the shingles and roof decking.
• Opening Protection: Whether the home has additional protections on openings, such as storm shutters, for windows, garage doors, entry doors, and skylights.
• Construction Year: The year the home was built, which indicates how strict the building codes were at the time 

The inspector will provide a wind mitigation report after the inspection. A wind mitigation inspection may help you save money on your home insurance policy. Insurance companies use the inspection to determine whether your home has features that reduce the risk of severe property damage from wind, and they use the report as a way to rate your policy.

REMEDIATION AND RESTORATION

Water damage remediation and restoration is the comprehensive process of repairing and rebuilding a property affected by water intrusion, aiming to return it to its pre-damaged condition by removing excess water, drying affected areas, and repairing any structural damage caused by the water, including replacing damaged materials and addressing potential mold issues. What we do during remediation and restoration:

• Extraction: We first removing standing water using specialized equipment like pumps and vacuums. 
• Demolition: We then remove all affected structural components.
• Drying: Once all affected areas are removed, we setup high powered air movers to dry affected areas and materials, and home dehumidifiers to remove elevated traces of moisture in the air.
• Remediation: We then encapsulate all exposed structural components.
• Restoration: Lastly, we replace all extracted building materials including but not limited to insulation, furring strips, drywall, flooring, etc.

AIR QUALITY TESTING

Mold spores are not visible to the naked eye. Also known as air sampling, this is a method of testing for mold in the air by collecting and analyzing air samples for mold spores. We use a spore trap that pulls air in through a pump, and collects the spores in a cartridge. This sample is then compared to a control cartridge which is taken from outside air. Having samples analyzed can help provide evidence of the scope and severity of a mold problem, as well as aid in assessing your exposure to mold spores.

SEWER CAMERA INSPECTION

A sewer camera inspection is a process where we insert a small, waterproof camera attached to a flexible cable into your sewer line (typically your cleanout) to visually examine its condition, allowing us to identify issues like cracks, blockages, failures, tree root intrusions, or other damage within the pipes without having to dig them up; essentially providing a real-time view of the inside of your sewer system to diagnose potential problems. We will upload your video to a YouTube channel where you can have access to your video and share as necessary. 

We have found that sewer camera inspections are particularly important with new construction. We have discovered buried cleanout pipes, pipe misalignment, pipe sloping issues, blocked drain lines from construction materials, etc. If at all, you suspect sewer issues like slow drains, backups, gas smells, then a sewer camera inspection may help pinpoint the source of your problem.

Our CONSTRUCTION SERVICES span residential and commercial. We offer full scale residential remodeling in single family homes and high-rise commercial condos. We are well versed in commercial shell build-outs, and additions to existing property. We have the capabilities to plan, manage, and build multi-phase jobs. 

We are often asked if we will repair items identified on an inspection report and the answer is "NO". It is a conflict of interest and unethical, therefore we refrain from addressing the issues found in a home inspection. We are more than happy to refer our customers to a reliable, honest group of subcontractors and vendors.

Our professional services include overseeing of luxury properties being built and luxury properties concierge for our most discerning clients. We also offer property evaluations and consultations regarding the improvements to your existing home. For the owner who wishes to file for their own permits, we offer hourly sessions to coach you through the permitting process in the following municipalities: City of Sarasota, Sarasota County, City of Bradenton, Manatee County, Town of Longboat Key, City of Anna Maria, City of Holmes Beach.