A Closer Look

I strongly recommend A Closer Look and Gary for your next home inspection. This was by far the best home inspection ever! To be clear, I have only had two but I now know what an inspection should entail. I hope to stop a lot of fears easily by telling you, if you are looking for a thorough and complete inspection, you should call Gary immediately. Oh, and call soon because he’s a popular guy and the word has clearly spread about his amazing work. Also, plan to pay half the cost that other local inspectors are charging. Not only will you get a detailed 10 page report on the spot, Gary follows up with another report full of pictures, supplemental documents of laws/​regs, etc. and yet another detailed analysis outlining his reviewing all within hours of the actual home inspection.
There is the right way to perform a home inspection and there’s everyone else. A Closer Look and Gary are doing inspections the right way and then some! I can’t thank him enough for his helpful thorough expertise. As a buyer, it’s important to educate yourself on what you think you’re paying for so you don’t end up walking away from an inspection with questions unanswered. Gary inspected the roof, exterior of the home, shingles, garage, heating/​cooling systems, porch, fence, interior, bathrooms, bedrooms, windows, pool, chimney, you name it! He literally inspected everything but the neighbors homes! I walked away educated, fully prepared for the next steps.

The home buying process is known for being stressful, especially to those looking to purchase a place to live for the first time. One essential part of the home buying process is the home inspection, which can determine whether or not a home is worth investing in. Gary Rousseau and his «A Closer Look» home inspection company really reduced some of the stress that comes with buying a home for me and my family. Gary spent almost three hours with us examining the older Cape my husband and I are buying. He told us about essentials we would need to fix down the road (the chimney will need a lot of TLC in the future), the things the current homeowners needed to fix before we purchased (a leaky pipe in the basement he spotted immediately), and some things we could do to improve the value of the home once it was ours (update the bathrooms and kitchen). Gary was funny, informative, and a genuine delight to spend time with. After working with A Closer Look, my husband and I feel like we are making an informed purchase and understand the home we are buying 100%.