No fee from us
- Personal check
- Cash
- Zelle transfer
These three have no fee from Palm Valley Home Inspections.
Proof in the report.
Power at the table.
Real estate agents and homeowners insurance agents.
This page is for you.
Book your clients here. We’ll take the appointment from there.
If you are paying for the inspection, call the office.
Agents, are you paying for one of your clients’ inspections?
If you are paying for the inspection, call the office at (904) 831-2220.
Credit and debit cards
We accept every major credit card, including American Express, and we accept debit cards. The extra amount on a card is charged by the bank or card company, not by Palm Valley, and we do not keep it. It is typically about 3 to 4 percent of the service total. Check, cash, and Zelle are there so that fee can be skipped. If a card is easier, we understand.
For the agent
Are findings holding up the loan or the insurance?
A home inspection can turn up findings that complicate lending, including a private-well panel with harmful findings. A four-point can affect homeowners insurance eligibility when the roof, electrical, plumbing, or HVAC is flagged. When the buyer has a repair request, tap the issue. It opens the matching names on the contractor list.
Do you have a client with a failed inspection document, or poor findings in a report or analysis that are affecting eligibility for a lender or a homeowners insurance process? Tap the finding.
Tap a finding. The contractor list opens.
Missing shingles
Damaged roof covering
Roof age flagged on a four-point
Water heater over 10 years
Plumbing leak
Polybutylene or galvanized piping
Active cast-iron plumbing
Double taps in the panel
Aluminum single-strand wiring
Cloth wiring
Ungrounded wiring
Electrical panel: Federal Pacific, Challenger, or Sylvania
HVAC over age, or not heating or cooling
Failed private-well test
High lead on a private-well test
Active termites or WDO
Mold or water damage
Septic failure
Sewer backup
Foundation or structural defect
Where we work
Northeast Florida is where we hang our hat.
Palm Valley Home Inspections serves Northeast Florida. We also cover the Panhandle, Orlando and its surrounding areas, and parts of South Florida. Please call management to confirm your address is in our service area. Travel outside Northeast Florida can be requested through management.
Area
Status
- Northeast Florida, from the Panhandle to Ocala COVERED
- Ocala and surrounding counties COVERED
- The Panhandle COVERED
- Orlando and surrounding areas COVERED
- South Florida’s east coast COVERED
- Parts of South Florida COVERED
- Southwest Florida (including the Keys) NOT YET COVERED
Every document is audited before it leaves our possession — for our clients and for insurance and real estate agents alike.
After we leave
What happens next.
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Payment is collected
If you are paying for the inspection, call the office. Check, cash, and Zelle have no fee from us. Cards, including American Express, are welcome. The card fee is charged by the bank or card company, typically about 3 to 4 percent of the service, not by Palm Valley. We do not keep it.
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The inspector writes it
Then it goes to management.
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Management audits it
Every document, for your client and for you.
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The owner approves it
Nothing leaves until the owner signs off.
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It goes out
Agreement signed and payment received. Check, cash, and Zelle transfers have no fee from us. The client gets it. You get a copy if you were on the file. After that, the client can ask us to send it to another agent.
A permit we still have to get can delay a 24-hour or same-day release. The summary can be by phone, in person, or email.
For the agent
What you get.
Same-day appointments
Request by noon, or the inspection is on us.
Same-day reports
Out the same day when the agreement is signed, payment is in, and permits are available. Check, cash, and Zelle transfers have no fee from us.
Senior inspectors
Experienced inspectors. Your reputation stays intact.
Reroof permit
Included when we can get it. If we can’t, we ask the homeowner. If no copy exists, the report says so.
Out-of-town clients
Priority when your clients aren’t local. Travel can be arranged. Extra cost may apply.
Roof photos
Color roof and exterior photos, included. We don’t skip a second story.
Report summary
By phone, in person, or email, with your client and with you.
Listing photo and video
Starts at $159.95. Aerial, roof, exterior, a street approach, a 360, interior photos, and a 5K walk-through.
Insurance issues
We know what underwriting flags. The inspector walks the client through it before leaving.
All hands on deck
Large homes get extra inspectors, so the job finishes in a fraction of the time.
Spray-foam attics
With permission we open a small section, document the credits, and set the foam back.
Well water
Collected, iced, and driven to the lab the same day. Built for a last-minute lender request.
Only what’s on the form
On a 4-point or wind mitigation, we photograph what the form asks for. The rest stays out.
Aluminum wiring
We look past the panel and check outlets for AlumiConn repairs.
A person answers
Coordinate with the listing agent so we can get in and work. You’ll reach PVHI staff. No answering service.