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| Darrell Hay, owner of Safe & Sound Home Inspections Inc., has a lengthy background in the construction and inspection industries, having been involved since 7th grade, skipping class to be out in the field building and remodeling houses with his father---that was 32 years ago now. Darrell has also been writing a real estate/home maintenance column for The Seattle Times www.seattletimes.com the past ten years. You also may find Darrell regularly giving presentations on inspections, maintenance, and construction for contractor associations, the insurance industry, attorney continuing legal education, landlord groups and so forth. Darrell has previously taught home inspection classes at two different local colleges, is a regular guest on local radio and television stations on housing related topics, and has done public service announcements for The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries Contractor Registration Program www.lni.wa.gov That all is very nice, but what Darrell really relishes is his yearly appearance as a judge for the REX Awards (Remodeling Excellence) sponsored by the Master Builder's Association of King and Snohomish Counties www.mba-ks.com. They are great people and put out a spread that would kill a hungry horse. Darrell above all is a food-whore. Darrell is a member of the Independent Home Inspectors of North America (IHINA) www.independentinspectors.org. IHINA requires its inspector members to adhere to the industry's toughest ethical standards regarding potential conflicts of interest. Currently he is the only IHINA member in the State of Washington. These ethical standards are not even imagined by better known and better funded inspector organizations such as American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) www.ashi.org He is certified as an EIFS/stucco inspector with the Northwest Wall & Ceiling Bureau www.nwcb.org, as well as a Certified Earthquake Home Retrofit inspector with the local arm of the federal program Project Impact www.seattle.gov/emergency/info/contractors-print.htm. Safe & Sound Home Inspections provides traditional pre-purchase building inspections on used homes, new construction inspections, and warranty-expiration inspections on new homes as well. Individual condominium and townhouse inspections are a large part of the business of course, as are inspections for apartment investors and condominium homeowner associations. Inspection service area is greater Seattle (all of King County and Snohomish County), from Auburn to Arlington, from West Seattle to North Bend, and everything in between. And that includes all you secessionists in Ballard too! All inspections come with a Washington State Department of Agriculture Certified Pest Inspection at no extra cost.: WSDA Structural Pest Inspector #68875 www.agr.wa.gov/PestFert/LicensingEd/Search/default.aspx#code2) Darrell and his wife Lisa own, manage, and are constantly remodeling several rental houses and apartment buildings that they own in the area also. In essence, real estate and construction is and has been Darrell's life. Darrell and Lisa have five back-talking, spoiled children, most of whom are still in their teenage years. As you can imagine, they are looking for someone, anyone really, willing to trade for smaller, cuter children (potty trained only please). The sole consolation is the fact that one all day the children will grow up and leave. One is now grown with a good job and is still mooching, really needing a stiff boot in the butt to get out. But we are working on all that. To quickly get a feel for the real quality of our inspections, read the true story of a recent visit to the photographer's house. Or, read what customers are saying about our work. | |
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| If you're interested in finding out more about our services or want to schedule an inspection, email or call: | |
| Telephone | (360) 568-8928 Snohomish County (206) 226-3205 Cell (Seattle number) (425) 489-3069 N. King County / Eastside (800) 798-7181 Toll Free |
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| DarrellHay@aol.com or Darrell@safesoundhome.com |
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