Home Inspection
Questions, Answered.

Most full inspections take 3–4 hours. Condos and smaller homes are quicker; larger, older or heavily renovated homes take longer. We never rush to fit in another appointment.

Yes, please. You’ll learn more walking the house with your inspector than from any written report. If you can’t stay the whole time, come for the last 30–45 minutes, when we walk you through what we found.

The same day, or within 24 hours for afternoon inspections. It’s a digital report with photos that you can open on your phone or computer and share with your agent.

Yes. You can defer payment to your closing date, with nothing due upfront, on all of our services. You can also pay by card, ACH or cash.

A full home inspection starts at $395 for condos and homes up to 1,500 sq ft and is priced by square footage after that. Our cost calculator shows your exact price, including add-ons and bundle savings.

A home inspection is a visual, non-invasive look at the home’s systems as they are on inspection day. We don’t open walls, move the seller’s belongings, check code compliance or give engineering opinions, and we don’t test for radon, mold, wood-destroying insects or water quality unless you add those services.

EPA recommends testing every home, and several DMV counties are in its highest-potential zone. Our 48-hour continuous radon test is $199 and runs during your inspection period. In Montgomery County, a radon test before settlement is required for most single-family homes and townhouses.

VA loans require one, and FHA and some conventional lenders often ask for it too. Ours is $99, includes the NPMA-33 form lenders use, and comes with a 1-year pest warranty.

If the home is older or has large trees between the house and the street, yes. A camera inspection of the sewer line or septic system ($599) finds roots, cracks and sags that can cost thousands to repair.

Go over it with your agent and decide what to ask the seller for — repairs, a credit or a price change. Call or text us with any questions about the findings. If the seller agrees to repairs, we can come back and verify them before closing ($199).

Yes. Aaron, the owner, speaks Spanish. He can walk the inspection with you and explain the findings in Spanish, and our whole website is available in Spanish.

Yes. For condos we focus on the unit you’re buying and flag signs of building-wide issues. For new homes we offer pre-drywall, final walkthrough and 11-month warranty inspections.

Yes. Polaris is licensed in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC, and fully insured. Our inspectors are ASHI and InterNACHI certified.

We inspect in most weather. When a roof isn’t safe to walk, we inspect it from a ladder at the eaves, or by drone where airspace and conditions allow, and the report says how the roof was inspected.

Most inspections book within 2–3 business days, and we work 7 days a week by appointment. Book online in about a minute, or call or text if your contingency deadline is tight.