Cover Your Assets Home Inspections

Wow, Mike is amazing. Ten months have passed since Mike inspected our home. At 9:26pm, I emailed him a question about lighting our fireplace. Two minutes later, he sent me his cell phone number and asked me to call him. He then successfully walked me through how to light the fireplace. I cannot say enough good things about Mike!

WOW — my wife and I just don’t have enough great things to say about Michael and his home-​inspection service! But let me start with: timely, thorough, professional, competitively-​priced, friendly, experienced, and highly-​informative (to include a comprehensive and richly-​detailed 40-​page report — complete with recommendations and accompanying photographs — prepared and sent via e-​mail as an Adobe PDF file THE SAME DAY).
Bottom Line: If you’re looking for a home inspector in Northern Virginia, then look no further than Michael Millspaugh and «Cover Your Assets Home Inspections»!

I had a question about some home issues. Mike was patient listened to my concerns and had great advice and was very informative. Great guy. Thank you Mike.

Mike is an excellent home inspector. He is incredibly thorough with his work and has an impeccable attention to detail. He is also very friendly and professional. The information he provided (both in person and in his formal report) was impressively comprehensive and detailed. He made sure to take photographs throughout the inspection to document all findings. I would highly recommend Mike for any home inspection needs you may have.

We were referred to Mike for our home inspection via our realtor and he was fantastic. He was very knowledgeable, had great customer service, gave us really great advice and recommendations, and fully explained all of his findings. The report he provided was fantastic and has been very helpful to figuring out different things that we’ve needed to do to the home since we closed. I was a first-​time homebuyer so his explanations in person and in the report, along with is video explanations, were incredibly helpful. He also was helpful post-​inspection/​closing when I had a question. Smart guy, great customer service, and will definitely use him in the future.

We hired Mike to do a buyer’s inspection for another property we were interested in purchasing. There are a lot of things he’ll catch that you wouldn’t think to check when buying a property: PB plumbing, no exterior vent from the kitchen, sump pump pit with no sump pump, rodent issues, etc. As always, he is very punctual and very thorough. He gives a balanced portrait of a property — both good and bad. I know a lot of people are skeptical when a service gets pretty much unanimous glowing reviews, but we would say they are very well-​deserved in this case. He’s our go-​to guy for home inspections.

Mike was very knowledgeable, organized, thorough, friendly, and speedy in getting the report back to you! His report was very clean and easy to understand. I would certainly use him for any home inspection again and highly recommend him to anyone. He also was just fun to walk around and talk with-​great guy!

My husband and I are so glad to have Mike inspected our house. This is our first time to buy a house and we basically know nothing about the home inspection. But we found shortly that there was nothing to worry about since Mike is very professional and patient with great personality. He introduced us the whole procedure of inspection before he started, made a very thorough inspection, answered all of our questions, and walked us through all of the problems he found. He also provided many good suggestions on how to deal with the problems.
In addition, he works very hard to accommodate customers’ need. At that time we are in a hurry to get the inspection report and we got ours that evening, only about four-​five hours after the inspection. In the report he added many pictures and used different colors to label the places need to fix. The work he did was amazing.
Will definitely recommend him to my friends!

Mike was fantastic. He responded to my initial appointment request within an hour or two, performed a very thorough inspection and gave tips and answered questions the whole time, he even fixed some little things around the house as we went, he created a video for us on how to light the pilot in the gas fireplace and get it started for the season, he labeled important lines around the house like the main water shutoff, the outdoor shutoff, etc. As others have already mentioned, his report is excellent. He gave us options on different ways to solve the problems found and a rough guess on how much the various items might cost. A couple of days after the inspection was over, I sent him an email with some follow-​up questions and he called me back within about 5 minutes to discuss. I would highly recommend Mike to any potential or existing homeowner who wants to get a thorough evaluation of their house and be able to fix little issues before they become big problems.

Mike of Cover Your Assets is SO GREAT! Recommended by our realtor, he spent 3 hours thoroughly inspecting the home we were purchasing, even though it is a rather small townhome. A lot of this time was spent explaining, re-​explaining, and re-​re-​explaining things to me in different ways until I understood it. He didn’t seem annoyed that I was asking so many questions and never seemed like he was in a hurry or we were slowing him down. He gave us a comprehensive and easy to understand report and his contact info in case we had questions. I cannot overstate how happy we were with him. He even let us play with the thermal imager like they do on Ghost Hunters!!!

Mike was an amazing home inspector. He has a great personality, but most importantly he’s incredibly thorough. He looked at absolutely everything as we walked through and took the time to explain everything we needed to know.
His report was very thorough and included pictures of everything he found.

Perfect. Found CYA on Angie’s List and hired them based off the stellar reviews which I found to be accurate. Michael was extremely responsive and flexible to get the inspection done with a very short escrow which helped the home close on time. Showed up early the day of inspection and got started. Brought a sample book of what the inspection report would look like and explained how it is organized. He took the time to explain all of the features in the home both for function and for safety, inside and out. Thorough, methodical, and efficient. Provided am organized and detailed inspection report in just hours. I would definitely recommend him and use him again for a future home inspection.

Mike explained everything as we went around looking at the house and then put it all in writing (with pictures!!) when he sent his final report. He did an excellent job explaining all the problems the house had and helped us prioritize the ones that were most important. This helped us know which were «do now» for the seller and which were «do later» for us. He took the time to answer all the questions we had and shared some very useful tips. I was very impressed by his knowledge on this much older home. We would definitely recommend Mike to family and friends. His report was very easy to read and covered every area that was inspected in the home. Very friendly. I highly recommend him.

Mike did an excellent job explaining all the issues of concern. He took the time to answer all the questions we had and shared some very useful tips. He made my husband feel at ease as this was his first experience with the inspection process on the buyer side. I was very impressed by his knowledge on newer and older homes. We would definitely recommend Mike to family and friends. His report was very easy to read and covered every area that was inspected in the home. This guy took the time to explain everything we needed to know and was friendly. I highly recommend him.

Mike did a great job covering all of the potential trouble spots in the home we were purchasing, and found several things that we were able to get fixed by the sellers before they did any damage long-​term. He did a great job explaining how to maintain the systems in the house and gave lots of tips for taking care of the house in general.

You will not regret asking Mike to inspect your home! He was very thorough, explained everything in layman’s terms and answered all of our questions. He provided a great analysis the same day which clearly indicated the red (need to fix asap) flags, yellow flags (important, but not urgent) and green flagged items (things to note). His prices are also very reasonable. We have already recommended him to our friends.

We were extremely impressed with Mike’s inspection. He was very responsive and flexible while scheduling the inspection, arrived early, conducted the inspection professionally, and sent our report and radon test results very promptly. His inspection and report were extremely thorough and helpful; in fact, our realtor (who, as your can imagine, has sat through hundreds of home inspections) said that it was one of the best and most thorough inspections she has ever seen. He answered all of our seemingly endless questions, made the process as easy as possible, and was just generally a pleasure to work with. I can’t recommend him enough!

Mike was incredible! I’ve had inspections before but nothing as thorough as I had with Mike. His presentation was incredible and made it a point to check EVERYTHING, even every single outlet! He explained every nook and cranny and in terms anyone could understand. His knowledge is incredible! He makes himself available if you have any questions/​concerns and can help you with anything. I’d hire him again in a heart beat. If you need an inspection done on a house you are looking to purchase or even on your own home before you sell it, contact Mike!

Mike is TOTALLY kind, considerate & professional! I highly recommend him. Very personable & reliable. Will refer him to any friend who may need a home inspection!