Tualatin is unlike most cities in the Portland metro. The river doesn't just run near it, it runs through it. The floodplain shapes the drainage conditions for entire neighborhoods. Clay soils throughout the Tualatin Valley swell when wet and shrink when dry, which puts steady pressure on foundations, retaining walls, and crawlspace vapor barriers year after year. And the city straddles two county lines, putting it in reach of dual radon zone exposure that most buyers don't know about until someone tells them.
Not only do I have 10 years of inspector experience, I have also worked as a Contractor for 12. My specialty is difficult and high-end framing jobs, but I have replaced roofs, built, painted, and installed cabinets, ran wiring, poured concrete, waterproofed showers, set tile, replaced siding and windows, installed drywall, and set doors. That background is what lets me read a home the way a builder does, and spot what they got wrong.
When I walk a 1980s ranch in the Tualatin Commons area, I already know to check under the kitchen sink for the gray plastic fittings that indicate polybutylene plumbing. When I drop into the crawlspace of a 1970s home near the river corridor, I know what 50 years of seasonal moisture does to a vapor barrier that was never replaced. These aren't things you learn from a checklist. They come from doing this work long enough that Tualatin homes stop surprising you.
I hold Certified Master Inspector® certification (top 3% of the industry), Oregon OCHI license #1898, and Washington DOL license #1856. Every inspection includes free thermal imaging.
