Home Inspectors Trained in Problems with Homes in Earthquakes
Are you in the process of buying a home? Trained home inspectors can often do more than merely check to see, for example, if there are no plumbing leaks!

The following home inspectors have completed training for the seismic retrofit of wood-frame homes, conducted by ABAG and ASHI (the American Society of Home Inspectors) using materials prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

They will recommend that you contact a contractor, engineer, or other design professional if they see a possible structural problem with your home.


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East Bay Area

Alan Block
Inspector/General Contractor
2118 Woolsey
Berkeley, CA 94705
Phone - (510) 549-0701
E-Mail - AB94705@aol.com

Matt Cantor
Cantor Inspections
Golden Gate American Society of Home Inspectiors
1105 High Ct., Berkeley, CA 94708
Phone - (510) 524-9780
E-Mail - mgcantor@pacbell.net

Donald Clausing
All About Homes, Inc.
24326 Mission Blvd., #7
Hayward, CA 94544
Phone - (510) 537-6000
E-Mail - allabouthomes@comcast.com

Martin Coyle
Golden Gate ASHI
5221 James Ave.
Oakland, CA 94618
Phone - (510) 655-8717
E-Mail - CHRMC@aol.com

John Fryer
Fryer Consulting
6114 LaSalle Ave. #282
Oakland, CA 94611
Phone - (510) 261-1990
Fax - (510) 540-5203
E-Mail - johnfryer@yahoo.com

Gordon Goldman
Sentinel Inspection Services
10090 Foxboro Circle
San Ramon, CA 94583
Phone - (925) 803-4018
E-Mail - gsgoldman@comcast.net

John McComas
John McComas Building Inspection Service
1563 Solano Ave., #466
Berkeley, CA 94707
Phone - (510) 525-7173
E-Mail - info@jmcinspections.com

Roger Robinson
Star Inspection Group
1433 Leimert Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94602
Phone - (510) 482-8016
E-Mail - Roger@stargroup.com

John Schneider
All About Homes, Inc.
24326 Mission Blvd., #7
Hayward, CA 94544
Phone - (510) 537-6000
E-Mail - allabouthomes@comcast.com

Mark Van Buskirk
Bay Area Inspection Services
P.O. Box 23852
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Phone - (925) 934-1499
E-Mail - mevanb_inspect@msn.com

David Venable
Homewise Inspections, Inc.
490 Canyon Oaks Dr. #E
Oakland, CA 94605
Phone - (510) 562-8443
E-Mail - david.venable@sbcglobal.net

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North Bay Area

Lawrence Hoytt
Hoytt Inspection Services, Inc.
1920 Indian Valley Road
Novato, CA 94947
Phone - (415) 897-9517
E-Mail - larry@hoyttinspect.com

Dermot O'Kelly
HouseRight Home Inspection
P.O. Box 2148
Vacaville, CA 95696
Phone - (707) 422-4687
E-Mail - derhouse@aol.com



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San Francisco and Peninsula

Jeffrey Ferguson
Jeffrey Ferguson, Inc.
920 Palo Alto Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone - (650) 853-1139
E-Mail - none

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South Bay Area

Bill Ellis
Eagle Inspection Group
5470 Lauren Drive
San Jose, CA 95124
Phone - (408) 264-0188
E-Mail - 2beaneagle2@comcast.net

David Gibson
Home Inspector - ASHI/CREIA
GlenCo Property Inspections
1045 Leona Court
San Jose, CA 95125-2245
Phone - (408) 293-0443
E-Mail - glencoinspection@mindspring.com

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Others in Northern California

John Kunz
Universal Inspectors
P.O. Box 2424
Hollister, CA 95024
(Serving Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz
and southern Santa Clara counties)
Phone - (831)636-3444
E-Mail - office@universalinspections.com

Martin Crackel
American Property Inspection
P.O. Box 3408
Salinas, CA 93912
(Serving Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz
and southern Santa Clara counties)
Phone - (831)444-8777
E-Mail - MartinWC@webtv.net


ABAG, the Association of Bay Area Governments, is the regional planning and services agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.

This page was last updated 4/26/06 by jbp.