About Us
YOUR PEACE OF MIND IS WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR. YOU, OUR CLIENT, ARE OUR FIRST PRIORITY
Experience Counts. Effort Counts
We spend more time and inspect more thoroughly than the competition, so choose Steve Smallman Property Inspections
Our Promise to You: Choosing the best home inspector can be a confusing and hard decision. But we promise that our home inspectors will treat your potential new home as if we were going to buy it and give you the very best insights. We want you to have excellent peace of mind with your new purchase. If you will trust us to represent your best interest, we will be diligent and take pride in producing a very thorough inspection and understandable report. Upon delivery of our inspection report to you, if you feel that you did not receive a thorough and comprehensive report, just ask and we will give you a refund. This is our SSPI promise to you. If you feel we did give you your money’s worth and more, please refer our company and services to your friends or relatives.
When we opened the first inspection service in Raleigh in 1980, virtually no one had even heard of a home inspection or commercial building inspection. Today, almost every purchase includes an inspection, and we are proud to have been part of introducing this valuable service to the area. Our team of five licensed inspectors has performed more inspections – over 35,000 – and we have been in business longer than anyone else in North Carolina. When inspectors became licensed in the early 1990’s then-Governor Jim Hunt appointed Steve Smallman to the first NC Home Inspector Licensure Board, and during 7 years of service on that Board Steve helped write the Standards of Practice for NC inspectors, and write the Inspector Examination that all prospective inspectors must pass to be licensed.
No matter how many inspections we’ve done, we never forget:
The most important inspection is the one we do for you!
Meet Our Team:
STEVE SMALLMAN
Lead inspector and company owner Steve Smallman was the first full-time, ASHI-certified home inspector in the Triangle, beginning in 1980. He was a member and past-chairman of the N.C. Home Inspector Licensure Board and was instrumental in the licensing of home inspectors. He chaired the committees that established the state-mandated Standards of Practice, and the home inspector Licensure Examination.
BILL MORRIS
Bill was inspecting homes in North Carolina before there was a home inspection industry, then spent over 20 years as a home builder. He too is qualified to perform termite inspections and radon gas tests.
MIKE THORNE
Mike has 20 years of experience as a home builder, remodeler, developer, and home inspector. His hand-on building experience brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the home inspection, and he is also qualified to do termite inspections and radon gas testing.
JOEL HOBBY, PE.
Joel is a registered professional engineer as well as a licensed home inspector, bringing over 40 years of commercial and residential experience to the profession.
GARY SUTTON
Gary is now in his 17th year as a full-time home inspector, and until he joined SSPI he served as Area Manager, supervising a team of eight home inspectors, for the Triangle division of a large national inspection company. Gary has performed or supervised over 9,000 home inspections.
WALT COOPER
After a successful 40-year career as a licensed pest control operator, Walt joined us and brings his expertise about houses and construction as well as wood-destroying insects.
Our Home Inspectors
Does your HOA need to know more about the physical condition of its properties? Call on us! Our team can handle your new or existing development.
Recent inspection services include:
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SPECIALIZED INSPECTIONS
Steve Smallman Property Inspections, LLC is pleased to offer these specialized inspection services to our customers.
