When inspection day surprises everyone.

Inspector found a stain line. Buyer is rattled.

Almost every basement in a Twin Cities house older than 1990 has some evidence of moisture. The question is not whether it has happened, the question is what to do about it before this deal falls apart.

You know the situation. Closing is two weeks out. The buyer's inspector flags efflorescence at the base of the foundation wall. The seller's agent calls three contractors, two never call back, the one that does shows up four days later with a $25,000 quote and a sales pitch. The buyer panics. The deal is on the rocks over a $5,000 fix.

This is the work we are set up to do quickly and without drama. Honest diagnosis of what is actually there, a realistic quote, and a written warranty the new owner can rely on. Most of the time the actual fix is much smaller than the panic suggests.

Find it before the buyer's inspector does.

Inspections we do for sellers preparing to list:

• Walk the basement perimeter, look at every wall and the floor-to-wall joint
• Check the sump pump, the discharge line, the backup battery if there is one
• Walk the exterior, look at grade, downspouts, and surface drainage
• Document with timestamped photos via CompanyCam
• Provide a written summary the seller can hand to their listing agent
• If a fix is recommended, give a written quote the seller can attach to disclosures

If we find nothing concerning, you get that documented too. A clean inspection report from a licensed waterproofing contractor is a useful disclosure in its own right.

Quote turnaround built for your timeline.

When a deal is in inspection or response-to-inspection, the clock is the most important variable. Our standard for transaction-stage work:

• 48 hours from call to on-site inspection. Often same week. We carve out a slot for in-transaction work.
• 24 hours from inspection to written quote. Itemized, signed, ready to attach to a negotiation.
• Realistic scope. We will tell you when a fix is smaller than the buyer thinks, and we will tell you when it is bigger. Either way, no inflated numbers to scare buyers off.
• Install scheduling that fits closing. Most interior drain tile and sump installs take 2 to 4 days. We can schedule before closing in many cases.

$250 assessment fee on any home in a sale phase.

Here is the honest version. A waterproofing inspection during a real estate transaction is often used to set a credit, lower a price, or move the seller off a position. That is fair, that is the buyer's leverage, and we respect it. But it means the inspection has value to the agent and the client even when WPNE never sees the install. The $250 reflects that.

What the fee covers:

• On-site inspection by a WPNE crew lead, typically 45 to 60 minutes
• Diagnostic walk of the basement, sump, discharge, exterior grade, downspouts
• Written summary the agent or seller can hand to their inspector, buyer, or attorney
• Itemized written quote if remediation is recommended
• Timestamped CompanyCam photo documentation

$250 comes off the top of the project if we do the work. If we do not, you have a real diagnostic from a licensed contractor for the cost of a typical home inspection add-on.

The fee applies any time the home is in a sale phase: preparing to list, actively listed, under contract, or in the inspection / response-to-inspection window. Standard free inspections still apply to owner-occupants who are not preparing to sell.

A lifetime warranty that closes with the house.

Buyers worry about basement work because they cannot tell whether the previous owner fixed it right. A transferable warranty answers that question in writing. If the work fails in the area we treated, we come back and fix it, and that promise belongs to whoever owns the house.

For listing agents: a clean inspection plus a transferable warranty is something to put in the marketing. For buyer's agents: it is something to negotiate the seller into providing.

Read the warranty document.

What this costs you and your client.

• Assessment fee, any home in a sale phase: $250 flat. Includes the inspection, written summary, and written quote. Refundable against the project if we do the work.
• Standard owner-occupant inspection: Free, when the home is not for sale and not in transaction.
• Install: Most jobs run $5,000 to $15,000. Run the pricing estimator for a ballpark.

You and your client decide what to do with the information. We are not going to push a fix that does not need to happen, and we are not going to lowball a quote to win a deal that should not be done at that price.