Home Inspector in Sandy, Oregon

Pearl Inspection Services inspects homes throughout Sandy and the Mount Hood corridor — and we're based in Damascus, twenty minutes down Highway 26, not across the metro. Sandy's mix of older in-town homes, new subdivisions, and rural properties toward the mountain calls for an inspector who's seen all three. Oregon CCB #248483 · OCHI #2726.

Call (503) 489-7474 or book online in two minutes.

Sandy Homes Live in Different Weather

At around 1,000 feet, Sandy gets real winters — more rain than Portland, actual snow most years, and freeze-thaw cycles the rest of the metro mostly skips. Houses here wear differently, and we inspect for it:

• Roofs under snow load and moss — composition roofs age faster on this side of the metro. We walk them when it's safe and fly our FAA-licensed drone when it isn't.

• Gutters, drainage, and grading — Sandy's rainfall punishes any house that sheds water badly. Foundation-side moisture is one of our most common findings here.

• Wood stoves and supplemental heat — common in Sandy. We visually inspect what's readily accessible and flag anything that warrants a chimney or hearth specialist's closer look.

• Crawl space moisture — wetter climate, same story: we enter crawl spaces whenever they're safely accessible rather than photographing them from the hatch, because winter tells the truth down there.

• Wells and water testing toward the mountain — properties outside city limits are often on private wells. Oregon law (ORS 448.271) requires testing at sale; we can collect the sample during the inspection and coordinate the certified lab analysis.

• Radon — levels vary house to house across Clackamas County. A 48-hour monitored test with the inspection settles the question for your house.

Old Core, New Edges

Sandy is really two housing markets: the older homes near downtown, with the wiring, plumbing, and sewer laterals of their eras, and the newer subdivisions on the edges of town, where the findings are construction shortcuts instead of aging systems. New homes have defects too — different ones, and a builder's one-year warranty is only useful if someone documents the problems before it expires. We inspect both, and we'll tell you honestly which list is longer.

The Education-First Inspection

Plan for 3-5 hours: we inspect thoroughly, and we like to explain the house — what's fine, what needs attention, and what winter at 1,000 feet will do to it. You'll get a clear, photo-rich report within 24 hours, usually same-day.

Serving Sandy and the Mountain Corridor

Sandy, Boring, Kelso, Cherryville, Estacada, Eagle Creek, and up the mountain through Brightwood, Welches, and Rhododendron. If it's on the way to Mount Hood, we inspect there.

Ready to schedule? Book online or call (503) 489-7474.