Adult Care Home Pre-Purchase Inspection Assessment

Buy with confidence.* An adult care home is not your standard residential home. It is a business in your home and with that comes State, county and local government regulation. Our ACH Pre-Purchase Inspection Assessment is a highly-specialized service that is beyond the scope of your home inspector. This is not a home inspection but a specialized assessment and professional recommendation for feasibility for use as an adult care home.  

Your house is one of the largest investments you'll make. Benefit from our expertise and combined 30+ years of experience in adult foster home requirements and regulation, construction techniques, and building inspection experience and knowledge of building code requirements. Inspection-consultations are conducted in partnership with our sister business, Care Construction NW. ​

​We strongly encourage anyone looking to purchase a home to convert to an adult foster home or even a home that was an existing adult foster home to get a pre-purchase assessment before you close on a house.

• Important information: Licensing is cracking down on unpermitted work in adult foster homes, which has been very common over the last couple of decades. Common issues we are seeing include unpermitted bedrooms and licensing not licensing a home due to unpermitted bedrooms. A pre-purchase inspection can potentially save you a huge headache, a lot of time, and could literally save you tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars!​

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Adult Care Home Pre-Purchase Inspection Assessment
This service takes 2-3 days and includes:

• Inspection of the home to both to determine and document if there was work done on the house, and to determine if it's a good fit to be converted into an adult foster home based on layout and adult foster home requirements. Plan around 2-4 hours for the inspection;​
• Livability and safety assessment to determine options for livability for residents and the live-in provider, and also identifying any possible fire and life safety issues;
• Permit history verification to determine if any work was possibly done without permit based on the findings of the inspection. This may include us pulling permit history, communicating with the local building department and checking the County assessor's office;​ and
• Professional Recommendation and report based on adult foster care home requirements, building code, and remodeling options to let you know if there are significant red flags or if we recommend the home as a good candidate for an adult foster care home.

Note: It's important to schedule this service at the same time you have your home inspection and schedule early. 

​Price: $800 - $1,800 depending on the size of the house and location (complete the form below, and we will follow up with you by the next business day)
Remote inspections available for areas outside the Portland Metro area. Contact us for details and price. ​

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*For individuals looking to purchase a home and become the licensee. Service is not available for leased homes, eff. 10/13/20 and service is not available for investors or landlords.  

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Interested in this service?

Complete the pre-purchase inspection assessment service inquiry form

 

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In March 2019, I was in the process of buying a second home and I asked Alyssa to come and inspect the home before purchasing. She was readily available and came with a measuring tape with a mind of a licensor. She inspected every area of the home and her insight encouraged me to purchase my second home. I highly recommend services that Alyssa offers through her consulting firm. She is respectful, professional, a good listener and very educational. 

Ron W.

Licensee

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Washington County

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Alyssa is great at what she is doing. Always well informed, she keeps up with the newest rules and regs. Articulate, well organized and really interested in her clients' long term success, she is an asset to your business.

Joana Olaru, MBA

Owner, Alpine House

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Washington County

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Working with Alyssa is very beneficial to individuals who would like to start a care home. It helps seeing her first because she has so much information and ways to help, including with the paperwork. I’m happy I had the opportunity to find someone to go over my application before I submitted it to DHS. It was very helpful.

Even with having a home before, having Alyssa look over my [initial] application and do a mock inspection of the home made it a lot easier for me to be prepared for the State licensing inspection. Also, it makes it easier for the licensor and makes the process faster. I was able to get my license in less than four weeks. I really recommend Alyssa, especially for new providers.  

Meko T. 

Licensee

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Washington County

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