What Tallahassee is saying about Larry Cerro

It was the best money I’ve ever spent. I will never buy a house without having Mr. Cerro’s inspection. Thank you!

As I believe I told you the day of our inspection, you came highly recommended to us by your customers Elaine and Skip Ashley. Beyond that, everyone to whom we mentioned your name gave an overwhelmingly positive response – we heard "extremely thorough," "very educational," and "best in the business" quite a bit! Our buyer’s agent and broker also spoke highly of your work.

Even with such high expectations, Owen and I were thoroughly impressed with your knowledge, attitude, and ability and willingness to teach. You have surpassed your goal of making the home inspection educational; we felt completely informed – like the house holds no surprises. Although there are some problem areas, we understand their etiology, and are thus far more confident in proceeding with the purchase.

Please feel free to give my name and work number to those customers who request references.

Attention people of Tallahassee:

Larry Cerro does a great job – he’s saved me (us) money & increases our knowledge. Yes, he is a national treasure. Well, at least a Leon County treasure anyway.

We have only praise for Mr. Cerro’s inspecting skills and assessments. Good job!

After inspecting the house along with Larry, we felt that we had a perfect understanding of how the house worked, its strengths and weaknesses. We believe that Larry’s inspection was truly objective and accurate; moreover, the communication between Larry and us was perfect, direct, and clear. Larry has great communication skills. His explanations always made sense, and we always understood him. We recommend Larry without reservation.

After your inspection of the house I’m renting and want to buy, I understood more about the structure, the problems, and the price I wanted to offer the owner. I also knew which items needed immediate repair so that I could acquire a loan.

I can’t imagine buying or selling a home without a Larry Cerro inspection!

To have an inspection performed by someone who is knowledgeable of all aspects of homes and takes the time to explain such items is rare. Larry does just this and then some. The knowledge that was transferred during the inspection was a blessing. Thank you!!

Feel free to use us as a reference anytime. We will try to remember to notify you when we move. It will probably be sometime late next summer. PS. My wife was impressed with your report – and she is a full Colonel in the Air Force. Thanks again.

Larry, I found your visit to be most professional and educational. Please don’t hesitate to use me as a reference in the future.

Larry: We are moved in – thanks for your service. You can call me anytime to act as a reference for your service. I was really impressed and satisfied.

Larry,

Thank you very much for your inspection of the house I want to buy at 1176 Old Fort Drive. I am very impressed by your thoroughness & commitment toward providing the best service possible. I will not hesitate to recommend your service to anyone I know. Also, thank you for making Mr. Drake feel good about his house which I think meant a lot to him. Thank you again – I wish you would reconsider your rule about not working on homes you inspect?

Kerri Ann Huckshaw

Larry,

I want to thank you for the detailed inspection of the home we are about to buy. Your knowledge of home construction, maintenance, local issues, etc. impressed me. This increased understanding of the home will help in negotiating closing considerations and save us many dollars.

You can have people call me for a reference or use this letter as you wish. Our number will be in the book.

Mr. Cerro,

I would like to thank you for coming out and performing the inspection on my future house.

The detail that you put into all areas was outstanding. The areas that concerned me most were the exterior roof and the attic space. You removed any concerns I had.

The way that you were able to look at certain areas, such as some exterior siding, ceiling sheetrock that had been repaired and then discover conditions exactly as you predicted greatly put me as ease with your expertise.

Your explanation of the inspection procedure and areas that required repair or why they did not was fantastic. I came away with a knowledge of home construction that I never knew about. It was extremely fascinating to watch you perform your job.

I feel that the knowledge I received, the material you presented me and the overall inspection was well worth the money. Your rates are reasonable for a job well done.

You are a credit to your profession and I would highly recommend you to anyone who is considering buying a house and thinking of getting a home inspection.

Not only was our knowledge of the house we are buying enhanced, but we saved several thousand dollars in costs by making the seller aware, thus it became part of the negotiating process.

Larry,

I was very impressed by your knowledge of your job and by your thoroughness. Thank you for spending so much time with me explaining things. Thank you also for the generous discount.

I wanted to share with you that the people at All Florida Insulation claim that in a tropical climate such as we have in Florida, the insulation under a house is hung paper side out! This might be helpful to you late on.

Dear Mr. Cerro:

This is just a note to thank you once again for applying your expertise in the inspection of a house I am planning to buy. I was very pleased with the first house inspection you performed for me several years ago, and equally pleased with the inspection you performed last week.

On both occasions, I was especially impressed by your professional knowledge, by your attention to detail, and by your clear description and explanation of what you found during the inspections. Whenever I decide to buy another house, you can be sure I will call you and have you inspect it before I close on it.

Larry Cerro was extremely thorough in his inspection of our new home. We felt confident with our new purchase.

Larry was wonderful. He explained everything and had no problem explaining twice and in layman’s terms if we didn’t understand. He also put us at ease by his friendly demeanor.

Larry you did a great job explaining things to me about the house and definitely helped put me more at ease about the house. I would recommend you to anyone purchasing a home.

Thanks very much for inspecting our house to thoroughly on March 3. Since your visit, our builder has seen the damage caused by the flashing problems you noted and has agreed to take care of it. While he was not as concerned about areas he felt they’d adequately caulked (specifically those that did not have kickout flashing), he has agreed to take care of the major damage to the front of the house.

One thing is clear to us – having your inspection report to present to our builder made the job of breaking the news much easier. It was just the backbone we needed. The best part is that it made our case for us. We didn’t have to say much of anything! He even thanked us for his copy of your addendum, suggesting it would make filing his insurance claim a lot easier.