Santa Barbara’s Home Inspector with 15+ Years of Journeyman Trade Experience

With 15 years in the Santa Barbara construction trades and experience directing maintenance for over 2,000 local properties, I provide field-tested judgment that a typical home inspector cannot match. As an InterNACHI-certified home inspector, my hands-on knowledge of our local building stock ensures you receive a clear, unbiased report to move forward with confidence.

My goal is to make the complex simple, delivering an easy-to-understand report with prioritized findings—Safety, Major, or Maintenance—that give you and your agent a clear path through Santa Barbara's competitive escrow process.

My expertise is specific to the challenges of Santa Barbara homes. From the effects of salt air on Mesa properties and hillside drainage issues in the Riviera, to the nuances of historic adobes and the older sewer laterals common throughout our city, my evaluations are exceptionally thorough. I use modern tools like thermal imaging to uncover what others miss, offering vital add-ons like mold testing and sewer scopes tailored to local conditions.

When you hire Coastal Shield, you're not just getting a checklist. You're getting unrivaled insight into your Santa Barbara property from an inspector dedicated to serving our communities in Santa Barbara, Goleta, Carpinteria, and Montecito.