Method of home inspection business including indoor air quality assessment
First Claim
1. A method of doing business by a home inspection service provider comprising the steps of:
- a) identifying a customer who has already committed to paying for a home inspection by the service provider, which home inspection is limited to a visual inspection of a building of interest to the customer as to determine the physical condition of the building and functioning of its associated major appliances and equipment;
b) continuing contact with the customer to provide an expanded sales-point time frame for educating the customer in respect of available indoor air quality inspection and assessment services and benefits thereof provided by the service provider and the risks attendant in ignoring indoor air quality;
c) educating the customer in the expanded sales-point time frame in respect of available indoor air quality inspection and assessment services and benefits thereof provided by the service provider, the risks attendant in ignoring indoor air quality, and the cost-effectiveness of having a home inspection and indoor air quality inspection and assessment done contemporaneously;
d) providing the customer with the choice of having an indoor air quality inspection and assessment conducted by the service provider contemporaneously with the home inspection of the building of interest;
e) recording the customer'"'"'s preference; and
, f) performing the home inspection and, if in accordance with the customer'"'"'s preference, also performing, contemporaneously with the home inspection, an indoor air quality inspection and assessment of the building of interest, whereby the source provider may charge a nominal sum acceptable to many purchasers of homes that otherwise would have been too expensive for those purchasers to consider.
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Abstract
A method of conducting a home inspection business may be characterized as including the steps of offering to a customer a first inspection service limited to visual inspection of tangible attributes of a building; offering to the same customer a second inspection service including at least visual inspection for physical sources of non-tangible air-borne contaminants and toxins in the building; providing the first inspection service; and, providing the second inspection service contemporaneously in the building with the first inspection service at a cost effective price value that otherwise would be beyond the means of an average purchaser.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of doing business by a home inspection service provider comprising the steps of:
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a) identifying a customer who has already committed to paying for a home inspection by the service provider, which home inspection is limited to a visual inspection of a building of interest to the customer as to determine the physical condition of the building and functioning of its associated major appliances and equipment;
b) continuing contact with the customer to provide an expanded sales-point time frame for educating the customer in respect of available indoor air quality inspection and assessment services and benefits thereof provided by the service provider and the risks attendant in ignoring indoor air quality;
c) educating the customer in the expanded sales-point time frame in respect of available indoor air quality inspection and assessment services and benefits thereof provided by the service provider, the risks attendant in ignoring indoor air quality, and the cost-effectiveness of having a home inspection and indoor air quality inspection and assessment done contemporaneously;
d) providing the customer with the choice of having an indoor air quality inspection and assessment conducted by the service provider contemporaneously with the home inspection of the building of interest;
e) recording the customer'"'"'s preference; and
,f) performing the home inspection and, if in accordance with the customer'"'"'s preference, also performing, contemporaneously with the home inspection, an indoor air quality inspection and assessment of the building of interest, whereby the source provider may charge a nominal sum acceptable to many purchasers of homes that otherwise would have been too expensive for those purchasers to consider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11)
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5. A method of conducting a home inspection business comprising the steps of:
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a) offering to a customer a first inspection service limited to visual inspection of tangible attributes of a building;
b) offering to the same customer a second inspection service including at least visual inspection for physical sources of non-tangible air-borne contaminants in the building;
c) providing the first inspection service; and
,d) providing the second inspection service contemporaneously in the building with the first inspection service. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14)
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