What is included
The exact scope is confirmed before acceptance. Smart Start documents visible, accessible conditions that fall within the selected service and records material limitations when they affect the assignment.
Smart Start Home Inspections
Construction Progress Reports
Reliable property checks and clear photo documentation.
We visit the property, complete the requested work, take the needed photos, and send back organized information you can use.
Service details
Construction Progress Reports
Construction Progress Reports provides current, on-site property information for lenders, insurers, investors, managers, agents, and owners who need documented field results.
What’s Included
- Address and assignment check before the visit
- Requested exterior and/or interior observations
- Current property photos required by the agreed work order
- Occupancy, condition, progress, or completion observations when applicable
What’s Not Included
- Buyer home inspection unless separately ordered
- Appraisal, title opinion, engineering, or code certification
- Guarantee of occupancy, ownership, workmanship, or future condition
What You Receive
- Organized photo-supported field report or work-order response
- Notes on access limitations, visible conditions, and requested checkpoints
Before the Visit
- Provide the complete property address and best access contact
- Make requested areas safely accessible
- Confirm utilities, gates, keys, pets, and occupancy conditions before the visit
Pricing
$225
This is the current local starting or published service price. We confirm the final price and scope before accepting the appointment.
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Send the property address and a short description of what you need. We’ll confirm access, price and appointment options.
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Choose the service, property location, and preferred appointment details. We’ll show the applicable price or quote rule before you submit the request.
Service guide
How Construction Progress Reports fits into a construction or repair project
This service is designed to document visible progress and conditions at a defined point in the project. It does not replace the contractor, architect, engineer, permitting authority, lender draw administrator, or other specialist responsible for design and code compliance.
What you receive
Deliverables are matched to the service: written findings, photographs, verification notes, progress documentation, or other agreed outputs. Current listed pricing for this service starts at $225, subject to property, territory, access, and scope.
When another professional may be needed
If the assignment reveals a condition that requires engineering, trade diagnosis, laboratory testing, code interpretation, legal analysis, appraisal, or insurance adjustment, the appropriate specialist should perform that work.
Service Details & Next Steps
How It Works
- Request the service and property address
- Confirm scope, access, travel and price/quote rule
- Complete the scheduled on-site service
- Receive the applicable report, photos or service record
Pricing
Property-specific quote
Final price follows the published fixed-price rule or the property-specific scope confirmed before acceptance.
Scope & Limits
Work is limited to the agreed service, safely accessible areas and stated deliverables. Destructive testing, repairs, engineering, warranties and guarantees are excluded unless separately agreed.
Related Services
See the full Property Field Services division for related options and packages.
View Related ServicesOngoing Care
Property Watch can keep property condition documentation and care on a recurring schedule where appropriate.
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Travel, route availability and mileage rules depend on the property location.
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Read the Construction Progress Reports Guide
See what the service is designed to evaluate or document, what is included, important limitations, what you receive, how to prepare, and when a specialist or additional service may be appropriate.
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