Employees

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Owner, Ken Harrington, began training in 1965 in Chillicothe, Ohio in retail Plumbing, Electrical, Paint and Hardware.  1980 Director of Home Center, WR Grace, Atlanta Georgia, installed sales, lumber and building materials.  1985-2002, Consolidated Stores / Value City, from Buyer to General Merchandise Manager over tools, hardware, paint, electrical, plumbing and home improvement with overseas travel twice annually.  2002 gained formal inspection training and joined largest Central Ohio home inspection franchise as General Manager. A.S.H.I. certified after passing national home inspection exam, licensed by state of Ohio for  wood destroying insect inspections.  Ken is a Master Mason and belongs to York Lodge in Worthington.

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Jerry Landon recently retired after 33 successful years with ArvinMeritor (Rockwell) Corporation as a production planning supervisor. He recently completed 90 hours of classroom instruction with Inspection Training Associates in Houston, Texas. Jerry currently resides in Utica, Ohio. Jerry brings a lot of specialized training and experience to our home inspection team.

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Paul Updyke has been a home inspector for over 8 yrs. He has completed over 5500 home, termite, commercial, multi unit and other inspections.  Paul belongs to ASHI member # 210430 and is a member of NACHI in good standing. I am license in Ohio to do termite inspections and am qualified to do all certifications as normally required by home inspectors. Paul holds a BA degree from Indiana University of Pa and was a retail manager for over 30 yrs in the home center , lumber yard industry. In that industry he achieved a rep for teaching new associates in building materials, how to install, handling and inspecting claims, reading blueprints, doing blueprint takeoffs, job site inspections, kitchen design and also poses a good background in electrical, plumbing, and heating. Paul views a home inspection as an opportunity to teach the buyer.  

 

 

Our Inspectors

• All inspectors at Kustom Home Inspection are CERTIFIED by A.S.H.I or N.A.H.I, and are therefore required to maintain established professional criteria.
• We offer the client a comfort level warranty for 120 days, and a 96 page owners manual on how to operate their home, free of charge.
• Kustom Home Inspection  carries E&O Insurance that  includes an endorsement for brokers and real estate agents (at no expense to the agent).
• We use an electronically generated reporting system complete with digital photos.
• We not only do home inspections, we are certified / licensed to perform mold, gas, termite, well, septic, radon, environmental and structural engineering.