Built by your inspector, not rented

The Coastal Shield Platform

Most inspectors rent the same reporting software and their reports all look alike. Ours is custom‑built, in‑house, for one inspector's standards — and it does things no rented template can. Everything below is from our live sample report; click through and try it yourself.

And to be clear about the order of things: we are a home inspection company first. The platform is not a separate product — it is how your inspection is delivered, and how it keeps caring for your home long after escrow closes.

Interactive property defect map from a Coastal Shield report, showing twelve numbered findings placed on a drawing of the home
See the whole house at a glance

The Property Defect Map

Every material and major finding is placed on a drawing of your home — roof to foundation, garage included. Tap any marker and the report jumps to the full finding, with photos, the trade to call, the repair cost range, and how urgent it is.

No 200‑page data dump. You see where the problems live before you read a single page.

Equipment inventory cards showing a furnace and water heater with brand, model, serial number, age, and expected service life
Water heater manufacturer data plate photographed in the field — serial, capacity, and manufacture date recorded
Every appliance, on the record

Equipment Inventory & Federal Recall Check

We photograph the data plate of every major appliance and system — furnace, water heater, range, dishwasher — and record the brand, model, serial number, age, and expected remaining service life.

Then we check them against the official U.S. CPSC federal recall database. If a unit in your new home has been recalled, it's in your report. We've never met another inspection that does this.

A full finding card from a Coastal Shield report: plain-English condition, required trade, action priority, recommendation, and bottom line
Findings you can actually use

Plain English, Then a Repair List That Builds Itself

Every finding tells you what we saw, why it matters, which trade fixes it, and how urgent it is — ending in a bottom line written the way we'd say it to you on the driveway.

Then the part agents love: tap Add to Repair Request on any finding and the platform assembles a clean, shareable repair list for the negotiation. No retyping findings into an addendum at 9pm.

🎧 Audio WalkthroughYour inspector records a personal audio tour of the findings that matter most — press play at the top of your report.
🌐 Un Informe en EspañolOne tap translates the entire report into Spanish — every finding, every recommendation. Más información →
📄 Instant PDFYour PDF is pre‑built the moment the report is published. One tap in your portal, saved to your device in seconds.
📷 A Complete Photo RecordA typical report carries well over a hundred photographs, each one captioned and tied to its finding.
🧭 A Living ReportReports can grow dated addenda — a unit inspected later, a re‑check after repairs — with the original preserved untouched.
💬 Ask Your InspectorEvery finding has a button that opens a question thread with your inspector — grounded in that exact finding.
🏠 My Home GuideAfter closing, your portal becomes your home's digital property record — systems, manuals, and maintenance rhythm, kept for as long as you own it.
🛡️ Insurance ReadinessA dedicated section flags what a carrier will care about — increasingly important in Santa Barbara County.
🔒 Private, Secure PortalAgreements, payment, messages, and your report live behind a private tokenized link — yours to share, ours to protect.
After the inspection

Your Digital Property Record

Most inspection reports are read twice and never opened again. Ours becomes the permanent record of your home. Everything we documented on inspection day stays live in your portal — and keeps working for you years after escrow closes.

📋 Every system, on fileBrand, model, serial, age, and expected service life for your furnace, water heater, and major appliances — plus their federal recall status.
📸 The full visual historyWell over a hundred captioned photographs and your sewer scope video — the baseline condition of your home, preserved.
🔧 A maintenance rhythmMy Home Guide turns findings into a care schedule — what to watch, when to service, and which trade to call.
📞 An inspector who still answersQuestions months after closing get answered. Contractor recommendations included. That's not a feature we built — that's the person behind the platform.
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