What is ASHI?
Since 1976, ASHI has worked to build consumer awareness of home inspection and to enhance the professionalism of its membership. The ASHI Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics serves as a performance guideline for home inspectors, and is universally recognized and accepted by many professional and governmental bodies.
ASHI is an acronym for the American Society of Home Inspectors. Our company president was a long-standing member of ASHI until the State of Massachusetts adopted more stringent Standards of Practice in 2001. Because the Massachusetts standards actually exceed ASHI’s, the Building Inspector of America is no longer affiliated with ASHI.
In 1976, a group of visionary home inspectors established the American Society of Home Inspectors, a not-for-profit membership organization. Their goal was to build consumer awareness of home inspection and to enhance professionalism by developing high Standards of Practice and a Code of Ethics. Today, ASHI is the largest and most respected professional association for home inspectors in North America, with more than 5500 members. ASHI’s Standards of Practice, covering all of a home’s major systems, are specifically noted in state and federal legislation and recognized by consumers as the definitive standard for professional home inspection. For More Information Contact: Aaron’s Home Inspections Aaron D. Miller, CEI, CMI, CRI, RCI Residential Construction Consultant 7401 Vineyard Trail Garland, TX 75044-2144 USA Phone: 214-616-0112 Fax: 972-675-6371 info@aaronsinspections.
The American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) is America’s oldest and leading non-profit professional association for independent home inspectors. Since its formation in 1976, ASHI’s Standards of Practice have served as the home inspector’s performance guideline, universally recognized and accepted by professional and government authorities alike. Copies of the Standards are available free from ASHI. ASHI’s professional Code of Ethics prohibits Members from engaging in conflict of interest activities which might compromise their objectivity. This is the consumer’s assurance that the inspector will not, for example, use the inspection to solicit or refer repair work. In order to assist home inspectors in furthering their education, ASHI sponsors a number of technical seminars and workshops throughout the year, often in cooperation with one of its nearly 50 Chapters. ASHI also serves as a public interest group by providing accurate and helpful consumer information to home buyers on home
