About Us

NPI Guilford

Serving Greensboro, High Point, Archdale, Summerfield, Brown's Summit, Gibsonville and Surrounding Areas

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Tim Shuford

Owner
NC Lic. #3384
336-823-6605
tim@npiguilford.com

Serving locally since 2014, National Property Inspections Guilford is the first name in home and commercial property inspections. Our professionally trained inspectors have years of experience identifying the condition of hundreds of your home’s most vital systems. With fast turnaround, comprehensive, easy-to-understand reports and friendly service, our team is here to answer all of your questions any time in the inspection process.

Owner Tim Shuford received his electrical engineering degree from UNC-Charlotte in 1982, going on to spend 32 years with the local electric utility in a supervisory role. In mid-2014, he “retired” from the utility industry and opened his National Property Inspections franchise in Guilford County. Tim is an avid DIY-er and woodworker. He has been involved in various aspects of construction and property maintenance for most of his life, including working alongside his grandfather, a carpenter and cabinetmaker, and his uncle, an HVAC specialist. Property inspection is the perfect fit for his education, experience, expertise and interests.

At NPI Guilford, our goal is simple—to give you the information you need when you need it, so you can make the right decision with your investment. Whether you’re buying your family’s new home or renting a commercial building for your growing business, we'll give you peace of mind.

Our office is a locally owned franchise, part of the NPI organization of nearly 300 inspectors. Every inspection is different. All NPI inspectors have access to technical support seven days a week. This means questions are answered in a timely manner, which means you receive complete results when you need them.

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Our Projects

Check out a few of NPI Guilford's most interesting projects.
Our practices exceed industry-accepted standards.
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Commercial Building Inspection

This 46,000 square foot property was built in 1953 and originally served as the High Point Public Library. For the past 25 years, it has housed a portion of the High Point Furniture Market, the world’s largest furniture tradeshow. The primary use of the building is to house the furniture market twice a year, and the building is uninhabited by people the majority of the time. This presented certain inspection challenges, like evaluating the adequacy of roof-mounted HVAC units, finding thermostats and locating electrical panels obscured by furnishings. One thermostat was even discovered behind a piece of 3D art work!

A unique feature of this building is its basement. A portion of the basement is located under the rear driveway and previously used parking lot, and water intrusion was an ongoing issue. Also, one 30-ton HVAC unit could not be tested at the time of inspection due to a copper thief who had taken a portion of the refrigerant line.

As a bonus to our client, the library located a few historical photographs of the exterior and interior of the building from when it served as the public library. We included them with our inspection report to commemorate the buyer becoming an important part of local history.

Residential Draw Inspection

A local contractor was building a spec home that required a series of draw inspections for the lender. Nothing stood out about the 1,600 square foot home itself, but its construction went more slowly than usual and it had not been completed at the time of the last inspection. We performed 18 draw inspections on the property over a 12-month period, and on several of these inspections, there had been little to no progress made. At one point, the builder even provided a photograph of work that was completed on a different house. According to the lender, 18 draw inspections matched their “world record.”

Residential Inspection

This 105-year-old, 3,100 square foot home was first constructed as a grist mill. Over the years, the original structure was added on to, with a portion of the building serving as a general store and a post office for a period of time. Although most of the mill equipment had been removed and what remained was dilapidated, much of the structure’s original character stayed intact. The property is situated on a quiet, nine-acre parcel, which includes a horseshoe bend in the river, plus the dam and pond constructed to power the original grist mill.

Our clients planned to purchase the property for use as a vacation home, and they certainly landed a beautiful and relaxing setting. They were so pleased with our inspection report that a year later, they requested that we travel beyond our usual territory to inspect a home they were planning to purchase as a primary residence. We gladly obliged!