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InspectHomes is one of metro Louisville, KY's leading home inspection companies.  It has been in business longer than home inspectors have been licensed in Kentucky.  InspectHomes reports stand out for dozens of reasons, from thoroughness and care to color photos beside each comment.  InspectHomes delivers emailed (or hardcopy) inspection reports with details about the systems and components of your home.

All home inspectors are licensed in Kentucky. The licensing rules set out the basic bare minimums for every home inspection, and every home inspection report. The real question is how much more you get.

InspectHomes is the “Gold Standard” in home inspections. That’s as good as it gets in home inspecting. You know we will not be the only home inspectors to tell you we’re good. We also know there is more than one good home inspector in the world.  The "Gold Standard" means your InspectHomes inspection and report is as good as it gets.

You can schedule a home inspection right now. You can schedule your home inspection any day of the week. If time is tight, you can schedule a home inspection for the same day you call, on most days.

In 24 hours, you’ll have the “Gold Standard” home inspection report in your hands – and on your computer, if you like. InspectHomes4U reports can be e-mailed anywhere.

It’s not just an inspection, and not just a report. It’s the service. An inspector can be there soon after you call. After you get your inspection report, you also get the staff of InspectHomes4U at your disposal. We’re here to help. There will be real people answering the phone, people who have serious home inspection backgrounds, anytime you need us – right up to the closing. And we offer online advisories on many key topics that you can download for free anytime.

Radon Indoor Air Testing Too. InspectHomes is the only Kentucky home inspection company with its own NRSB (“National Radon Safety Board”) accredited laboratory – so you get fast radon test results. Period. Reports also are available by e-mail as well as good ol’ “hardcopy.”

An InspectHomes inspector will never recommend you buy something from us to fix or repair anything found at your home. For that reason, an InspectHomes inspector will report termite damage seen during the inspection, but never offer to sell you repairs, or a treatment. 

　　　　　　　　
Lorri C. Keeney                  
BIOGRAPHICAL  BACKGROUND                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Lorri Keeney is the owner and President of InspectHomes4U and Professional Learning Institute4U, LLC (PLI) headquartered in Louisville, KY. In 2006, PLI was the first home inspector pre-license educational provider approved by the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors (KBHI) after the KBHI was formed, earning Provide # KBHI P-1001. PLI also provides continuing education (CE) courses and seminar classes. PLI, its courses, and its instructors are approved by the Kentucky Board for Proprietary Education (BPE), #R-0403. BPE approval allowed PLI to expand course offerings beyond home inspectors to the full range of housing and building courses. PLI pre-license and CE classes also are approved by the State of Tennessee. All three major national home inspector associations also approved PLI class credits and instructors for their own CE requirements.

PLI is approved for government tuition grants for students, such as VA, disability, GI bill, etc. PLI further participates in "private-public partnerships" to educate first-time home buyers, and to meet various lending and loan guarantee requirements, such as classes provided by the Housing Partnership, a home loan counseling agency.

Lorri Keeney is a state approved instructor to teach a number of home inspection courses, including business standards, business communication, business start-up practices, report writing, and more.

She owns an allied business, InspectHomes4U, LLC, a Louisville home inspection company, with a Better Business Bureau A + rating. She and InspectHomes4U also own a National Radon Safety Board (NRSB) accredited Radon Laboratory (NRSB #ARL 5002).

Born in Connecticut, she was the founder and former President of USHIA (the "United States Home Inspection Academy"), one of the first training academies for home inspectors accredited in Connecticut and Massachusetts. 

Lorri co-founded Homechek, a home inspection company there best known as "ProChek." It became Connecticut's largest home inspection service at the time, with about 90 local home inspectors and about 1,200 nation-wide, at its peak. She sold both USHIA and ProChek when she moved to Kentucky. 

Lorri also co-hosted a weekly radio talk show on home inspection broadcast by Clear Channel Communications in Louisville.

She is a graduate of Western Connecticut State University. Lorri was certified to teach in Connecticut and in 1975 she taught school for three years in Coonabarabran, NSW Australia.

She is a member of the Home Builders of Louisville, the Greater Louisville Association of Realtors, SMABA St. Matthews Area Business Association, Greater Louisville Business Network Institute, and the Association of the Louisville Orchestra.

Steven H. Keeney
BIOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND

Steven H. Keeney, 61, is Dean of Louisville-based Professional Learning Institute4U (“PLI”), Kentucky’s first state approved Provider for home inspector pre-licensing training and Continuing Education (“CE”). Steve was the first instructor approved by Kentucky. Since the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors (“KBHI”) first approved home inspector instructors in 2006, Mr. Keeney has taught home inspection standards of practice, report writing, inspection law & regulation, contracts, manufactured housing, and other subjects at PLI and at conferences and conventions. Steve also inspects homes for Louisville-based InspectHomes4U, LLC. Mr. Keeney is a Kentucky licensed home inspector (KBHI HI-2055); KMHI (“Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute”) certified in manufactured housing; and a NRSB (“National Radon Safety Board”) certified Radon Measurement Specialist (#5SS0020). Before Kentucky licensed home inspectors, he also was a NACHI (“National Association of Certified Home Inspectors,” now “InterNACHI”) certified residential inspector (#05061897); and both a KREIA (“Kentucky Real Estate Inspectors Association”) certified inspector and honorary lifetime member. Steve chaired the Kentucky statewide home inspectors Convention in 2006. He co-hosted a weekly Kentucky radio talk show on home inspections on Clear Channel. Steve has been engaged as an expert witness by the state’s largest law firms, such as Frost, Brown, Todd LLC, Louisville, and Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, and others. Mr. Keeney has served as a consultant to law firms on home inspection and real estate trial issues and to individuals in contract or insurance controversies.

Mr. Keeney is a practicing attorney, admitted to practice in Kentucky and federal courts, who recently won an appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Cincinnati. Steve is the subject of David Heilbroner’s book, Death Benefit (NY: Random House/Harmony Books, 1993). It was reviewed by columnist Maureen Dowd on the cover of The New York Times Book Review (March 14, 1993), by novelist Joyce Carol Oates on the cover the The New York Review of Books (March 24, 1994). It was a Reader’s Digest Best Non-Fiction selection and Book-of-the-Month Club alternate selection. It became a MCA-Universal movie, Death Benefit, and the Lifetime/CBS television movie, Moment of Truth: Justice for Annie. He has been a subject and commentator on A&E, Court TV, “Forensic Files,” and other cable outlets. His articles appeared in The New York Times, Harper’s Weekly, Police Magazine, Connecticut Law Journal, Bulletin of Bibliography and others. 

Mr. Keeney was certified to teach in 1975 in Connecticut and served as Assistant to the Superintendent of Schools for the Hartford (CT) Public Schools. Steve holds three degrees, a B.A. (Trinity College, Hartford ‘71); a M.A. (Hartford Seminary ‘73); and a Doctorate in Law (University of Connecticut, ‘80). Steve also is an above average cook and a competitive shooter who began as an NRA Distinguished Expert and captain of his high school rifle team. Steve Keeney is listed in standard references such as (Marquis) Who’s Who in America. Community activities, elected offices, awards and honors, and other publications available on request.

To retain Mr. Keeney’s services, please contact PLI4U@aol.com, 502-896-2020. Mr. Keeney should not be identified as an expert witness until retained and his calendar is reserved.