Real Estate Consultant and Forensic Expert
Serving Regions- Southern California
- Building Inspections & Surveys
- California Licensed Contractor Regulations
- Code Compliance & Enforcement
- Construction Issues
Justin Watts has performed over 15,000 inspections including new and existing construction of all trades; structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing. Mr. Watts has also conducted real estate home inspections, HUD Housing program inspections, code enforcement violations, and general building inspections. His areas of expertise bridge to include land use and zoning standards, substandard housing, building and environmental code compliance (including water quality compliance for two municipal government agencies; the City of Westminster and City of Fountain Valley, California.)
Home Inspector standards of care in real estate transactions, inspection methods, substandard housing conditions and habitability, building code compliance, construction defects, and common safety standards. Litigation support providing comprehensive inspection reports. Previous court qualified inspection expert in State of California and Washington.
Approximate 50/50 ratio of litigation support and testifying provided for plaintiff/defendant.
2004 - Present - American Dream Home Inspection, President 2004 – Present - City of Westminster, City Building Inspector 2000 - 2004 - City of Fountain Valley, Code Enforcement Officer 1997- 2000 - City of Westminster, Code Enforcement Intern
International Code Council – California Commercial Building Inspector, #5112133-10 International Code Council – California Residential Building Inspector, #5112133-10 National Association of Certified Home Inspectors, Certified Member since 2004
California State University, Long Beach – Bachelors of Science - 1999 Saddleback College, courses taken in Uniform Building Code and Combination Dwelling Inspection - 2003