Home Inspector in Kendall County, TX

Kendall County is the most refined corner of the San Antonio Hill Country — a market defined by custom homes on acreage, historic German limestone properties, gated estate communities, and the kind of buyers who expect their inspector to bring the same level of detail and discretion the property itself demands. Jerry Surber, Certified Professional Inspector, has spent 12 years walking properties across Kendall County, from luxury custom builds in Cordillera Ranch and Tapatio Springs to century-old Hauptstrasse limestone homes in downtown Boerne, working ranches outside Sisterdale and Bergheim, and the preserved 19th-century properties of Comfort's National Register Historic District.

Boerne — pronounced "BURN-ee" by every Hill Country local — was founded in 1849 by German freethinkers who fled Europe seeking religious and political freedom. The town was named after German poet Ludwig Börne, and the heart of it is still Hauptstrasse, Boerne's historic Main Street and a designated National Register Historic District where original limestone storefronts and homes from the 1800s still anchor downtown. Comfort, founded in 1854 by another wave of German-American freethinkers, holds one of the most pristine 19th-century downtown districts in Texas, including the historic Treue der Union monument honoring Civil War-era Unionists. The county's surrounding communities — Sisterdale, Bergheim, Welfare, and Waring — are deep-rural Hill Country properties spread across rolling oak-and-cedar terrain. And the Cordillera Ranch, Tapatio Springs, and Boerne Heights communities anchor the upscale custom-home market that has drawn relocating professionals, second-home buyers, and Hill Country retirees for the past two decades. Mission City Home Inspections has worked all of them.

Here's what every Kendall County buyer needs to hear: luxury custom homes require luxury custom inspection attention. Unlike production-builder neighborhoods where homes are built from a small set of repeated plans, Kendall County is dominated by custom builds — every home a one-of-a-kind project with one-of-a-kind detail work. That can mean spectacular craftsmanship, but it can also mean elaborate systems, complex roof geometries, custom waterproofing details, hand-built features, and finish work that varies in quality from one builder to the next. Mission City's job is to evaluate the home that's actually in front of us, not the home the builder advertised — including pool houses, guest casitas, detached garages, riding arenas, equipment barns, wine-cellar features, and the elaborate landscaping and irrigation systems that come with high-end Hill Country estates. Acreage properties in Sisterdale, Bergheim, and Comfort often run their own wells and septic systems, and outbuildings on these properties can carry significant value — and significant maintenance considerations — that need attention from a qualified inspector.

And then there's the geology and the historic-home reality of this market. Kendall County sits on the same Edwards Aquifer karst limestone landscape that runs through Comal County — sinkholes, underground voids, rocky soils, and the recharge zone restrictions that affect drainage and septic placement on Hill Country properties. Boerne's and Comfort's historic 19th-century German limestone homes were built using techniques you simply don't see in modern construction — hand-cut limestone foundations, lime-mortar walls, original timber framing, and the Fachwerk half-timbered architecture that remains the visual signature of these towns. Electrical and plumbing in century-and-a-half-old homes have typically been updated piecemeal over many decades, and a thorough inspection separates legitimate restoration work from the kind of patchwork that leads to insurance and safety issues. Like the rest of South Texas, most Texas insurance carriers require a Four Point Inspection on Kendall County homes 25 years or older before they'll write or renew a policy. Mission City is a Four Point specialist with reports accepted by every major Texas carrier. Learn more about Four Point Inspections →

That's why Kendall County buyers, sellers, and the realtors who serve this market choose Mission City Home Inspections. You get a TREC-licensed Certified Professional Inspector who treats a Cordillera Ranch custom estate with the same thoroughness as a Hauptstrasse historic home, who understands acreage properties with multiple structures, and who delivers reports clear enough for relocating buyers reviewing remotely from out of state. Every inspection is backed by Mission City's $25,000 Honor Guarantee — an additional layer of protection no other South Texas inspector includes as standard. Custom estate, historic limestone, working ranch, or weekend retreat — Jerry brings the same thorough, honest inspection to every Kendall County property.