State rules come first
Your state Standards of Practice are the baseline for every grade. Other industry standards can add to them, never override them.
Why GradeCharter exists
That is the vision. An inspection company should be able to check every report it sends, not just the few someone has time to read.
After working with multiple home inspection companies, the same gap showed up at every one: no quick, easy, accurate way to audit a report before it goes out. Spelling and grammar mistakes. Photos of defects with no explanation. Boilerplate comments that were never finished.
GradeCharter is the first step toward closing that gap for good.
What you can count on
Your state Standards of Practice are the baseline for every grade. Other industry standards can add to them, never override them.
While the scoring rules are deterministic, findings are still identified by AI, and AI is not perfect. The same report can vary by a few points between runs. Treat the grade as a strong guide and review the findings before acting on them.
GradeCharter is a fast, thorough first pass. Your team reviews the findings and decides what gets fixed before delivery.
What gets checked, and what comes next, is shaped by the inspection companies on our Founders Advisory Board.
The founder
Jimmy started out making custom wood floors, inlays, and medallions in his dad’s shop, then spent eight years in retail management, where serving customers every day shaped how he still works. He moved into IT at Genuine Parts Company (NAPA), rose to IT manager and product owner, and most recently led operations at ACE Preferred Inspections through its acquisition.
Today he works hands on with inspection companies on operations and growth. GradeCharter came out of that work: the same report quality problem, at every shop, with no good tool to fix it.
GradeCharter is a product of OnceOver LLC, based in Charleston, South Carolina.
Founders Advisory Board
8 inspection companies will help steer GradeCharter from the start.