ABOUT WILLCOX INSPECTIONS

Willcox Inspections is solely owned and operated by Fred Willcox. Each inspection is performed by Fred Willcox. The son of a civil engineer who practiced primarily in soils and foundations, Fred was raised in the world of soils and foundations and inspections. Fred began working on foundation construction and leveling crews at the age of eight. At the age of fourteen, Fred performed his first structural and foundation inspection. His father founded the third company in the State of Texas that performed real estate inspections. Fred has performed inspections since the age of fourteen including the years he spent in Civil Engineering at Texas A and M University.

Fred practiced real estate inspections prior to the registration requirement, during the period that registration was required and was licensed as a professional inspector under the original licensing act in 1984, issued license number 160, indicating that he was the 160th person licensed by the Texas Real Estate Commission to perform real estate inspections under the licensing act. He also obtained his first certification as a building code inspector in 1984.

When the Texas Real Estate Inspector Committee was created by the legislature of the State of Texas , Fred was one of the original nine appointees to the committee. Fred was assigned to chair the standards of practice sub committee. Fred chaired the standards of practice sub committee for the six years of his first appointment and the standards of practice were written and adopted by the Texas Real Estate Commission during this term. The standards are the minimum level of inspection services that are required of licensed inspectors in the State of Texas . Fred was then re-appointed for a second six year term and he chaired the standards of practice sub committee for the entirety of his second six year term during which there were a number of changes made to the standards of practice. Fred was reappointed to the inspectors committee in February, 2007 until September, 2007 when the inspectors committee was dissolved. Fred was then appointed to the new inspectors advisory committee. Fred was again assigned to chair the standards of practice sub committee.

The current chairman of the Texas Real Estate Inspectors Advisory Committee, Fred also held the positions of Vice Chairman and Secretary of the Inspectors Committee at various times during his now sixteen years of service. On February 26, 2009 , Fred was appointed to the inspectors committee for a third six year term.

Fred is a former member and a former officer of the Texas Association of Real Estate Inspectors, the largest professional association for real estate inspectors in the state. Fred holds a C.P.I. (Certified Professional Inspector) designation, the highest level of membership of the association.

With Mel Bryant and the late Bill Ringer, Fred co-founded the Southern Council of Professional Building Inspectors (SCPBI). The SCBPI is a strictly educational association for licensed real estate inspectors that holds seminars organized and run by the department of Construction Sciences in the College of Architecture at Texas A and M University.

Fred is a Founding Member of Texas Professional Real Estate Inspectors Association.

Fred is a member of the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors.

A lecturer in much demand, Fred has long been dedicated to inspector education. In addition to lectures for professional associations, Fred taught at the Champions School of Real Estate, Inc. for the purpose of instructing current and future inspectors on how and why various parts, components and systems of a structure operate. The goal of Fred's method of teaching of continuing education to professional inspectors is to increase the level of knowledge and the level of inspection services performed by all inspectors for the benefit of the consumer. An increase in knowledge actually serves the interests not only of the buyer of real property, it also protects the sellers and the Realtors from damage claims from defects or deficiencies not discovered during the due diligence process.

Fred has earned the reputation for being extremely thorough or "picky", during an inspection. The purpose of the inspection is to provide you, the client, with the information you need to fully conduct your due diligence inquiry. It is the role of the inspector to provide you with the information that you need to perform the due diligence inquiry to protect your interests and to make an educated purchasing decision. From construction phase inspection to code compliance inspections to re-sale inspections for existing homes, to commercial inspections, you will be hard pressed to find a more qualified, better educated, more dedicated inspector.

Fred participated in writing test questions for the National Home Inspectors Examination in June 2007 and in June 2008.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Licensed Professional Real Estate Inspector #160
• Certified Building Code Inspector
• Chairman of the Texas Real Estate Inspectors Advisory Committee
• Member of the Enforcement sub committee of the Texas Real Estate Advisory Committee
• Member of the Commentary sub committee of the Texas Real Estate Advisory Committee
• Appointed to the original Texas Real Estate Inspectors Committee for Texas Real Estate Commission in 1991
• Served two, six year terms as a member of the Texas Real Estate Inspector Committee from 1991 through 2003
• Appointed chairman of the standards of practice in 1991
• Chaired the standards of practice sub committee continuously from 1991 through 2003
• Chaired the standards of practice sub committee during the writing and adoption of the original standards of practice for real estate inspectors in the State of Texas
• Served as Vice Chairman and Secretary of the Texas Real Estate Inspectors Committee
• Appointed in 2007 to a third term to the Committee of the Texas Real Estate Inspectors Committee
• Appointed for a two year term to the Inspectors Advisory Committee to the Texas Real Estate Commission in 2007 when the Texas Real Estate Inspector Committee was abolished
• Appointed chairman of the Standards of Practice subcommittee in 2007
• Chaired the standards of practice sub committee during the revision to the standards of practice in 2009
• Reappointed to a third, six year term on the Texas Real Estate Inspectors Advisory Committee in February 2009
• Appointed as a member of the education and standards of practice sub committees in February 2010
• Appointed chairman of the education sub committee and member of the commentary sub committee in July 2010
• Former member of the Texas Association of Real Estate Inspectors
• Former Officer of the Texas Association of Real Estate Inspectors
• Designated as Certified Professional Inspector by the Texas Association of Real Estate Inspectors
• Former President of the Houston Chapter of the Texas Association of Real Estate Inspectors
• Founding Member and Master Inspector member of the Texas Professional Real Estate Inspectors Association
• Member of the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors
• Honorary member of the Champions Inspectors Association
• Co-Founder of the Southern Council of Professional Building Inspectors
• Taught in the Civil Engineering and Construction Sciences Departments at The University of Houston
• Former instructor at Champions School of Real Estate for current and prospective inspectors
• One of the two original designers of piling system now commonly used in foundation leveling and repairs
• Awarded two patents in the field of foundation and leveling
• Professional residential, multi-family and commercial real estate inspector since 1974
• Over 20,000 inspections performed
• Provides expert testimony in construction and inspection litigation
• Volunteer Quality Control Inspector for Habitat for Humanity

EDUCATION:

Civil Engineering, Texas A and M University, '80