McCright & Associates Elitist..They make up,the rules as they go..Incompetent Inspectors... Chattanooga Tennessee

My dealings with McCright Associates has been an absolute disaster. Montgomery County Housing Auhority contracts McCright  Associates to perform inspections of properties that will be or are currently rented to Section 8 voucher holders.

McCright has an inspection procedure that is to be followed by the inspectors they employ, but in order for that to work efficiently, one would have to hire competent inspectors whom have some basic knowledge of building codes and constrution in general.

i recently had a property fail an inspection for apparent "lead based paint" issues. The inspectors are trained to fail inspections if they notice the slightest chip in paint anywhere in the building. The interesting part is lead based paint was deemed unsafe in 1978, and buildings assembled after 1978 are exempt from lead as it was no longer used. Point being, the incompetent inspectors they hire aren't aware of these minor details, and in turn have caused much turmoil because of lack of education.

McCright is also building a reputation of performing initial inspections of properties, failing items, then returning to verify the items were repaired, only to find "new items" which were not on the initial report. (more profit for McCright as they get to send another bill to the federal government for their services at the tax payers expense.) they don't feel they have to answer to anyone, and for now that may be true, but my last encounter with them prompted me to involve a US Congressman, which whom I formed a paper trail and have my experience documented.

Currently I have 21 landlords whom feel MCCRIGHT Associates is taking advantage of their contract with Montgomery County Housing Authority. We have compared notes and have retained an attorney whom believes we may have a class action lawsuit.

McCright has a decent software program they use for inspections, the online access to the inspection information is impressive, but if you hire incompetent employees with little or no experience, expect poor results.