La Vernia
Looking for a home inspector La Vernia TX buyers can trust in a brand-new subdivision? Rodeo Home Inspections LLC is a home inspection company serving San Antonio TX and the growing towns of Wilson County, run by Chris Schmeis, a Texas licensed professional inspector with 20 years in construction. La Vernia is the fastest-growing community in the county, settled by German, Polish, and Alsatian families in the 1850s and now filling with new homes on old farm lots.
The local housing stock
New homes,
La Vernia's housing story is written in new construction: farmhouse-style and traditional single-story homes rising on former farm lots, in premier subdivisions that have made it Wilson County's most sought-after bedroom community. A handful of older ranch houses and farmsteads still anchor the older streets, and the dressy new builds come with warranties, fresh slabs, and settling still in progress.
A home inspection La Vernia TX buyers can count on starts with the new-build basics: foundation and drainage, roof and flashing, mechanicals, and the builder to-do list. It also looks past the fresh finishes, because a house that is a year old can hide real issues behind spotless paint. Rodeo inspects it like a builder's house, because that is this inspector's background.
What the inspection covers here
Home Inspector La Vernia TX:
- New-construction systems: settling slabs, cracks, and roof flashing
- Lot grading and drainage on former farmland, before the first heavy rain
- Builder warranty items collected into one clear, actionable report
- HVAC, electrical, and plumbing checked for correct installation, not just function
- Older ranch and farmhouse stock: aging systems and foundation history
- Live oaks and pecans near new homes: limb clearance, gutters, and roots
For the best home inspector San Antonio has to offer and the towns builders are filling in, Rodeo sets the bar: a certified home inspector San Antonio refers, a home inspection company San Antonio TX keeps in its back pocket, and a report that separates what matters from what can wait. That is the La Vernia home inspection standard, new build or farmhouse.
The same straight report, every address
Built on
Every Rodeo inspection is performed by Chris Schmeis, the same licensed professional inspector from your first call to the final report. The credentials are the same on every roof, in every suburb.
Texas Licensed
Licensed Professional Real Estate Inspector, Texas License #27234-PI, regulated by the Texas Real Estate Commission.
InterNACHI Member
Certified Professional Inspector in good standing with InterNACHI, verified here.
20 Years Building
Two decades in construction taught Chris how a house goes together, and where it tends to come apart.
Bilingual Reports
A thorough, plain-English report with photos and clear priorities, available in Spanish too.
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