Hugh Savage

Hugh Savage is President of Up-Country Building Inspectors, Inc. He has been with Up-Country since 1994 and has completed over 4500 inspections of residential and commercial buildings. Hugh is a Civil Engineer registered in the State of Maine.

• Certified Residential Mold Inspector, # 10358
• Member of the Indoor Air Quality Association, # 10358
• Member of ASHI, # 4963
• Member of MeCHIPs
• Onsite Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System Inspector, # 467
• Registered Radon Inspector, # TB00408P
• Certified as Building Performance Professional by Building
  Performance Institute.

Steve Purdy

Steve Purdy has been a member of the Up Country team since 1999. In 2000 he became a certified ASHI member.

• Member of ASHI, #203961
• Member of MeCHIPS
• Registered Radon Professional, # ME00411R
• Licensed Structural Insect Inspector, CMA#12720
• Certified as Building Performance Professional by Building
  Performance Institute.

Mark O’Neil

Mark O’Neil is a septic inspector and a radon tester. He started with the company in the beginning of 2005 after working for 20 years in the home construction industry. Mark currently provides services throughout Southwestern Maine and New Hampshire.

• Onsite Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System Inspector
• Registered Radon Inspector, # TB00416R
• Penn Foster diploma in Home Inspection
• Trained in Presby Environmental Enviro-septic Leaching System
• Weatherization technician training by Maine State Housing Authority

Aaron Despres

Aaron is a native of Harpswell and has his Masters degree in Geology. He also has experience drilling wells and building houses. In his limited spare time he hauls his lobster traps. In addition to inspecting houses and septic systems, he has a strong interest in residential energy issues, including renewable energy usage and home performance.

• Certified as Building Performance Professional by Building
  Performance Institute.
• ASHI Associate with logo privileges. ASHI # 248862.
• Professional member of MeCHIPS.

About MeCHIPs:

“The Maine Coalition of Home Inspection Professionals (MeCHIPs) was founded in January 1999 to create a professional forum for Maine’s Home Inspectors, to provide a place for the exchange of information regarding the Home Inspection industry, and to effectively represent Home Inspection Professionals.
A home inspection professional who is a member of MeCHIPs, has met its membership requirements and is bound to abide by the Bylaws, Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics of the organization. In the absence of state licensing laws regulating home inspectors in Maine, hiring a MeCHIPs professional to perform your home inspection assures you of receiving quality home inspection services from a qualified individual.” (http://www.mechips.org/)

About ASHI:

“The American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI), founded in 1976, is North America’s oldest and largest professional society of home inspectors. ASHI’s goals have always been to build customer awareness of the importance of a quality home inspection and enhance the professionalism of home inspectors.” (http://www.ashi.org/)

About Building Performance Institute (BPI):

A BPI Building Analyst (Energy Auditor) has gone through a rigorous, credible training program. A Building Analyst knows how to apply
house-as-a-system techniques in upgrading the performance of homes; that is, improving the home's energy usage, durability, health, comfort and safety. By applying house-as-a-system techniques problems are identified and fixes proposed that will not create problems for other systems in the house. (http://www.bpi.org)