Hugh Savage

Hugh Savage is President of Up-Country Building Inspectors, Inc. He has been with Up-Country since 1994 and has completed over 3500 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

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

 Dan Larrabee

Dan Larrabee has been a member of the Up-Country team since 2003. In 2005 he became a certified ASHI member. Prior to working at Up-Country, Dan was a builder doing both new construction and remolding work. Dan is also currently a full time firefighter for South Portland. He has been with the fire department since 1988 and holds an EMT license in Maine.

• Member of ASHI, #21230
• Supervised Radon Inspector
• Firefighter level 2
• EMT

 Nicole Chausse

Nicole Chausse has been a member of the Up-Country team since May 2005. She became a certified ASHI member in October 2006. Nicole also has worked at Home Depot since 1999, at the contractor’s desk as well as other departments.

• Certified Member of ASHI, #245307
• Maine Registered Radon Service Provider, #TB00415R
• MeCHIPs member
• Graduate of Inspection Training Associates

 David Anderson

David Anderson started with Up-Country in 1994 as a radon inspector. In 2002 he initiated the use of a video camera for the inspection of septic systems, for the company. He has trained other septic inspectors and the business has grown to over 500 inspections per year. In 2005 he added well testing for recovery rates. For the last 3 years he has taught a course on septic systems at the University of Maine center for Real Estate Education.

• Registered Radon Inspector, # TB00410S
• Licensed Septic Inspector for Massachusetts
• Onsite Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System Inspector #2
• Member of Maine Association of Site Evaluators

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 trained with David Anderson for months and 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

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/)