Meet Our Founder

Dan standing next to a ladder while preforming home inspection services

Dan Gartrell, ACI

President/Chief Home Inspector, Virginia Inspector License #3380000696, Maryland Inspector License #34722

For over 24 years, Dan Gartrell has provided professional Home Inspection and Appraisal services throughout the D.C. Metro area.

To date, Dan has personally performed over 7,000 Full Service Home Inspections for Buyers and Sellers, and has either personally performed or directly supervised over an additional 13,000 property Inspections for Appraisal purposes related to federally-funded mortgage transactions, probate processing, settlement platforms, and personal interest cases.

Dan is a 3rd generation Northern Virginia native who brings extensive knowledge concerning local building practices and materials to the table. His method of analysis and conveyance of critical information has earned him a reputation that fuels an ever-expanding “referral only” based business rarely found in the industry. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree (GMU 1999), and is a former decorated United States Marine (1987-1991).

Years of Experience

Full Service Home Inspections

Property Inspections

Professional Affiliations

American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI)
Northern Virginia Chapter ASHI (NOVAASHI)
Virginia Association of Real Estate Inspectors (VAREI)
Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR)
Metropolitan Residential Information Systems (MRIS)
Brightseat/Multiple Listing Service (MLS)
McKissock Training Institute
DPOR (Virginia)
DLLR (Maryland)
DLLR (D.C.)
HomeGauge/Alamode Software Systems

American Society of Home Inspectors ASHI

American Society of Home Inspectors ASHI Certified Inspector

Northern Virginia Association of Realtors

What Are Our Clients Saying?

More Testimonials

Servicing Northern Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia

Homestar provides Inspection services throughout the entire Northern Virginia area, to include Fairfax, Falls Church, Arlington, Manassas, Manassas Park, Fredericksburg, Prince William, Loudoun, Stafford, Spotsylvania, and Fauquier County; The State of Maryland to include Prince George's, Montgomery, and Charles County, and the District of Columbia.