ISLAND INSPECTION SERVICES

In 1988, Scott moved to Hawaii and worked as a counselor and work crew supervisor for the Oahu Teen Challenge Center. He then moved back to Detroit in 1991 to work as a custom cabinet and furniture builder, while finishing his degree in Culinary Arts at School Craft College. Shortly after graduation, Scott closed escrow on his property in Paradise Park and moved back to work as a chef and supervisor at a local retirement center.

While working as a chef, Scott often worked with Maintenance Hawaii doing carpentry and small home repair jobs. In the beginning of 2004, Scott was offered a job as the primary residential inspector with Island Inspection Services. Since this time, He has completed training with the International Code Council (ICC), and is certified by ICC as residential building inspector. He also completed Island Inspections one-year apprenticeship training program, and has performed both commercial and residential building inspections on hundreds of properties. He is currently finishing his own two-story home as a homeowner builder in 2005.

The founder, Chris Rither, has over 25 years of experience in all areas of the building industry, and is ITA certified and trained.  For nearly 15 years as the owner of Maintenance Hawaii, Chris has repaired thousands of local residential, commercial and business properties.  He has worked with local realtors, property owners, business's and renters and understands the complications and emotions that arise during real estate transactions. 

In 1998, He began Island Inspection Services and over the years has performed well over one thousand inspections both in the residential and commercial fields. As a real estate investor Chris has also purchased seven properties, and is in the process of developing three of these commercial properties. He is also the author of "The Inspector's Guide For Realtors" and "Common Problems in Hawaii's Homes".  He is currently in the process of completing his communications degree along with a minor in economics at the University of Hawaii in Hilo. 

Carol Jennings first moved to Hawaii in 1994 to work as an office clerk with the University of Hawaii’s Astronomy Program. At the university, she coordinated the housing, transportation, and scheduling of all incoming scientists who worked at the two UH telescopes atop Mauna Kea. In 1998, she moved to Colorado Springs and accepted a job as a special events coordinator for Colorado College. At the college she was in charge of all the advertisement, scheduling, clerical work, accounting, and overall coordination of all summer events.

In 2004, Carol moved back to the Big Island to work as an administrator and secretary with Island Inspection Services. She basically runs the office, answers the calls, schedules inspections, takes care of accounting, distributes reports and basically keeps the inspectors on track. Carol is also an avid writer and is the newsletter editor for the Hawaii Island Writers Association (HIWA) and is in the process of publishing children’s and fiction novels.