Ing. Tomáš Zima
co-founder · lead inspector
Chartered building engineer (ČKAIT). Co-founder of Nemoinspekt in 2012. Author of the methodology all our inspectors work by. Chair of the AIN examination board.
Our story, our team
It started with us, as builders, checking properties for family and friends.
Back in 2012, property inspection was a rarity in the Czech Republic. We were building engineers who occasionally helped family and friends take a look at an apartment or house before buying. When people kept writing to tell us how much it had helped them, we founded Nemoinspekt.
- since 2012
- inspecting properties
- 10,000+
- inspections since founding
- 30+
- inspectors across 14 regions
How Nemoinspekt began
How Nemoinspekt began
Back in 2012, as classmates from secondary school, we would occasionally help family and friends take a look at an apartment or house they wanted to buy. No form, no invoice, just "come on, I'll have a look." After we'd done it a few times, we saw two things. People with no background in construction were making decisions about seven-figure investments without a clear picture of what they were buying. And we kept hearing the same question: "do you know someone who does this regularly?"
In the Czech Republic, the service barely existed at the time. In the United States, it had been a normal part of buying a property for decades. We agreed to try doing it systematically for anyone, not just for people we knew. We adopted the methodology from established American inspector associations and adapted it to Czech conditions. We based the look of the property inspection report on the reports produced in financial due diligence. We wanted a document a layperson could read, not just an engineer.
We started as a team of four. Today Tomáš and I run Nemoinspekt between us, and we have more than thirty contracted inspectors across the whole country. Every inspection is carried out by a chartered building engineer or architect registered with the Czech Chamber of Chartered Engineers and Technicians (ČKAIT) and certified by the Association of Property Inspectors (AIN). Every report is reviewed by a lead inspector before it goes out. That's a second set of eyes on every report.
"Every now and then, a client writes to us a few weeks later: thank you, in the end we didn't buy this property. We never expect that sentence, and it makes us happy every single time."
Tomáš Zima
co-founder of Nemoinspekt
What we do every day
Three reasons we run Nemoinspekt
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We give people confidence in the biggest investment of their lives.
Most of our clients buy a property once or twice in their lifetime. At that moment, they're deciding on the largest sum of money they'll ever spend. We're not the ones selling them the property, nor the ones financing it. We're the independent party that looks at the building's condition objectively and calls it what it is.
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We protect our clients' money.
On average, our property inspection report saves a client CZK 421,000. That saving comes either from negotiating money off the purchase price, or from walking away when repair costs go beyond what's reasonable. Our report is a negotiating tool, not just a list of problems.
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We're reshaping the Czech real-estate market.
In the Czech Republic, around 3% of buyers have a property inspected before purchase. In the United States, it's 80%. We believe that gap will gradually close and that independent inspection will become standard in every fair sale. Every client we serve moves us in that direction.
Czech Republic vs. the rest of the world
In the Czech Republic, 1 in 30 buyers gets an inspection. In the US, 4 in 5.
On inspections, the Czech real-estate market lags far behind the countries we usually look to as a model. Here's the data that's the reason Nemoinspekt exists.
3%
inspection penetration in the Czech Republic
Of roughly 80,000 residential properties sold each year, only about 2,000 to 3,000 are inspected.
80%
inspection penetration in the US
Banks usually require an inspection before releasing a mortgage. That's 4 in 5 buyers.
26×
gap between the Czech Republic and the US
The gap in how often buyers have the building's condition checked by an independent expert.
The Czech Republic may never catch up with the 80% seen in the US. But if inspection penetration reached even 30%, the category would grow tenfold here. Every apartment and house inspected brings us one small step closer to the day when the question "should I have the property I'm buying checked?" answers itself automatically in the Czech Republic.
Measurable impact
Nemoinspekt in numbers
10,000+
inspections carried out since 2012
30+
ČKAIT inspectors and architects
14 regions
nationwide coverage of the Czech Republic
4.8 ★
240+ reviews on Google and Seznam
1000+
inspections per year
CZK 5M
liability insurance
You'll recognize us from more than just our website
Where you'll hear about Nemoinspekt
We regularly contribute to the public conversation about the state of the Czech real-estate market and what properties look like behind the facade. Here are a few places where you'll come across us.
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Czech Television
The Události ČT news broadcast, on warranty claims for construction work. Inspector Jan Březina in a report on defects in new builds.
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Aktuálně.cz
Interview with Tomáš Zima, "A property inspection can save you hundreds of thousands" (2025).
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Association of Property Inspectors
One of the founding members of AIN. Tomáš Zima chairs the examination board.
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Trouble-Free SVJ conference
Partner of the specialist conference for managers and chairs of homeowners' associations (2024).
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RE/MAX and other real-estate networks
We work with real-estate agencies and mortgage advisors as an independent partner for technical inspection.
Our partner clients often say they want to work "only with the best in the field." We take that as a commitment, not a compliment.
The people in charge
Who runs Nemoinspekt
Nemoinspekt is led by two co-founders, classmates from secondary school. Day to day, you'll reach us through our job coordination.
Ing. Jan Valeš
co-founder · commercial lead
Graduated from the University of Economics in Prague, specializing in international trade and business valuation. As a project coordinator he gained more than 10 years of experience in international auditing and holding companies. He focuses mainly on marketing and on developing existing and new services.
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Eliška Davídková
job coordination and client service
Coordinates jobs and communicates with clients from the first enquiry through to delivery of the report. She makes sure the timing works for you, the right inspector arrives, and the report reaches you on time.
Need us for a specific property?
Let's talk
Buying an apartment or a detached house? Taking handover of a new build from a developer? Managing an apartment building as the chair of an SVJ (homeowners' association)? We have a tailored service for every situation. The first step is a no-obligation enquiry, and we'll get back to you within 15 minutes.
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10,000+ inspections carried out · 30+ certified inspectors · Across the Czech Republic