Lubbock Home Inspection Add-Ons: Sewer Scope, Well, and Septic Fees

Bentley Home Inspections’ Lubbock rate card separates a general inspection from property-specific add-ons. It lists a sewer scope at $200, a well inspection at $100, and a septic inspection at $100 when above grade or $200 when digging is required. A standard home inspection under 2,000 square feet is listed at $400. Read Bentley’s rates.

For a buyer of a home with a well and above-grade septic access, the published inspection worksheet is $400 + $100 + $100 = $600. A buried septic tank requiring digging would make it $700 ($400 + $100 + $200). A sewer scope instead of septic work would be $600 ($400 + $200). These are provider-specific combinations, not a required package.

The trigger is the property system. Ask whether the home is connected to a sewer main or has a private septic system, whether a well supplies water, and whether access is ready for the inspector. Bentley lists sewer, well, and septic as additional services; the rate card does not say that a general inspection includes them.

The same page lists $50 for a small outbuilding, $125 for a large outbuilding, $135 for an E. coli/coliform water test, and a $100-per-hour reinspection. Keep those lines separate and ask whether sales tax or travel applies. The prices were checked September 8, 2026 for Bentley’s Lubbock service area; confirm the address and scope before scheduling.

Bentley’s pricing page also says travel fees apply outside Lubbock and that the displayed prices are for its Pay Now option; pay-at-close adds $50. Review the provider’s pricing terms with the property address before treating the $600 or $700 worksheets as booking totals.

Texas’s inspector standards explain why the sewer scope is a separate decision: the minimum visual inspection does not require cameras used to inspect a drain or sewer line. Read the Texas Real Estate Commission standards when deciding whether the $200 camera service adds information beyond the base report.