Pre-purchase well inspections: measured flow, equipment check and water sample — report in your inbox within 48 hours.
Pre-purchase well inspections for Gillespie County ranches, ranchettes and homesteads — measured GPM, equipment condition, and lab water sampling that fits your option period
From $450 · Scheduled inside your option period or the inspection is free.
The problem
You're about to spend seven figures on Hill Country land, and the single most expensive unknown on it is a hole in the ground: the listing says 'good well' and nothing else. No depth, no GPM, no date on the pump.
Skip the inspection and you find out after closing that the 'good well' is a 1985 hole making 2 GPM with a pump on borrowed time — that's a $15,000-$25,000 surprise the seller no longer owns.
We pull the state well report, measure real GPM with a calibrated flow test, check drawdown and recovery, inspect pump amperage and tank, and pull a sample for bacteriological and nitrate lab testing. Written report inside 48 hours, sized to fit a Texas option period.
What’s included
- State well report and Hill Country UWCD record lookup
- Timed flow test with measured GPM, drawdown and recovery
- Pump amp-draw, pressure tank and control equipment condition check
- Coliform/E. coli and nitrate water sample to a certified lab
- Plain-English written report with repair cost estimates you can negotiate with
Our process
- 1Book with your option-period deadline — we schedule around it
- 2On-site flow test and equipment inspection (about 2 hours)
- 3Lab sample submitted same day
- 4Written report with findings and cost-to-cure numbers within 48 hours
Transparent pricing
| Standard well inspection with flow test | from $450 |
| Inspection + bacteriological and nitrate lab package | from $595 |
Frequently asked questions
Can you meet a 7-10 day option period?
Yes — that's the whole design of the service. Booking to written report is 48 hours in most cases; tell us the deadline when you call.
What GPM should a Hill Country well make?
For a household, 5-10 GPM is comfortable; many fractured-rock wells here make less and rely on storage. The number matters less than knowing it before you close — we measure it, we don't take the listing's word.