Home Buyers worst nightmare - Home Inspection Gone Wrong
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- I was asked to check a home that was purchased AND previously inspected. Look at all the things the inspector missed (NOT ME). If your going to hire a home inspector ask them if they will move things to check the condition behind them!
home inspector should be held accountable for things like this
Never ever use a home inspector recommended by your real estate agent. Doing that will create a conflict of interest between her and the inspector. When that happens the buyer can often suffer. If the inspector finds too many problems with the houses the agent is selling the agent will often stop recommending that inspector. Do your research. Hire a inspector that is working for you not the real estate agent.
Home Inspectors take a huge risk by not reporting defects. They will be held liable in court if they knowingly or even unknowingly fail to report a defect. Any Home Inspector with half a brain knows it's not worth it to omit details on their report.
Wrong! They won't get in trouble. They can just say they didn't see it. My buddy actually became a home inspector to give the only home inspector here some competition. The real estate agent stop using my buddy because he kept finding stuff. Then the city actually changed the laws and made it that he had to have full insurance coverage which he couldn't afford and had to stop doing home inspections. He was only doing it part time. It's all a scam.
Wait so you are telling me I'm wrong... meanwhile you are telling me that your buddy was put out of business for not carrying insurance... The very reason this insurance exists is because of Home Inspectors getting in trouble.
You understand the nature of what the insurance covers right ? It's called Omissions and Errors insurance which was exclusively created for Home Inspectors for when they screw u and get taken to court for missing things in their report. It costs around $5000+ a year to have this insurance and if you end up in court and lose your cases as a Home Inspector the insurance premiums become to high to be profitable after just a couple screw ups to continue operating.
A home inspector can;t just claim "they didn't see it" they have to be able to show why they missed a defect and the defense they didn't see doesn't apply to readily visible components. Hence why they take 200+ pictures on a regular home inspection. Inspectors get sued for damages and injuries on a regular basis.
So that being said it is no reputable Home Inspectors best interest to omit details from a report no matter how many referrals he gets from that agent they'll end up out of business anyways.
Any reputable Home Inspector will also subscribe and use ASHI standard operating procedures when they perform a home inspection and in doing so have a duty to the home buyer and seller to report things accurately.
I can't speak for your buddy personally, but one flaw many Home Inspectors have is overselling defects of a home. There is no such things as a perfect house leading potential buyers to believe there is a litany of problems with a house has killed many deals. When in reality it was all minor things.
Hold up. Let me explain further. The insurance was to cover any damages that he did. Say he dropped his ladder on top of the owners car or something. And at the time he only had partial insurance, then the city changed it to where all home inspectors, part time and full time, had to carry full coverage. Which he couldn't afford.
I just finished reading your comment. And that makes a lot of sense. Well I'm glad they do get in trouble for not doing their job!
When I bought my house, my wife and I had our neighbor who's a lic contractor do the inspection. Well he offer to do it for free. I knew I should've gotten a second opinion. He showed up to the new house smelling of alcohol. Ran the water in the kitchen sink, look at he pipe to make sure it was copper, and looked at the roof (from the outside) It took 20 minutes for him to give us the green light.
Let's just say I was able to recover from his inspection. We've lived in that house for 15 years and came out of pocket 60k to repair the items he should had caught!
Live and learn!
lol why tf would you let someone inspect the biggest purchase of your life for “free”
When you showed the wood siding under the soil I completely cringed haha! Excellent video!
Over here you can see this spider web, it's not in the right place I'll have to move that.
Not only did the original inspector miss a lot of things, but this is also the worst kind of house to inspect -- the kind where the owner (or a handyman) did a lot of upgrades and renovations that weren't up to code and/or caused hidden damage to the house. Just the things shown in the video would have lowered the sale price of the home by $10,000 or more.
On the other hand, he might have been taking money from the buyer AND SELLER. Failures like this should end up in court and his business license cancelled.
My goodness! I've been an inspector for 17 years, with over 6,000 inspections under my belt, and I'm completely shocked at the incompetency of the original inspector! The things you pointed out are basic fundamental things. How could they have been missed?!? I noticed a few additional problems, such as the very first thing I noticed, is that the brick driveway is much too high, not allowing for minimum 4" exposed foundation above grade. It's blocking the first row of bricks and thus blocking the weepers, which will lead to substantial frost damage within the brick since the trapped condensation will freeze and spawl the bricks and mortar. Not only will the bricks spawl and crumble away, but the trapped condensation will lead to mould and other moisture problems within the wall cavity. Not to mention the poor/reversed perimeter grading/drainage (damp basement walls, heavy efflorescence, etc.), and the drain track of the EIFS being blocked beneath grade. Proper drainage of an EIFS wall is crucial, as they fail catastrophically without a well drained/vented thermal break (hence all the lawsuits when it was first being utilized without a thermal break). Good video, cheers.
+Eric Parent HI ERIC- WERE TRYING TO SELL MY LATE GRANDPARENTS HOUSE HERE IN CONNECTICUT- HAD TO HAVE NEW SEPTIC AND RADON TESTING AFTER SPENDING 15K WE MIGHT HAVE A BUYER THAT WE KNOW PERSONNALY- WE HAVE TOUGH LAWS HERE
+ericp3371 CONNECTICUT LAW IF YOUR HOME HAS 2 BATHROOMS- 1500 GALLON SEPTIC TANK IS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT
+ericp3371 YOU IN CANADA?? WOW ITS PRICY UP THERE NICE BUT PRICY AND YOUR HEALTHCARE IS BETTER TOO THAN USA
+Edward Koepke The house was originally a 2 bed, 1 bath. The owners did a huge reno, adding on 2 more bedrooms, 2 more bathrooms, and they added a second small kicthen ("kitchenette") for their teenage son whom they converted the basement into a small apartment for. Unfortunately this was all done without permits, and so the municipality wasn't there to remind them that they need to upgrade the septic, and of course they failed to think about it. The tripled load on the septic totally killed the leaching bed since the system was way inadequate for the added demand. At first they figured they just had to upgrade the system to a bigger one, which is pricey enough, but the yard was now too small to accomodate the larger tanks and bed, so they had to switch to an aerobic system (completely different mechanism). They ended up having to remove the old bed, excavate all the land due to contamination from the saturated bed, backfill all the excavated land, remove the old tanks, and then they had to purchase and have installed a whole Ecoflow system, including all the electrical cables, controller box, vent piping from the aerobic tank, etc. I felt bad for them, but then again... they should have gotten a permit! (Or at least brought someone like me in before starting the reno, to make sure they covered all the bases).
+Edward Koepke Yup, I'm in Canada (Ottawa, Ontario to be precise). Our healthcare is free, but it's pretty crap-tastic, at least here in Ontario. It's way overloaded and underfunded... you have to wait 6 to 10 hours at the emergency room if you need stitches or something (which is why I always used to stitch myself back when I was a fighter). What always really pisses me off though is that you sit there in the emergency room, in agony because you have a real emergency, and 90% of the other people are there have either a cold, or a headache, or a stomach ache, or something equally stupid. It's like, really? Why are you here? go home! I have to wait ten hours to get my dislocated arm reset because there's 20 people ahead of me with headaches, who will end up getting two aspirins and a discharge slip. Anyway, I guess it's like they say, you get what you pay for (and it's free so it figures). Cheers Edward.
Love the video! I just interviewed a home inspector and he said they are not allowed to move furniture and stuff. Then ask the sellers to have it moved. Buyers should certainly see it now not later. - Todd Sachs, Real Estate Broker
I live near toronto ontario , the housing market is so crazy right now that people are forced to buy houses without any condtions (no inspection) they wont even consider your offer!
you have to literally take an inspector with you when you look at the house before place an offer
My first home was a brand new home. It was nice and I enjoyed the low electric bill. But I always hated the fact that the upstairs was all made out of particle wood. I just feel like particle wood is a mold ticking time bomb. Just sold it and bought a 1950's home. This home is built with solid brick and the roof is built with solid wood 2 x 4's. Its like they gave a damn back in the days.
Trevor Phillips well back in the day wood was easy to mass consume, now adays you cant find old growth 2x4 which is waaaay stronger than newer 2x4. Things like particle board unfortunately are a modern necessity
most homes from the 50s in my area have asbestos in the floor tiles or in the attic :/ and older homes can have mold tooi,,, i find air quality better in newer homes ...my asthma is gone since i moved out of my 50's house into a new home
@@calikokat08 Exactly! Not to mention the electrical wiring is FAR better in a newer home than an older one (unless it has been rewired).
I'm absolutely paranoid about always seeing a gap between the soil and wood of the house. Rot is one reason, but my primary one is termites! I hate those bastards. The gap also allows for periodic visual inspection of mud tunnels from the dirt to the wood.
Also at grade wouldn't the siding retain moisture, due to the soil and mulch, ect... being present. I was under the impression that inspectors don't remove soil and such. Seems to me the inspector should have stated that there could be rot under the excessive soil and mulch and it should be removed for further inspection.
I had a recommended by my realtor inspector get out of his truck, walked into the garage and said everything is fine and left. I was shocked, my realtor claimed they all inspect like that.
Yes lots of things out there. Sometimes it all is great, sometimes it meets serviceability standards, sometimes needs to be put on needs future work list; sometimes it is a current risk and needs immediate attention. Hard no win place sometimes. Inspections are done for a reason. Please do not be afraid to find a voice when you need to speak up.
poor lady who bought that house
all very well to bring in this guy, but how could a buyer not see immediately that there is a rotted gap between the foundation and the wall?
The new owner couldn't see the gap because the soil of the garden was piled 10 inches up the building envelope. They didn't understand that there should be a 6-8 inch gap between soils and the building envelope to prevent this sort of damage
Thanks for watching my video rtel123, have a great day!!
I may be buying a townhouse in the Rockland County NY area in the near future, do you know how i could find a good and honest independent inspector there? Townhouse seems like the only sensible choice for me in the area, but i'm afraid of lack of quality with which these mass building projects may have been put up. Very hard to find any info on the differences in underlying construction quality between them or any kind of history. Internet searches only bring up pretty descriptions of all the amenities that i do not care about. A couple years ago i made an offer on one of them that the agent assured me most likely did not have any water issues, but the inspector did find some, then i discovered the neighboring unit had had a cracked foundation that caused significant water damage that the complex did repair at no cost, but ugh, what a hassle. I then also remembered that all the ceiling nails on the second floor were popping out, which was strange for a building from the 80's. I backed out of that place, parting with my 500 bucks for the inspection. BTW that is considered a 'nice complex'. When you look at some of these structures, they're sort of huge, with all these vaulted ceilings and stupid stuff like that. Makes you wonder if they didn't take time to compact the soil well and it is now shifting. Any advice you have on inspectors would be appreciated.
Thanks for the informative video. It is great to have videos like these to refer to customers so that they have a something to refer to when making a large purchase such as buying a home.
Home inspectors are the mall cops of the real estate industry. Most of them are contractor flunkees. If you're selling your home, avoid first time buyers that hired one of these hacks.
I think most stucco is going to show moisture especially if ground soil is around it. Doesn't necessarily mean there is damage inside the wall. Just shows that there is moisture detected. The wood however is beyond repair.
I would say the homeowner is also partially to blame. My guess would be that they called around and hired the inspector that gave them the cheapest price.
John DeBusk Not to be funny but if they are all highly rated, how else are we to weed them out?
It is just so difficult for a buyer to know the hidden truth about these things, unless you have personal experience in house building. You have to have a certain type of intuition or strong survival instinct, that would prevent you making choices based on emotions. But then, with hosts of other criteria that people have to or want to consider, you can get cold feet and be too scared to make any choice at all. Sometimes the choices are so limited. For example if you're buying a condo or townhouse, in a given complex they are all the same, so you narrow to one or two complexes - that is not much choice at all. Plus impossible to find out what were the construction methods used in a given project in order to compare to others. Would be good if law required all construction features of a building to be made public, but unfortunately there's no way to know even basic facts when you're shopping around until you're somewhat deep into a deal. It's problem enough that to even see a place you have to go through agents, and i've been shocked to find out that most of them don't even know the difference between a furnace and a boiler! I mean i didn't either until recently, but if buildings are your life.. my oh my! It's been truly a revelation.. that whole profession is a useless scam if you ask me. You look to them to be experts in their field, but THEY'RE NOT, even the best ones. I am almost embarrassed for them, when i find myself talking more intelligently about a place i'm looking at than they are and asking question they have no clue about the answers to. And i am one of the most un-handyman people that there are. Very strange indeed.
rot has nothing to do with moisture content. A brand new piece of wood has a high moisture content, and a completely rotten piece of wood can be bone dry. What's the point of the moisture meter?
Here's just a thing of it all the seller probably has it price accordingly you people come in looking at $100,000 home and expect it to be up to the standards of a $300 to $400,000 house and then our disappointed when you hire a home inspector. I recently sold my $100,000 house and went through all the same b******* I disclosed everything finally I had enough put a note on the table and said if you're looking for a brand new home with no problems there's one for sale right up the road for $300,000 it is an excellent condition mostly these were all yuppies doing this, finally a home buyer from the country which is where it was at said I don't even want a home inspection I'll buy it as is and I sold it to him. Homes of this caliber are not going to pass any home inspection why bother just save your money for the damn $400,000 house that you want or make do with what you have and accept what it is and work through the problems or quit your damn complaining.
This is the problem with the home inspection industry. Now days I see home inspectors with a disclaimer that absolves them from absolutely anything and everything they miss. I have no problems with items hidden in wall and out of view. Like these items you have pointed out are all visible. I have seen paperwork that requires me to pay for an insure that cover anything the inspector missed or gotten wrong. There are many good inspectors. The sad thing is a bad inspection can cost thousand to 10's of thousand and so on. If your buying a house when looking for an inspector have them give you a list of people you can call of past customers. Do some research. Find out how many business licenses this person and or his wife has had. I can go down and get a new business license tomorrow and be a new company with in days. One I check 3 companies under his wife's name in 5 years. Take your own pictures and or video for your own records. You will here, " it was not that way on the day I inspected it." Thanks for your video. I have lots of respect for good inspectors.
15 seconds in and paused! I know that background sound...its a hardwood floor sander! I own my own wood flooring company and have been around that sound for decades, very unique sound...let's see if it is true?
No way to see inside but that's a drum/belt floor sander for sure!
Sure Is. I work on these
I had to stop watching. I could bear the sound.
lol
If you have been running big machines for a while you definitely know that distinct sound. You can also hear that he is still learning! He is getting it done but could be a little smoother...maybe he is trying to test his buffing skills... lmao!
I understand the need for home inspections, I really do. Protection of investment and safety mostly. Thing is, all homes can't be held to today's standards and codes, can't be reasonably "fixed" to meet them either. Sometimes an "as is" condition sale is acceptable if you know about the existing conditions. Of course lenders and insurers might feel differently about it.
Good video.
I am sure glad my build was done by professionals.
Victoria N. McCormick How did you make sure? So many pretend.
Ask for their license and contract number.
Nice bx cable direct bury lol. Something should have been ground contact rated at the start on that wood siding, maybe a 6" trim in bottom all the way around, ground contact rated of course. Or just side with exterior materials at least lol.
Nice recreation cottage. Do they use it as a weekend house or survival shed in mountains? In that case is not so bad...
I'm not and have never been a home inspector, and even I would have noticed those things... yikes! Is it possible for this woman to sue him?
So hard to find an inspector that is actually working for the buyer ... most are on the real estate agent's payroll. Tom Munro here might be only of the only honest inspectors around?
Just a question. If the homeowner dug out a lot of dirt after the initial inspection was done, then how could the inspector know what was beneath the siding. Also it appears to have a continuous ridge vent at 2:50
They should have dug out a small area to see.
MR. Munro..........you are THE MAN!
Was home inspector pre selected by buyers agent? Makes me think getting an inspector independent of buyers agent may be worth it.
recently sold a home, it was inspected by the buyer's home inspector and that is ok but what bothered me was the man was allowed to enter my property without my knowledge. He was allowed inside the home, in the attic, the crawlspace and garage. He was allowed to enter by the buyer's realtor using the keybox on the front door. My realtor was not notified of the visit. I feel like I should have been notified of the visit and been given a chance to question the inspector about qualifications, experience, etc and ask if he was bonded and licensed or had liability insurance before being allowed on and inside my property.
Certainly fair enough. As a real estate broker, I appreciate this comment.
i case its best to use 2 different independant inspections,,that way 2 is better than 1 in case 1 misses something
Building that close to the ground is ridiculous anyways
Good Job, good input, thanks
my home inspector pointed out the broken storm window but mentioned nothing about the rotted Sill or the flood light wired with lamp cord.
What evidence was visible that the sil was rotted ?
How could they possibly NOT see the the finished elevation around the entire house is concealing the foundation and the sidewall is below grade? Wouldn't the underwriter lending the buyer money have an inspector on their behalf. Nice moisture protector, did you get that in your Christmas stocking?
Is that not just an ec meter? If it was reading moisture then surely higher numbers would come from the wood than the render (stucco). A higher salt content results in higher numbers. Just saying.
btw. what is an acceptable amount of moisture in wood?..thanks
Missed condenser placed too close to the house, mechanical code violation.
Correction, it was an air to air heat pump, works either as condensing side or evaporating side depending on use ;D
Wow and I could have even done gooder, how sad.
Looks like the other so called inspector was just a paid rubber stamper with no care for his job or duties to actually help people.
*G O O D E R*
So many problems the video was cut short. : )
@ 2:00 you talk about how the electrical is too low. Your wrong. Code says you need at least 10 ft, if above the driveway it's 12ft...so no matter what, it was done to code.
Heights vary from each state and province... and typically the 10ft height is for the drip loop and 12ft for the top of the connection
Hi Andrew, they are just in the process of exploring there rights. Thanks for the comment.
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What state you working at is it jersey
Hay Tom,
Just started to watch your videos, could you recommend someone that is good even in Las Vegas NV for me? I am a first time home buyer and looking at some flipped homes. Is there anything you could tell me and the community what to also look for?
My friend's family recently bought an old historical house and the inspectors completely missed the mold inside, where there is wallpaper peeling, I found it in my first 5 minutes in the house just walking around doing my own inspection, luckily they detected a termite problem before the house was bought, but only in the flooring, whilst power washing the filthy vinyl siding outdoor black termite eggs were pouring out of everywhere, this wasn't detected at all. Also, do slanting floors provide any concern in inspections?
Provided that the house in question isn't having foundation issues, slanting floors seems to be normal in older houses. That's what my contractor told me, and he works on tons of old houses. My house built in the 1950's has slightly slanty floors. You can't see it or feel it. But in certain rooms, if I have a table with legs, I had to put a shim under one of the legs to keep it stable. When my contractor remodeled my bathroom, he even had to put shims under the vanity to keep it level.
I believe it was the foundation that was repaired because of the termite damage, however, the slanting floors are very visible, it even peaks in a doorway and you can feel the beam as you walk over it, i would say from peak to fall in some areas may very well be 6" or more, you can feel it if you're laying on a bed that's on the slant, I wish they would've tried to mend it with the foundation repair. The house was built around the 1890's, then it was moved to its current location around 1905, I assume it wasn't leveled properly then.
+TheAlterans Wow, 6"? That's quite a steep angle! If you placed a ball on the floor, I bet it will roll down. Indeed, sounds like the house wasn't leveled properly. Obviously, back in the Victorian era, they wouldn't have had lasers and digital tools to measure the angle, so maybe they were off. Or it was just shoddy work. Probably your friend's family can't do anything about it, unless they are willing to spend an astronomical amount of money on the problem.
It is on stilts, much like my own home which was in the 70's, although mine is a mobile home, we both have the problem, I'm amusing it has happened over time with various "repairs" as in the 50's there was a dinning room addon and the laundry room with a small sun room, as well as vinyl siding which i think is hiding some of the beautiful details, probably then, my grandparents owned a home which had slanting floors and they fixed it on their own with some jacks and wood wedges.
Unless you ask for a mold inspection, the inspector does not have to disclose mold, but has to disclose wood rot and moisture penetration.
The notion of adding materials, like a damned great patio, without first excavating to avoid covering the damp course area is definitely a basic rule of construction. I am astonished that any reputable 'home inspector' could have missed any of this, or that any reputable builder would have committed such a basic error. It's all so amateur that it points either to cowboy constructors or DIY owners. I can't help thinking the home inspector who passed all this as satisfactory was a cowboy too - or high.
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"I'm infront of the *houuuse* "
Canadian?
Not picking, I love it!
The roof looks new, I bet it was installed wrong too
I got a question: in this case what can the new owner do about all these things that are rotten,or broken.Who has to repair it and pay for it?Does the new owner or the previous owner pay for that?
what is the acceptable moisture content % when checking wood?
Checking moisture on rotten wood 😂
What's better, learning what to not do, or what to do?
Looks like the home inspectors career is about as moldy as that sill plate
"a gable vent is to high. what you want is soffit vents."
not true. you want soffit and peak ventilation. the hot air rises through the peak, drawing cool air through the soffit.
I’m thinking it might have a cathedral ceiling and no soffit vents. You’d need the gable vents lower to supply air flow to some peak venting.
"if you look closely you can see" how do you suppose i do that at 240p?
put your glasses on, Magoo
What's a 240p?
@@amandabr9562video resolution.
Everyone should get 2 home inspections before they purchase a home for this reason alone.
I could hear the video "this is shocking" but this and others dont have sound. Is this my problem or is it from you? Thanks
I thought with the ridge vent from the roof it would be ok. Correct me if i am wrong
need soffit and soffit venting
We’re can I get that moisture meter?
Wish my job was just to point out all the things wrong with the house and then be done. Lol I'm the poor bastard that has to fix the crap.should have went to college I guess.
Why don't they build houses on stilts, never have to worry EVER.
they do on Fire Island(New York)
it is safer with inspectors but their not necessary.
hopefully the other inspector has errors and omissions insurance or something of that nature to protect them against missed items which the homeowner could demand be fixed by them.
Wish I had seen this a month ago, ppl are horrible.
And if you have another inspector come after you he will find even more stuff then you did. Let’s not bash people in our field to make yourself look better.
You're not wrong but in all fairness that 1st inspector was pathetic and missed basic things no inspector should ever miss!!
That's not a house it's a garden shed. A house is made of materials that don't blow away.
No drain skirting?
It's easy to blame someone else. You need to be educated just a little bit.
same here ,same here.... I bought House 3 months ago and my first house ....the biggest mistake in my live ,the realtor recommend me one inspector and he missed everything ... wow wow the house is nightmare ... termite ,sill plate is gone in some area , one area is gone the one is on top of sill plate I forget the name ,joist with termite , bathroom termite ! huge hole product or termite under the shower ,roof is bad , and so many things ....I am stressed I worked on the house weekends and start to fix by myself ,the house was HUD and is sell like as is :( fuck men the inspectors screw me up
oh I forget I have some fundation problem also ....but I will live the house like it's right now ,I don't have more money and place to go :(
Too much background noise. I could barely hear you.
List of things to do, Lift house 4' pour new foundation 12" taller replace outside walls inside walls floors subfloors wall studs rim joist kill 40 trillion termites and 50 billion ants,
You know might be cheaper to just bulldoze it and start all over. that's a scraper.
That's a scraper, there's a scraper, here's a scraper you wouldn't want your house to be a scraper too! &
That was good!
Neat as a pin, and about to cave in.
The new homeowner needs to sue the home inspector.
Dam shame
50.000$ to repair n replace
Every house you inspect in these videos is a mess and outrageously expensive. Is Vancouver just a disgusting, sloppy mess where people will pay ridiculous amounts for anything?
What the fuck is that goddamn noise?????
so its a shit fence...lol
home inspectors are the biggest joke and not held accountable for doing a proper inspection, you should be able to hold town home inspectors accountable. depending on area and code that roof vent he pointed out is fine and likely required when it was built, or they had to install on a past inspection. so i think he's talking about new construction which this house is not. didn't catch how long its been since owner bought house but some work once completed is hard to spot if done incorrectly once finished and covered up, it may have looked ok when bought and now is obviously a problem, that looks like an issue that should have been caught by an inspector when the house was first built. it's not that the ground is built up to high, "how stupid," its that the house was improperly built and no inspector, actually inspected when it was being built. whoever originally built the home cut corners and no one inspected, the seller won't often have a clue unless an inspector catches it. inspectors for the town who inspected the home when built needs to be held liable, its hard to put the blame on an inspector a homeowner who wants to sell hires, its a bit after the fact.
Very bad sound quality!
To much NOISE.
Snitch.
Home inspection gone sexual
Suggestion. Don't record a video while there is a constant loud machinery noise.
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Previous inspector missed a lot. We all agree on this. I am pretty sure when it comes to actual inspection you will performed different because :
1. Salespeople will.develop strong opinions about that you are wrong about technical issues ( the deal has fallen through)
2.If you are heavy heanded in your approach (the deal has fallen through)
3.insensitive to the needs of all parties in the transaction ( the deal has fallen through)
4.scaring clients and they back up
The reasoning of doing all this youtube vids is to show that your are good and get more clients.
Why would you do all listed above and not get client since you swim in the same fish tank as the real estate agents.
Home inspection is a sensitive thing to do. Definitely is for protection of home buyes. Everyone have to get for their future homes.
What I don't like is how you approach things by poking around. You ain't perfect!
PS: I am.not an agent, home inspector , just a home owner.
Thanks for your comments Octavian Petic but, my videos are a direct reflection of how I inspect a home. This home cost these new homeowners $125,000 they didn't anticipate in major repairs. I don't work for realtors I work for the consumer and they refer me to all their friends and families because of it. I love what I do and that's why I make the videos. Check out my new channel The Home Inspector
I realize that there are better inspectors in this field but I get very agitated when a contractor has to down play another contractor for business..really what your doing is putting a bad taste in consumer mind that all inspectors are bad. just state to your customers that you're higher than most due to the amount of effort in your inspections. you never know she could've only wanted to pay a certain amount an got what she paid for. never down your fellow man to make yourself look better. just simply do a good job.
He downed his work, not the character. Learn the difference.
Colson Seymour Complete nonsense Colson. All inspectors should have expertise and competency. The original one didn't.
I think you're being unfair, because a mistake for the buyer in such a situation can be such a catastrophe, it is not like a refrigerator or washing machine they're buying. The risks and stress are huge for simple buyers that work hard for their money.. what about them??
Typical wankstain Canadian mentality.