SitePro Home Inspectors
see a home the way no one else does. They don’t care how the kitchen
will feel for entertaining or whether the bathroom tiles will impress
guests. Their judgment is not clouded by emotion. Nor do they have any
interest in whether the home sells, as long as they’re not pals with the
seller’s real estate agent. To the contrary, they are financially
motivated to find flaws — to avoid liability should something go wrong.
Always seek a reputable home inspector.
Just
because you’re dry doesn’t mean the roof isn’t leaking. More than once,
a home inspector has crawled through the rafters in an unfinished attic
— the eager homebuyers waiting below — only to find a child’s wading
pool strategically placed to catch drips from the roof.
The owners would have painted over water stains in the rooms below, and neglected to tell anyone the roof needed to be replaced.
“There’s
supposed to be disclosure, but people have this phenomenon called, ‘Oh,
I forgot.’ It happens every day,” says a Santa Rosa County, broker/
owner of a large real estate company.
Most
roof leaks don’t leave clues and it’s not always easy to crawl over
insulation and find water-discoloration marks via flashlight. “That’s
the dirty work of a home inspector,” It’s a trained eye, versus an
untrained eye.”
Just
because the floor is level doesn’t mean it hasn’t sunk half a foot.
Noting the slightly soft feel, however, a skilled inspector eyed the
baseboards. They should have been level with the floor, but here the
floor sat 4 inches lower. Crawling around in the basement, the inspector
found mold had deteriorated the supports. This house was literally
hanging from its rafters, like a parachute.
“One
of these days, a couple of people would be standing in the middle of
the floor and they’d go down through the floor,” the SitePro inspector
stated. “It’s a scary thing.”
Van Hibberts, CMI
Certified Residential Building Code Inspector ICC-5319905
Florida-State Certified Master Home Inspector Lic. #HI 89
Certified Owens-Corning Roof Data Technician
Florida-Certified Wind Mitigation Inspector
WDO Certificate #JE190791
InterNACHI #10071802
362 Gulf Breeze Parkway, #214
Gulf Breeze, Florida 32561
850.934.6800 (Office)
850.485.3209 (Cell / Text Msg)
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