Front a Facebook Post: New construction, you be the inspector. Photos by our own Joshua Hedges This is one of the builders, if they were aware, ban us from their jobs, who many Realtors love and play that game with. We have found similar and worse structural issues on almost every one of their homes we have inspected. We have found similar and worse on homes by the companies some of their superintendents formerly worked for. It is a pattern. We don't do code but this is a code enforcement violation and should have been caught by the code enforcement inspectors, and repaired, long before our arrival. This repair requires a structural engineers design and will need certification of the repair. On a worse note this is over a basement and if this had been a finished ceiling no one would be aware till this floor structure failed. Are you awake yet?
If you don't have your newly constructed home inspected, by an experienced, competent, home inspector (yes some are not) or you are a Realtor and not having a release form signed by your client who refused an inspection, or you are discouraging your client from having a home inspection, you are simply a fool. I may not be paid for an inspection but I will likely be paid as an expert witness in court as part of the potential lawsuit for potential massive damage when an issue like this fails. Guess who will be part of that lawsuit. The builder, the plumbing subcontractor, the Realtor and the Home Inspector who may have failed to catch this and include it in their report.
Need a newly constructed home inspected by experienced, competent home inspectors? It is why we live and breath. Or you can continue to play the game with builders like this one. You will be the loser. www.chrisdhilton.com
My Realtor wife said that I was being very sassy. It is how most Realtors see me, even her. Yep, about time someone gets sassy about issues like this. Personally I am tired of addressing it, for 25 years, and obviously being ignored. Currently, for the most part, it is only home inspectors who are finding these type issues leading to their repair. Do you wonder what is in that home you purchased and didn't have inspected. No problem, we can address that as well.
If you don't have your newly constructed home inspected, by an experienced, competent, home inspector (yes some are not) or you are a Realtor and not having a release form signed by your client who refused an inspection, or you are discouraging your client from having a home inspection, you are simply a fool. I may not be paid for an inspection but I will likely be paid as an expert witness in court as part of the potential lawsuit for potential massive damage when an issue like this fails. Guess who will be part of that lawsuit. The builder, the plumbing subcontractor, the Realtor and the Home Inspector who may have failed to catch this and include it in their report.
Need a newly constructed home inspected by experienced, competent home inspectors? It is why we live and breath. Or you can continue to play the game with builders like this one. You will be the loser. www.chrisdhilton.com
My Realtor wife said that I was being very sassy. It is how most Realtors see me, even her. Yep, about time someone gets sassy about issues like this. Personally I am tired of addressing it, for 25 years, and obviously being ignored. Currently, for the most part, it is only home inspectors who are finding these type issues leading to their repair. Do you wonder what is in that home you purchased and didn't have inspected. No problem, we can address that as well.
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