Home inspection Horror stories

[Jon Graham]

We recently had a home inspection where the inspector was a hack (not suprising). I used to have a boss that said inspectors are failed contractors, and I've found that to be often correct. Not to say there aren't some really good ones, I know a few, but they are the minority. 

This property was especially bad. Here are just a few of the items he screwed up.

1. He said our BRAND NEW furnace was 'nearing the end of it's useful life, approx 15-20 years, and needs replaced' and took pictures of it. In the picture was the card of the contractor who replaced it. 

2. Said the roof was 3-layers (not allowed by code in our area) when it was only two. Prompting the buyers to ask for a re-roof of the roof we had just done. 

3. Suggested the buyers replace ALL the insulation in the attic because he found a spot of mice droppings. (One spot). Who doesn't have mice droppings somewhere in their attic? He called it a rat infestation. I'm not exaggerating the condition of the attic, I've been in construction a long time. There were no 'rats'. 

4. Suggested the entire basement showed signs of water issues because of some rust at the bottom of a steel column. Suggested the buyers have the entire basement waterproofed. (It was a finished basement, no signs of water anywhere else, just the old steel column)

Anyone else have an inspector horror story?