I had a false claim against me once. It was for an old panel that the folks should have had replaced but just had a friend come in and double tap some breakers and breakers kept popping. A year after this inspection the lady called me and wanted 1200 dollars for a new Panel.

Number one, she did not follow up with anything in my report. Number two, her friend took a bad situation and made it worse. Number 3, she was adding a room on and she was told by an electrician that the panel was not big enough and to begin with I should have caught the double tapped breakers and overloaded system along with the FPE panel that should have been replaced. (hello, all in the report)

To make a long story short I sent her as copy of my report and pictures of the panel. She got so pissed from getting bagged she retaliated about how I screwed up and I wasn't paying for anything to the realtor. My name went around that office like a hot potato. I found out about this by calling na few of the realtors doing my nice guy and I am still around thing and one of the realtors told me what happened. I should have sued there ass off of everyone involved with this slander but did not. I did not recieve a referral from that office for about nine months. The sad part is that the office was my first contact when moving to Texas and recieved a steady flow of referrals from them. It took a while to regain the business I lost from there.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Like I said I should have sued but I am not and have never been one to pick up a phone and call a lawyer.

Damn, I said that bad word.

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Ted Menelly
"Castle"
Home Inspection Services