Jack Feldmann
11-16-2007, 03:41 PM
Monday I did an inspection - today (Friday) we got "the" call.
Seller was pissed off at the "unprofessional" job th inspector did, or so says the listing agent. Seems the I called out a couple things that were going to cost a lot of money to fix.
The wife says, "Well isn't that the point of having an inspection, to call out the BIG things?
The agent goes on and says that the inspector, left a bunch of panel covers off, turned the water heater off and they had to take tepid showers the next day, left muddy footprints in the bathtub, and mad a huge mess in the house, AND called out fungus growth that a contractor friend said was just dirt or a place where they hadn't painted the basement wall.
I did call out that the 1983 air conditioner not only needed the coils cleaned, but it was about a decade past it's expected life. I also called out that the gas furnace needed some repairs with the fan motor bearings and maybe even the mounts, as well as the exhaust fan that you could hear screaming from outside. The water heater had a dip tube for the TPR overflow pipe, and a huge pile of rust on the top of the tank, and even thought it was almost 20 years old, I'm sure it had lots of life left in the old dog. I might have also mentioned the 4 or so double taps in the panel.
The seller of the house called me just a short time ago and wanted to complain about the unprofessional inspector we had sent to his house. After he ranted for a bit, I told him that I was the inspector.
I told him that I was sorry if I left a foot print in his tub. I had stepped in the tub to show the buyers agent the loose tiles around the window and on the surround, and I forgot to rinse the tub out. I apologized twice.
He also said that I left the cover off the water heater and had turned it almost to the off position. I told him I had not taken the cover off, and I never chance the temperature settings.
He told me I had unplugged his toasted AND his microwave and didn't plug them back in. I told him that I probably unplugged one of them to plug my computer in and forgot to plug his toaster back in. Again, I apologized.
Then he brought up the mold. He had a contractor friend look at it and he said it wasn't mold, and where did I get off calling it mold. I told him I called it out as suspected fungus growth that needed to be checked by someone that could tell exactly WHAT it was. I told him that I owed it to my client to point out ANY suspected fungus growth. We then went into a discussion on just how could I tell it was fungus or not, and I probably cost him a sale and .........etc etc etc. I told him that just like I know that stuff that grows on cheese, and those oranges that have been left on the back shelf too long is mold, is how I know that the same looking stuff growing on a foundation wall or piece of wood is probably fungus too. I may not know what kind it is, but I know it is fungus.
I was wondering why it had taken them from Monday till today to call and complain...then I got a call from the Buyer's agent. Seemed the deal went south TODAY when the sellers said they would only pay $500 for repairs. My cliiet was only asking for $1800.
Oh well - thanks for listening.
JF
Seller was pissed off at the "unprofessional" job th inspector did, or so says the listing agent. Seems the I called out a couple things that were going to cost a lot of money to fix.
The wife says, "Well isn't that the point of having an inspection, to call out the BIG things?
The agent goes on and says that the inspector, left a bunch of panel covers off, turned the water heater off and they had to take tepid showers the next day, left muddy footprints in the bathtub, and mad a huge mess in the house, AND called out fungus growth that a contractor friend said was just dirt or a place where they hadn't painted the basement wall.
I did call out that the 1983 air conditioner not only needed the coils cleaned, but it was about a decade past it's expected life. I also called out that the gas furnace needed some repairs with the fan motor bearings and maybe even the mounts, as well as the exhaust fan that you could hear screaming from outside. The water heater had a dip tube for the TPR overflow pipe, and a huge pile of rust on the top of the tank, and even thought it was almost 20 years old, I'm sure it had lots of life left in the old dog. I might have also mentioned the 4 or so double taps in the panel.
The seller of the house called me just a short time ago and wanted to complain about the unprofessional inspector we had sent to his house. After he ranted for a bit, I told him that I was the inspector.
I told him that I was sorry if I left a foot print in his tub. I had stepped in the tub to show the buyers agent the loose tiles around the window and on the surround, and I forgot to rinse the tub out. I apologized twice.
He also said that I left the cover off the water heater and had turned it almost to the off position. I told him I had not taken the cover off, and I never chance the temperature settings.
He told me I had unplugged his toasted AND his microwave and didn't plug them back in. I told him that I probably unplugged one of them to plug my computer in and forgot to plug his toaster back in. Again, I apologized.
Then he brought up the mold. He had a contractor friend look at it and he said it wasn't mold, and where did I get off calling it mold. I told him I called it out as suspected fungus growth that needed to be checked by someone that could tell exactly WHAT it was. I told him that I owed it to my client to point out ANY suspected fungus growth. We then went into a discussion on just how could I tell it was fungus or not, and I probably cost him a sale and .........etc etc etc. I told him that just like I know that stuff that grows on cheese, and those oranges that have been left on the back shelf too long is mold, is how I know that the same looking stuff growing on a foundation wall or piece of wood is probably fungus too. I may not know what kind it is, but I know it is fungus.
I was wondering why it had taken them from Monday till today to call and complain...then I got a call from the Buyer's agent. Seemed the deal went south TODAY when the sellers said they would only pay $500 for repairs. My cliiet was only asking for $1800.
Oh well - thanks for listening.
JF