Jack Feldmann
07-17-2008, 04:07 PM
Pretty nice house overall. Seller and client were there and followed me around. I found some stuff like a leaking drain on a water heater, a GFCI that didn't work, and some damaged shingles. Seller was all over taking care of it, no problem.
I then found a gas water heater and gas furnace in a closet inside the laundry room. Solid doors, no combustion air except that might be in the 6x12 room. I explained to my client that an easy fix would be to put the two ducts into the attic to bring combustion air in. Not a big deal.
An hour or so later, I am in the kitchen putting the photos into the report and finishing it up. The seller says something about he isn't sure combustion air was required when this house was built (1999).
I tell him it was.
He then goes a little further saying that every house in his sub division is like this, so it had to be right, and the County already passed it.
I tell him that I really didn't care about the other houses, I was only inspecting this one, and I was hired by my client to tell him what was wrong. I really didn't care if he fixed it or not, it wasn't up to me. He the pushed a little harder, and how come the county inspector didn't say anything.
I told him that the county inspector didn't say anything because: they didn't know what was right, they were paid off by the builder, they didn't bother looking, or who knows, there are hundreds of reasons why they didn't mention it.
I then noticed he had a compnany shirt from a major manufacturing company. I said, "What about when someone buys a part from AJAX Co. and it's bad. How did that happen? It was inspected I'm sure, probably has a stamp that says it was inspected by #24 - yet there is a bad part."
At that point he walk by me and said it was time for me to go. My client and I just looked at each other. Then I left.
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I then found a gas water heater and gas furnace in a closet inside the laundry room. Solid doors, no combustion air except that might be in the 6x12 room. I explained to my client that an easy fix would be to put the two ducts into the attic to bring combustion air in. Not a big deal.
An hour or so later, I am in the kitchen putting the photos into the report and finishing it up. The seller says something about he isn't sure combustion air was required when this house was built (1999).
I tell him it was.
He then goes a little further saying that every house in his sub division is like this, so it had to be right, and the County already passed it.
I tell him that I really didn't care about the other houses, I was only inspecting this one, and I was hired by my client to tell him what was wrong. I really didn't care if he fixed it or not, it wasn't up to me. He the pushed a little harder, and how come the county inspector didn't say anything.
I told him that the county inspector didn't say anything because: they didn't know what was right, they were paid off by the builder, they didn't bother looking, or who knows, there are hundreds of reasons why they didn't mention it.
I then noticed he had a compnany shirt from a major manufacturing company. I said, "What about when someone buys a part from AJAX Co. and it's bad. How did that happen? It was inspected I'm sure, probably has a stamp that says it was inspected by #24 - yet there is a bad part."
At that point he walk by me and said it was time for me to go. My client and I just looked at each other. Then I left.
WOW