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HOME INSPECTIONS ARE NOT BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS.
HOME INSPECTIONS ARE NOT BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS. 
There appears to be an ongoing debate about home inspectors citing to the local municipal building codewhen identifying certain existing conditions in resale homes undergoing a home inspection for purposes of a real estate buy/sell transaction. 
Glen Fisher, a home inspector in New Jersey, appears to advocate citing to the municipal building code as a foundation for writing defects in the condition of existing resale homes that do not comply with the present day municipal building code.  The title of his article in ActiveRain today, Building Codes and Home Inspection Standards Intertwined Mr. Fisher evidences his belief that home inspectors may or should fail existing homes for non-compliance to present municipal building codes. 
My question to Mr. Fisher is,
What is your mission?  Are you performing a visual home inspection or an inspection for compliance with the building code???  What does the Home Inspection Contract say??  Did the home buyer hire the inspector to learn the condition of the property, or to find out if the home meets present day building code??  I ADMIRE AND RESPECT HOME INSPECTORS and recommend a home inspection to every home buyer.  In fact, if an active duty military home buyer is short of funds, I'll happily ... more

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