When the advice given is just… BAD! Wenatchee Home Inspections
Sometimes you just have to wonder about the internet and some of the advice given there.
Here is a prime example-Top Tips for Prospective Homebuyers.
From this article “For those who feel that home inspection Toronto is something that is best done by professionals, nothing could be further from truth. With a little bit of effort, almost anyone can do a good job of it. In fact, with the Internet to help these days, a lot of people in Canada are doing home inspection themselves.”
Yes this article states that with a “little effort” you can do a good job of it. Well… in all honesty there maybe some home inspections that do little more than what a lay person could do, but if you hire a good home inspector this would be the farthest from the truth.
This brings me to an example of a home buyer who decided against using one of the good home inspection services in Wenatchee. They instead went with a family member who was an inspector (I do not know what kind of inspector they were, and I have my doubts).
Later I was called by their Realtor who knew me to ask if I would look at something really quick for them. I was on a home inspection in the neighborhood so I said no big problem I would be over as soon as I was finished with the home inspection I was performing.
I was looking at a water leak they needed addressed in the basement. So I go run some water in the kitchen sink which above the leak area. I open the kitchen cabinet and see that the dishwasher discharge hose was not installed properly. Okay not a huge deal. But as I ran water into the sink I find no leak there.
So down to the basement and sure enough water is coming out of the wall. What was happening is the main drain from the kitchen was actually in the foundation wall (not a usual installation) and was cracked/punctured. This means a plumber was now going to have to jack-hammer the floor and/or wall and create a new connection and then reinstall the drain line on the surface of the wall.
A little more involved than everyone suspected and a bit more costly. A professional home inspection would have found this and most likely this would be corrected prior to the sale. The cost of the home inspection would have been covered in this expense alone.
For those who want to take the advice in the article remember… you do not know what you do not know.
“If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.”
Red Adair
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