I Won't Crawl Under Your Home, You Have Animals Living Under There!

I can't say I'd blame you one bit.  It's pretty dark and creepy plus I bet you could also have venomous critters down there, too.

Good morning Tom,

There is no amount of money that would have persuaded me to enter under this house! Good call and great advice to seal up this entrances to homes.

I'll go in a full body bite proof suit with air breathing vents and a electric prodding rod...no problem in your attic or basement for a fee...call now!

I don't blame you for passing on this one. Unfortunate for buyers though as the crawl space wasn't inspected. There are companies out there that catch wildlife that are in the wrong place. It would be a good idea for sellers to get rid of unwelcome animals prior to listing home.  

Tom, there is no chance I'm getting trapped inside a crawl space with an animal. They become very protective of their habitat. Rich

Tom,  Sorry for the multiple posts.  Problem with phone this morning.  More likely the operator of same.  That be me.  Mark

Smart move on your part for sure. This had trouble written all over it. Not for them of course.

Tom-Your position sounds prudent to me. However, the Buyer still needs the information on the status. I hope they found a solution.

Tom

Nope not part of my job, and I'm glad of that. Thankfully many of our homes here in SoCal are on slabs. But the mobile/manufactured home inspectors have the unenviable job of going underneath. Nice to have the intell from that but I wouldn't want to do it. Not a fan at all of creepy crawlies!

Jeff

Tom, this was a wise decision on yuour part as who knows what might be living in this area. It osunds like you had to travel a ways to get there plus your time. 

Here you never can tell. Rat, Raccoon, possuum or maybe a feral cat. Time for the pest control guy. Could be fox or coyote also.

I don't blame you. If there are just homeless cats, it would be probably not that bad, but any wild animal can become scared and attack you. Does not worth it.

We don't have a lot of homes with crawl spaces and if I were to come across one, I would not be crawling under one for any reason

One of the first things I do before I enter is shine my light around looking for the reflection of little eyes. I've seen cats, squirrels, and raccoons that have taken up residency under homes. I try to scare them off but most of the time they stand their ground, at least the live ones do.

This is a reason to have a basement and not a crawl space, but we are stuck with raised foundations in Sacramento. When we bought our home, there were raccoons under the house, so our inspector didn't crawl very far. We've since not only vented and screened all of the access points, but we've had a plastic barrier laid to make the process of crawling under the house more pleasant.

Oh, c'mon, Tom. Where's your spirit of adventure?!? After all, you drove a long way to get there! LOL  I know I have critters living under my deck, but trust my yard dog to keep them chased out! Excellent post. Enjoy your weekend!