I was inspecting a nice little 1400 square foot house on a very hot day it was over 100 in Denton Texas just about 30 miles north of Dallas and Fort Worth. This house was built in the late 80's on a flat lot that could use some minor drainage improvements like most houses can. The house was very well maintained, updated and clean however it has the normal minor issues with very little movement for Denton Texas area.
This house looks like the perfect find for a buyer and realtor if the price is right for them. The buyer told me that they where even thinking of not getting this house inspected by a Professional Home Inspector saving the small fee that was charged. With the good condition, cold air conditioning, nice quite area, perfect size and bedrooms.
There where some insolated window seals that had started to show signs of moisture in them on the sunny side of the house no real big deal.
However there was a hidden Issue that paid the fee back too the buyer of this new Home that was charged buy R Eyes Home Inspectors and may have doubled the fee too the buyer by having this issue addressed by the seller and saving them from a more expensive issue if it had failed and time without power too the house or more damage too the house when it failed. This issue could have been solved by a simple anti oxidizer being installed on all the aluminum main feed wires when the houses electrical system was installed. The electrician just failed to put the anti oxidizer on two wires making this an issue many years later for these buyers. This was not a big mistake in the eyes of the installer or even in the scope of the job that the electrician did just a small oversight on his part since he put it on all the other connections. However could have been a fatal mistake for the house or its occupants. At the least an inconvenience for the owners.
In the photos you will see the main breaker and wires at temperatures that will blow your mind.
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