EXTREME Foundation Damage. Local home inspector says it's just fine!

[@mrcryptozoic817]

I was afraid the buyer had already put their money on the table. So GLAD at the end that they listened to you and didn't. The other inspector should be sued for fraud and blacklisted.

[@robyarrow9690]

Home inspectors need to be held to the same standards as licensed engineers are, which is if significant deficiencies are found. that were obvious to the home inspector they need to be held liable for damages. As of right now, the licensing process for home inspectors is far too easy at least in the state of Virginia.

[@Inspector_preston]

Me too! 😊

[@absolutelynonameslef]

@robyarrow9690 if you require licensing and liability insurance for a home inspector, be prepared to pay $5k for a typical inspection. No one will take on that kind of cost and liability for a measly few hundred bucks.

[@baratono]

Wow! I wouldn't park my cars next to that thing.

[@ncooty]

Nice to hear that about the buyer's agent. Integrity matters.

[@joetuktyyuktuk8635]

It looks to me the house would prefer being situated on the neighboring lot and is doing all it can to move itself over there...

[@leeb.7188]

I was totally burned by an inspector who was hired by the seller’s realtor. Since then, I’ve always hired my own inspector. You’d be a fool not to, as a home is such a huge purchase and there are things that can be wrong with it that you won’t be aware of without a professional on your side.

[@WastedTalent-]

The pile of rubble was a dead giveaway. How do you leave things like that around when you're trying to sell a house?

[@michaelpidanick7458]

Don’t touch that punching bag! Whole house may end up in neighbors driveway.

[@Inspector_preston]

😂 True!

[@prayersofangel2182]

That is insane, the individual who inspected and said it was fine should be fined or charged for gross negligence. We need what you do to be mandated on every home sale in North America for consumer protection. Looking forward to learning a whole lot by following you, great content sir!

[@Inspector_preston]

Crazy thing, the EXACT same inspector did the EXACT same thing today at a different house. February 28, 2024...

[@mikebutts8211]

What I found as a licensed home inspector was that sometimes new inspectors are afraid of "breaking the deal" which might result in fewer referrals from realtors. I never gave a damn about that. Matter of fact I refused to work with unscrupulous realtors.😊

[@paimond223]

Great video! Once the KZbin algorithm catches up to you, I have a feeling you will be a very popular channel. Keep up the great work. This video is a perfect format. Subscribed.

[@Sevem7m]

algorithm is sleeping in this one.. although it did show it to me so def working in some way

[@Inspector_preston]

🙏😊🙏 Thank you for being here!

[@lostsith]

We had a terrible I section on our current house, willfully ignored a lot. Love watching good people work.

[@LunaticEdit]

I was physically uncomfortable watching you walk around in that basement after seeing that displacement. How is that building not condemned?

[@Inspector_preston]

Great question!

[@Frommerman]

Because even though it's definitely headed for collapse, it's not likely to be soon. We don't know how long all this damage took. If it's an inch of displacement in the last year, run for your life, but an inch over 50 years? At that rate it could still be a while before catastrophic failure. Condemning a house that's years from being actively dangerous is a waste of a roof. Definitely shouldn't sell it though. Whoever's currently got the deed seems like they're trying to drop it before the city vacates it.

[@456puff]

@@Frommerman He said he has safety concerns for the current occupants of the home. That makes it sound like it's more of an immediate issue.

[@Inspector_preston]

@@456puff Some of the repairs looked to me like they were weeks old. And new cracking with a quarter inch gap, indicates the home may have actually moved a quarter inch in the last few weeks. That's definitely imminently concerning.

[@456puff]

@@Inspector_preston Is there anything you can do in a case like this to get the family out of the house?

[@edwardantrobusjr2253]

😢 That house is just plain scary. For starters, I can't believe someone was allowed to build that close to the property line. That going to make remediation very difficult.

[@hotpuppy1]

Very common. My city is like that.

[@drozcompany4132]

I know right? Around here in more rural Michigan we usually have setbacks in the range of 10 feet minimum, although there are some communities where it seems the houses are built right to the line.

[@ShadowsandCityLights]

Several videos in and I'm hooked. Interesting stuff, wish I could come along like an apprentice to learn all these things in person.

[@gusmueller4413]

my house had a similar, though not as extreme issue and passed inspection with flying colors. i later found water coming through a wall in the finished basement. i tore off the sheet rock and found a crack with 3/4 inch displacement caused by water pressure on the uphill side of the house. it had shoved the entire house over by at least that amount. i dug out all the way down to the footings and around the corner by hand, put in gutters on the roof, laid additional 4 inch drainage pipe, filled the trench with gravel, and covered it all with permeable cloth. the movement stopped after that, and the house has now been stable for 20 years. but the basement walls parallel to that problem foundation wall all still lean by an impressive amount.

[@Frommerman]

They didn't have gutters on originally? Where I'm at that's a health code violation. I've got a home about to get filed for court over that at work.

[@devildogsmom1]

Every time I watch these videos I learn more and more.

[@Inspector_preston]

🙏😄🙏

[@singularityscan]

I Love these longer Video's please make e'm all like this!

[@DBVintage]

You have to love a house that you can go through on rollerskates.

[@marksfreeyoutube6159]

Great inspection as usual

[@jonviall5566]

How fun is your show? Informative content creators like you make You Tube Awesome! Thank you for taking the time to produce.

[@DAMusic-qu2ec]

Hey guy, I subscribed. I’m learning a lot from your videos. It’s good to know there are people like yourself who care about what they do.

[@Nobody12409]

I could see the gas meter and piping slanted as well. How long before that starts leaking? Scary...

[@drozcompany4132]

It's weird the meter is inside the dwelling. How do they read it? Do they come in or is it some kind of electronic reading?

[@ronduncan9527]

Love your videos. Wish you’d film in landscape mode all the time!

[@Inspector_preston]

I'm planning to start doing more youtube-centric videos. These videos are all re-posted from my TT channel. Unfortunately that's where my biggest following is (325k followers there) but as my following grows here I'll start doing YT only videos.

[@felixgarcia8102]

Well done! Thanks

[@FrancisBeanBlades]

I''m in the middle of deciding whether to buy one with what I considered to be serious structural issues right now (the structural engineering estimate was only $7.7K not counting re-pointing). This one made me want to tell you to get out before it fell on you!

[@samuelt5131]

I didn't really need to watch your video. I worked as a carpenter for 35+years, and also in an architectural design firm for several years, and all I needed was to see the outside of that house, and where it was located, and I could tell it was a total disaster. You were brave to go into that basement. That house was probably moving while you were in there. Crazy!

[@Inspector_preston]

It's funny, because I also had the same spidey sense from the exterior. Unfortunately my job is to fully evaluate it. Most of the time I "know" within the first 10 minutes. But I gotta spend the next 2 hours proving what I already know in a report.

[@carolinem.9800]

I'm an engineer. this home inspection report is spot-on and very thoroughly done. congratulations on this home inspector telling it like it is is , and saving a prospective owner $50,000 of structural repairs damage. ( any time a foundation is built so nearby a slope of more than 25 degrees, suspect this kind of damage (despite the clever parting coverups of step cracking. )

[@Inspector_preston]

Hey I appreciate the validation and the additional expertise added here. Thanks for being here!

[@kennythompson5395]

I believe from the videos I've watched you are therow and honest keep up the great work

[@skipjenn]

Love the videos. Just subscribed ! I did appraisals for a few years and my wife recently worked for Codes. She saw all the crap the builders and flippers were doing and being allowed to get away with by the inspectors and director. She ended up leaving because it was so horrible watching people get away with crap work( with and without permits ) and being told not to worry about it. Keep up the videos !

[@lindawilson4625]

A good rule of thumb is to use an inspector that scares the realestate agents, not the one they recommend. You'll get the report you need to make an informed decision about the house before you buy.

[@Inspector_preston]

That's generally true, and I wish realtors couldn't recommend inspectors since I believe it's a conflict of interest. However, I get about half my work from realtor referrals, which tells me there are MANY good, ethical realtors out there.

[@lindawilson4625]

@@Inspector_preston ...and I admit I have used inspectors recommended by my realtor LOL! They did a fine job. Unfortunately, I know other people who did not have a good experience. Very good, thorough inspectors sometimes scare a buyer if the buyer doesn't understand that a long inspection report doesn't mean the property is a bust, so I understand the realtors's fears. THANKS!

[@JohnHill-qo3hb]

There's inspectors and then there's inspectors, some just fill out the form to get the money, the good ones like to sleep at night. Well done IP, well done.

[@claireconley8522]

That is just plainly scary! How is that allowed? What recourse would the buyer have?

[@niteninja0133]

Just found this channel, absolutely love it. It's crazy the kind of stuff you find and people of flipper homes are like yeah that looks good

[@johnnybgoode3.14]

Really liked the breakdown on this. I hope the other inspector sees this and uses it as an opportunity to learn more and be better. I'm not an engineer but based on what I saw I would bet you a million dollars that the settlement is current and very active. You don't have flakes of that size fall off a newly parged wall without it being in an active state of settlement. That neighbor is going to have an absolute mess on their hands when that collapses. The side of the hill and that foundation wall need immediate remediation. The house may even be condemnable.

[@Sevem7m]

love me some late night home inspections

[@tracytolman6547]

I've learned so much from your videos!

[@mrsmith5114]

Hope to see follow up videos if you are ever updated on the information. Crazyness on this video.

[@sockatume]

Seems like this house is about to become the neighbour’s problem.

[@paulmoffat9306]

"Caveat Emptor" clearly applies here. Also, I notice all those items leaning against the foundation to mask the defects.

[@lorimiller623]

0:52 Look at the size of the vegetation growing out of the neighbor's gutter!

[@Tindog81476]

So engineer here, not a structural engineer but mechanical, so related. Is it fixable... yeah. Should you fix it.... ehhhh... how much is the home worth? My biggest question is what the heck is causing it to move like that, that is some major force acting on that foundation, my only guess would be some type of water issue. Cracks in the foundation, people freak out about it but as we say in engineering concrete is guaranteed to do three things "Crack, Break, and Flake" so a crack isn't usually an issue, however, that is a shifted foundation which is a really big issue. Will it fall down right now... probably not, however if it shifts anymore it could become a problem. Is it worth buying? No, unless you're willing to pay some good money to fix that. If I were going to fix it (I probably have the skills to fix it since I know how forces work) first step would be figuring out what the heck is doing this so you can prevent it. My guess is that the home may have had a better slope next to it, but the neighbor when they extended the driveway may have helped further the issue, typically there is a distance you have to stay away from a property boundary for this reason, but that shouldn't have been enough as houses have footings for this reason. So my guess is the neighbor put in a new driveway and never put in a proper retaining wall, however, it should have just taken out a wall not the whole foundation, so my guess is there is another issue there too. What is very well could be is the soil at this location is not good for this type of foundation, but you would need a soil sample to tell. If you did fix it, assuming you did, you would basically (assuming the concrete pad on the ground is flat and thick enough. Transfer the load to the concrete pad in the basement by building some supporting walls, and removing some of the siding near the foundation, then after you have moved the load to the new wall you would need to jack the home up until it was level again (this would be done with the new temporary walls), and tear out the old foundation walls, dig down to the footings and replace those too, or if they are okay anchor the new foundation to them (I would just replace them though since I could be sure if they were done correctly the first time. Build a new concrete footing/foundation (with rebar, I don't this home had it) wich would require new concrete forms and would be quite expensive, set the home back down onto the new foundation, fix the concrete pad (the edges would be damaged), and then remove the temporary walls allowing the home to accept the new foundation, the home will inevitably crack in this process so you will have to repair the walls upstairs, but it should be good after that. If the concrete pad though was not level or thick enough... it could get very complicated. Impossible no, very difficult and expensive VERY. It probably would be like 30-50% of the price of the house. Now if it's in a good neighborhood with good land value, it might be worth it, but in a low-income or less desired area, would probably be more affordable to tear it down and just put in a new home. Recommended product for you to test floor flatness with, get a ball, it will always roll to the lowest spot. Could help really show it on the video. Just get a tennis ball or something like that. With something like this, you would definitely have to have a structural engineer come out and figure out what is going on. Because you can't just tell what's going wrong with something like this with just pictures alone, you would need to take a soil, and concrete sample, measure the lean, check the water drainage on the property, and put in a retaining wall on the neighbor's end. So it would be a lot of work. I would never recommend that to anyone. Foundations are the worst thing to have go wrong in a home. It can make or break a home.

[@Inspector_preston]

Yes, I agree with much of what you wrote. I believe it's unstable soil, so this becomes a geotechnical engineer territory. The home is literally moving downhill.

[@georgewengler5396]

"inspectors" that ignore such gross defects should be held accountable and run out of the business. Obviously that inspector was just taking money and telling the customer what they wanted to hear...

[@spcysos]

Great info in all of your videos! I really enjoy watching them. Keep them coming! Good job on being a true professional and keeping things real! Everyone needs the reality of the situation and to decide how to proceed accordingly. Buying a house without inspection is a scam! My inspection guy was very considerate and helpful as well and pointed out all of the issues in my house prior to buying even stating things that he could not see without digging further. We were able to negotiate based on the findings. This is how the process should go!

[@kidchild3183]

Crazy! Would be hard pressed to let my client put an offer in on something like that. Had a similar situation in Cicero that we walked away from. Most beautiful parhe work and cut drains I'd seen but the slope from waist high up made you dizzy to look at it! Keep up the good work Preston!

[@johnathonnichols]

I saw those dog treats in your car. Good man.

[@Inspector_preston]

😊 Caught me being a dog lover!

[@sebotuna6230]

Great video Got my sub

[@Inspector_preston]

🙏😊🙏 Thank you!

[@YoDawg-v6l]

That buyer should have never gotten to this point. As soon as you walk to the side of the house that is a clear sign to RUN AWAY

[@lilacscentedfushias1852]

6:50 that’s almost a cm/9.3mm difference, that’s shocking! Did the previous inspector have a sight problem? Or a blindfold?

[@mikeprimm4077]

that driveway should have had a retaining wall made out of solid concrete from day one, the whole side of the hill is eroding into the neighbor's driveway, it's causing the house to settle and shift, I would be genuinely concerned for the safety of the occupants of that building, and for the neighbors potential property damage incurred by that Hill finally collapsing in the house tumbling into their driveway. I'm not an alarmist but I would maybe inform the neighbors that there is a more than 0% probability that one morning when they walk outside to go to work they're going to see a house sitting on top of the vehicles

[@thehoosiercraftsmanworksho1745]

In about 5 to 10 years that house will be condemned. A good couple of rains and that foundation is gone !

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

I've been hired to make corrections on home inspection reports that made no sense. I've come to think that about half of home inspectors are a joke. Had one claim that a vent pipe had no boot on it. Once I got on the roof, it clearly had a lead boot. He obviously never got on the roof. Last week I was called to replace galvanized pipe that was clearly disconnected from the water system. Inspect clearly just looked into the crawlspace from the access and never actually got under the house. The conclusion is to never ask a real estate agent for a home inspector. Find a good one.

[@donnahall7014]

now that is scary,

[@duotronic6451]

Possible collapse onto the downhill driveway? Does that happen in NY? We see that on the west coast after significant rain events. ❤❤❤

[@Papierdog]

We have a small horizontal crack in the basement that has definitely widened recently. Who do I look for that will fix it correctly? Thanks for taking us along.

[@Inspector_preston]

Horizontal cracks tend to be more severe conditions. I would contact a very reputable foundation contractor or structural engineer.

[@Papierdog]

@@Inspector_preston Thank you for the advice. We have a structural engineer coming this Friday.

[@jimmyfavereau]

Love ya Bro! Gold!

[@troisquarts3659]

I think I get the point: the displacement is not insignificant. In fact, it is often significant.

[@Inspector_preston]

Well, the significant displacement is not insignificant. It's significance is significant, and not in significant.

[@James-ol6rw]

Could this wall be stabilized with steel rams driven down and under the wall? Ramjack might permanently stabilize this, right?

[@Dancing_Foxes]

My husband bought a fixer upper house that ended up having structural damage to the foundation. We got a structural engineer to come in and fix it. 2 years later everything is still looking good, no new cracks, nothing is leaning, nothing like that. It was originally caused by bad gutters pooling all the water into the front left corner of the house. After everything was fixed I feel that the house is tilted towards the front left of the home. Other people who go into the house say they don't see/feel that. I am 100% sure if I would bring in an inspector he would say there is. My question is if their is a tilt to the house even though all the foundational issues are fixed what would that do if we wanted to sell the house?

[@dw3403]

I bought a brick house that was built in 1941. The large living room had one cornet to the outside that had sunk about an inch. Walking through you did not feel it. When I put mu computer desk and chair in that corner the kids lived to ride the chair there😅. I spoke with a man who did construction about lifting that corner ( it was brick remember?). He went to the chimney on that wall and turned to me and said. The chimney is in perfect shape.Do you want to risk it? All of my inspections came back as excellent in construction. I said nope. The new buyer was made aware if it. She did not care.

[@gnomiefirst9201]

You're not an alarmist, you're a realist. With a background in construction I started to study home inspection. I talked with an inspector who told me he writes everything up that could be potentially wrong so he won't be held liable. Not that it is wrong, but could potentially be wrong. I decided I didn't want to get involved with inspection bc of the huge amounts of money involved in real estate and the shady aspects surrounding real estate transactions. One reason is it would be illegal for me to tell the potential buyer, you don't want to buy this home bc it is a POS. Another is that an area that is not accessible cannot be accessed by damaging property, even if it's just plastic e.g. tearing off plastic covering a faulty foundation. But the biggest pill to swallow is Banks giving loans on homes that are a POS, and a lot of them are new homes in Big developments $$$$$ (red flag). The banks have their own appraisers and give the loan on a POS based on the appraisal (over inflated). How is this even legal? Big Money always brings out the worst in people. Just put some parging and paint on it, right?

[@REXOB9]

Can't be sure from the video, but looks like poison ivy in the front yard - just the frosting on the cake for this gem.

[@J55S]

I bet they had some stuff roll into the vent under the end of that bookcase you see when you opened the front door .

[@stephenlineman]

outstanding call the county or city to get that place condemned to save a life

[@devdhamija7585]

Are you afraid it will collapse during your inspection, while you are in the basement?

[@bettysmith4527]

Yikes!! How much to fix that, and would they have to lift the house and redo the whole foundation?

[@Tindog81476]

Not sure about Post-Covid prices now (probably higher now), but depending on the extent of the damage it could be $30K-$120K easily. It could easily cost up to around a 1/3 the price of the house. Concrete is not cheap, and neither is labor. This project requires a lot of both, to both remove the old foundation and put in a new one, without damaging the house any more than it is... it's a lot of work, doable, but probably only worth it if the house value is worth it.

[@jamesmendini]

​@@Tindog81476I was thinking about 100k also

[@dubrovnyd]

There is also the option that the local inspector didn't lie in his report: the house moved one and a half inches in three weeks.

[@Inspector_preston]

I considered that. Except the clients and realtor said it was exactly the same weeks ago, and the patch work they were doing was months old to repair that movement.

[@rezinatebasshead]

"that right there is NOT insignificant"

[@eelkekooistra]

Foundation should be build on solid soil! Should be 80cm beneath the height of the drive way of the neightbours!

[@jimdarhower4945]

All that “displacement” just looks like the secondary buildup on top of the walls no?

[@TT-hm9uc]

Great vids . I wish more inexperienced buyers would watch these . As a house flipper here in the south there are certain houses that we don’t touch . One is basemen homes or homes with tall crawl space on elevated foundations . Always some sort of water intrusion foundation issue . Run away . Even the older homes , turn of the century are starting to become just to costly to fix .

[@petrariaamy3105]

btw you should not show your car's liscense plate, although it may seem very minor if this video were to go viral and get 1 million views at least 1-10 people out of that million would be crazy enough to find up your address and personal information off the plate. just something that you dont want leaked, the internet is crazy and you have to be careful. Great vid tho!!!!

[@Inspector_preston]

They already do. LOL My address is posted online. I've had stalkers, death threats, and weirdos sending me photos of my family coming in and out of my house. It comes with the territory I guess.

[@peggybuetow1026]

So what’s the fix?

[@jamesmendini]

Not sure what the buyers where thinking, but I wouldn't even consider putting in an offer on that house. One look at that basement foundation and it would have me running from this home. Don't even need to hire an inspector pretty obvious problems.

[@Pinkfrosting962]

Right?? Like wth?!

[@TheCobruhAlienat0r]

I feel like this is something you should warn the neighbors about cause I'd be afraid the house would slide over into their living room or at least into their drive way.

[@susanleonard3975]

And is that poison ivy all over that embankment? That would be an enormous bunch of nope from me.

[@groundhog-plays]

Kind of messed up that the nieghbors driveway is causing this house too fall over.

[@tombarone5657]

OMG that house is going to end up in the neighbors driveway in the not to distant future

[@jamessimmonds3773]

That's a BIG bunch of NO. I'm guessing $65 to $75 thousand to put a new foundation under this house. Probably more economical to do a full demolition and rebuild if CODE allows.

[@peggybuetow1026]

Looks like my basement. But no money for repairs. What’s a senior to do? I loathe apartment living.

[@rshoe1023]

Sounds like the first inspector was a good friend of the seller or listing agents! That house will eventually fall into the neighbors driveway! It's terrible the lengths people go to in order to try to screw some unsuspecting person! That first inspector should be sued and blacklisted!

[@BenKlassen1]

This house needs to be condemned.

[@DeadStuffGuy]

All these problems, the whole home being at risk, just because they didn’t build a retaining wall when they built it or when they built the neighbors home if it was built later

[@garycarpenter2932]

bring a tennis bal to check level, see how fast it rolls.

[@StevenAbbott]

That basement wall looks strange is that a stone or CMU foundation with a parge coat.

[@Inspector_preston]

Concrete with a ton of horrible patches and parging..

[@garylawrence7547]

Right off the bat those stairs in the background are not to code. You don’t have to be a home inspector to see these problems. They are all so obvious.

[@LygerTheCLaw]

the majority of inspectors out there are scammers, taking your money but working for the agent and the bank to shrug at major concerns. i've had a number of inspectors miss major issues on my home purchases. i will be more proactive with vetting inspectors from here on out.

[@kevincornell1439]

there's 2 types of inspectors, those that you hire and those that you buy.

[@randyhuard5959]

Owner should be charged with attempt to defraud by concealing these problems.

[@Frommerman]

Pretty shit concealment. They definitely hired a rubber stamp inspector, but it takes more than that to prove fraud.

[@knurlgnar24]

Always look at who is paying. A seller's inspector is paid to find no faults. A buyer's inspector is paid to find faults even when there is none. It's not a matter of integrity, it's a problem of motivation. Even good people will justify evil if it benefits them. No one is immune to this.

[@Inspector_preston]

I offer a brand new service I call WaiveWorthy inspections where I do a pre-listing inspection and I keep custody of the report (no no one can edit it) and I record the ENTIRE inspection and provide a video for potential buyers.

[@ForgottenBeastMetal]

So are you suggesting the house is going to fall over? Everything is fine

[@norcalsvt0354]

100k should fix that issue

[@mikesmith-wk7vy]

so many of these inspections with structural failures there is always clear evidence the homeowners/ seller knew about it and tried to just cover over it or do some half A$$ cheap patch work . that should be considered fraud to not disclose all that to the buyer

[@Inspector_preston]

I completely agree. They usually hide behind ignorance or claim a contractor told them it was fixed. But you know the contractor usually says "to fix it right will be $30k" and the homeowners are like "what will $300 get us?"...

[@huejanus5505]

It’s the other inspector who gives you guys a bad name. I’m not an inspector or a structural engineer but i can see that there’s significant problems there.

[@Inspector_preston]

I agree.

[@henkbarnard1553]

12:17 100$ Gogles

[@bill90405]

Looks like post-earthquake damage.

[@1ajs]

cinderblock foundations should be banned

[@hotpuppy1]

Poured concrete isn't any better if done wrong>>they will crack too.

[@jf6466work]

Doesn't matter is it's cinderblock or poured concrete if the grading is poor. Ironically cinderblock is easier to repair if done correctly.

[@peterpan4038]

Doesn't matter what type of foundation material you use, if someone f's it up: shit is bound to go south. And vice versa, even subpar materials can last for hundreds of years if construction and maintenance is done the right way.

[@iworkout6912]

My house is elevated up from the street. So water runs down into the curb and into the town drains. My nephew bought a house that its just the opposite, Water runs down from the street and right into his foundation. Same contractor who had the driveway paved right on top of the lawn, no underlayer, no nothing. It all fell apart in just a few years. Suppose to be a top builder in southern PA. Out of business now. Probably still around under a new name.

[@WxMan18]

Yeah just 'fix' the issues right when ya sell it

[@bubbleboy821]

NAME DROP THE INSPECTOR, their license should be revoked.

[@Inspector_preston]

I considered it. The EXACT same situation happened again today with the exact same inspector. But my lawyer says I can't reveal who it is without risking a lawsuit.

[@Unfluencer]

thats a scrape.

[@patty109109]

Does your inspection report get attached to the house in some way or can they just find another sucker to buy the house? It’s likely years before catastrophe, but somebody is going to need to come up with a five digit lump of money to fix this.

[@paimond223]

They don't get attached to a house, per se

[@ytucharliesierra]

Not a catastrophy? This house is doomed.

[@oscarperez-m4w]

That place is a dangerous dump

[@oscarperez-m4w]

A blind inspector