You may wind up getting stuck with a "money pit" because this inspector is too busy courting the approval of realtors for the purpose of obtaining future referrals from them to provide the potential homebuyer with an accurate, impartial assessment of a house being considered for purchase, especially if his findings could be a deal breaker. He is selfishly more interested in referrals from realtors so that he can build his business and earn more income than being fair to his paying customers and looking out for their best interest. I wound up purchasing a home that had an uncovered, unfilled well underneath it because he did not go all the way under the house and inspect thoroughly. A technician came to my new home on moving day to drill a hole for a cable to be run to a television and nearly fell into the well. The technician said that there was no way that the well could have been missed because it was not terribly far from the crawlspace. Furthermore, he did not point out the damaged floor boards underneath the house just above the well that had been compromised because of the moisture generated by the open well. As a consequence, I wound up having to pay out money to have the floor above the well cut up and ripped out so that someone could get to the well and cap it with concrete. Then the floorboards had to be replaced. In addition, he gave the realtor and me the impression that the roof on the house would last two or three years; when in fact, the house needs a new roof immediately because the granules on the shingles are half gone and what's left of the shingles are blowing off ever so often. I would not use this home inspector again if I wanted to purchase another home. I'd do just as well eyeballing the place myself.
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