hausdok Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 This article in The Villages Daily Sun makes it sound like all private home inspectors learned their trade from the back of a Cracker Jack box and that a home inspection is about as useless as a screen door on a submarine. What a shame that this is the perception of the public in a state with some of the most proficient and active home inspectors in the nation. To read the entire article, click here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Manor Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Taken from the article: "We respond to every concern, but we havenââ¬â¢t found any problems in any of the homes in The Villages"........ Does that really mean that they're not there??? -Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Poorly written article; it covers two different topics. It seems that home inspectors are scare mongers because homes in The Villages did not collapse completely. I'm not sure how that makes sense. Apparently, the standards of practice of a Florida home inspector should only cover the ability of a home to resist wind. I guess it'd be an easy report to write. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 "Everything is built at 110 miles per hour...." I think they accidentally called that more accurately than they meant to. [:-sour] Brian G. Another Great Freudian Slip [:-slaphap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 It sounds like someone got one of the so called inspector that was trying to get repair work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 It sounds like damage control to me. I bet the AHJ is trying to cover for their own short comings. When you badmouth others, many times you are actually describing yourself. Consider this: Any time you point your finger at another, three fingers are pointing back at you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted December 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Apparently, The Villages has some real heartburn with home inspectors, because they don't miss a beat with the following. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 What a crock . . . People often ask me how problems with newer houses get overlooked by the AHJ. My canned response is, "If those guys knew how to do their jobs, I wouldn't have one." As for licensing? Worthless. There's a licensed home inspector who sits on the KBHI that I wouldn't trust to check out a dog house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Originally posted by hausdok Apparently, The Villages has some real heartburn with home inspectors, because they don't miss a beat with the following. Makes it sound like the county is on the payroll of the Villages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Originally posted by Scottpat Makes it sound like the county is on the payroll of the Villages! AHJ's are often under political pressure from the county or city boards they work under. The Villages probably represents an enormous financial boost to that county, in terms of jobs, fees, and taxes. This could also be an AHJ who just hates HI's in general. I notice they don't cite any specific examples of HI's who made false claims about their wonderful "code compliant" construction, in either article. Don't forget that this rag almost certainly IS owned by The Villages. They can order up as many anti-HI articles as they want, under the thin, false veneer of "journalism". The fox is writing articles about how security is just fine around the hen house... [:-mischie Brian G. It Looks Like PR, It Smells Like PR, It Must Be PR [:-yuck] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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