hausdok Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Every inspector's nightmare - You miss something on an inspection and later find yourself featured on the evening news with a lovely young lady talking about how your mistake has taken her life savings. Ouch! To read more or watch the video, click here. How do you avoid something like this? It's very simple, really; inspect every single house slowly and carefully and like you were inspecting it for your own parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 "There was nothing wrong with the inspection or the inspection report," It can't be much fun getting ambushed by a TV crew, but it seems pretty clear that that is nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Jones Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 I don't know about you, but, if my client scheduled an inspection for a certain time and didn't show up, I wouldn't just do the inspection. I have had quite a few inspections where my client wasn't in town, but, that is different than a mix up in schedule. I am curious to hear the outcome. Looks to me like h dropped the ball big time on this one. 40k is a nice amount of money for a home repair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted May 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Hi Rob, I know it seems strange to you and me, but there are lots of places where it's routine for an inspector to do inspections without the clients there and then have them show up somewhere around the end of the inspection. Maybe this is one of those cases; still, it's hard to miss the kind of second stage rot that's obvious at that soffit unless you don't even bother to look for it. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erby Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 They've added another segment to it and plan another one tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 I know it seems strange to you and me, but there are lots of places where it's routine for an inspector to do inspections without the clients there and then have them show up somewhere around the end of the inspection That's how I typically do it-- at least 75% of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted May 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 Here is segment three of the series. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 "Lawyer Frank Eadie says new fast track court rules will make suing for amounts under $100,000 faster and cheaper. May 20, 2010." Gotta love that. Now watch the sharks come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMustola Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 It seems like every time a case like this comes up we never get to see the inspection report. At this point we don't know if the inspector missed something or not. I'm surprised the reporter does not hold up the report and say, "see, the inspector said everything was ok". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBreather Posted September 6, 2010 Report Share Posted September 6, 2010 It seems like every time a case like this comes up we never get to see the inspection report. At this point we don't know if the inspector missed something or not. I'm surprised the reporter does not hold up the report and say, "see, the inspector said everything was ok". Typical head-hunting reporting, nothing to show any other side of the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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