I have been dealing with some interesting inspection issues… home inspectors are making me crazy!
In one instance, a hot water heater had been called out as follows: “An orphaned water heater is vented into an exterior masonry flue. Backdrafting was noted at the top of the water heater as evidenced by the melted plastic caps. The chimney flue appears to be oversized for venting the water heater only.”
The plumber that came to the house to “fix” it told us that there is nothing wrong with it and that
he has spent the last six months answering calls originating from nutty home inspectors!
The seller, recognizing the nature of today’s market, offered $10,000 toward chimney repairs.
Last week I wrote about pre-listing inspections – I’m not sure either of these scenarios would have been prevented by doing a pre-listing inspection. I’ll have to think about that one.
I had a listing inspected this afternoon – when I checked in with the buyer’s agent, he told me “so far so good, nothing major”… let’s hope the buyer feels the same way!
