For seven years, I worked in a catalog studio shooting in-home furniture photography for home decor manufacturers. We'd rent homes all around Atlanta, some of which were on the market for upwards of 14 million. The vast majority of the homes we shot in were new constructions. Once you'd been in the house for a couple of days, you'd notice a lot of cut corners and shitty construction practices.
If it catches your eye, it catches your eye for a reason. Even if you have no idea why something looks wrong, that should immediately tell you it is wrong. You note it and then have a reputable inspector check the house and double check behind you for anything you noted yourself.
Yep you are correct, but if it has eye appeal, it will sell regardless. And the realtor has his own inspector to give the house a A+ rating. Then the bank over appraises the house.
+Mark I have purchased several homes. In both cases I told the realtor that I was going to hire my own home inspector. Neither liked it & told me that they would not pay for my inspector. I told both that is what I planned. But one realtor got really upset even after I responded. He was afraid the my inspector was going to gore his ox. (kill the deal). At that point, I told that realtor, "No. My inspector has not & will not kill the deal. I will! Because of your reaction. you & your inspector may be in collusion to hide something critical, costly damage to repair. I am killing the deal & putting the word out on you!" He blew up! My live-in was not happy but understood my logic to no longer trust the realtor.
Wow, what a story! When I upgraded to a new home a couple of years ago I was fortunate enough to work with a realtor who is semi-retired and only represents people she knows. She asked me if I wanted to choose an inspector and simply offered up a couple of options if I didn't have one already.
My house was built by a master builder in 1894. Still as good as new. Solid as a rock. No wafer board, no prefab framing, just quality materials and conscientious workmanship.
Your home will never pass inspection , just shows you these inspections are 99% bs and people live in homes all across America that are just fine and won’t pass todays inspections .
I just tor out my sister's bathroom that was built in the 1870s. I was shocked that their wasn't any mold ANYWHERE. It was built beautifully, just hope the new guy they hire to remodel it does the same.
As a person that's set up land before, remember this... Drainage is everything. I set up on a mountain and the first thing I would've done differently is made absolutely sure to take the extra work to have adequate runoff/drainage.
@@TheArcWelder Not if you catch the mistakes in time. That was the inspector's point. As long as you're holding their cash, they tend to pay more attention.
You should see the homes in Houston. There's a house I've seen where the columns were not only off center but one of them was half off the concrete. Not to mention all the cracks in the stucco. So many McMansions around Houston. Here it is 5103 Inker St maps.app.goo.gl/K6373F2W9iW92NMq9 It's worse than I remember. Column aren't properly set under the patio either. Just fucking awful.
My neighborhood has been getting filled with these for the past 15 years about. Lots of Chinese new money, and expats moving in and boy to they love McMansions. They're ghastly and have so many problems even someone like me with zero construction experience and the bare minimum of home repair knowledge can see how shit they are.
That thing has hideous curb appeal, much less the abysmal “craftsmanship”. I bought a home in North Carolina for $400K from a high end builder that was 10 times the quality of this garbage.
Almost impossible, here they can form a numbered, i think corp, build a development then dissolve, never to be seen again. Really it is the fault of the inspectors, if they were on it this couldn't happen. I'd find out who inspected that home and hold him to the coals.
The house I bought was more than 60 years old. I had to put many thousands of dollars into updating the wiring (the house was built before there was such a thing as three-wire plugs!), a broken sewer line, and many other things I don't even remember now. I bought it with eyes wide open, without inspection. Ten minutes after seeing the house I had known that I *had* to have it no matter who I had to kill to get it, and realized that I would put a lot of money into it. It was a 60 year old house, I didn't expect perfection. Now, it is the nicest house I've ever lived in, solid masonry inside and out, wonderful architecture, totally rain and insect proof. The price was right for its condition and I don't resent a penny of what it cost to bring it up to my standards.
@@randomrazr Where I live, in the mountains of central Mexico, the climate is so temperate that most homes do not have any sort of HVAC system. If it's too hot, you open a few windows. If it's too cold, you close them. In the coldest part of winter, the temperature might drop all the down into the mid-50's (°F), on a really hot day in summer it might reach mid to high 80's. In my case, I have installed an off-grid capable solar system with battery storage, and have two heat pump A/C split units that can either heat or cool as necessary. Together they might see a total of 20 hours of use per year. My solar panels produce slightly more kWh than I use (maybe an extra two kWh daily), my house is total electric, so I don't care how efficient or inefficient it is. My electric bill runs me $1.33 per month, the minimum grid connection fee.
I hired an inspector that my realtor (who worked for the same agency as the listing realtor) recommended. They glossed over so many things (like extent of pest damage, inadequate/damaged insulation, an overwhelming invasive presence of poison ivy on multiple trees and the house, multiple electrical violations, and disconnected non-functional appliances) that I considered suing. I sat down with three attorneys and they all told me the same thing. Suing was possible. Winning was unlikely. Hiring an independent inspector is a hard learned lesson for me.
I have a similar story. When we were looking at homes 2 years ago, I hired an independent inspector on the first 2 homes we put an offer on. He caught so many things it was insane. We were able to use his reports to back out. Then on the third home (which we bought) our realtor recommended we use her brokers "preferred" inspector. He missed quite a bit and was not bright by any means. Thankfully nothing too horrible as the home isn't that old but there are definitely some things that were shortcutted when the flipper was remodeling it.
Home inspectors can be so lazy and get away with it. Mine was a bum as well and the realtor hired him. Nothing beyond a walkaround, standing visual inspection of clearly visible issues.
@@lakecityransom And there's zero recourse once the deal is done. My Realtor's "mentor" actually told us our first inspector was just scaring us so that we would back out, lose the inspection fee in hopes of us hiring them again for more money. It was pretty shady looking back.
@@ronfthiscompany4126 That depends completely on the inspector. I had to temporarily support myself by inspecting new construction and homes for sale as a Real Estate Inspector. The ONLY friends I have left are the buyers of homes that I inspected who used my reports to prevent getting ripped off. THE REALTORS HATE ME. I was legally liable for 48 months for anything I missed in my inspections. It took at least two days to complete an inspection and produce a legally binding report. My findings were based on my 20 years experience as a builder, my JC teaching credential in carpentry, and a computer program that helped to ensure that I covered all the bases. I also took thousands of dollars worth of seminars on the mechanics of inspections in addition to educating myself in HVAC and electrical which were not part of my work experience. I was sued once. I was a co-defendant with a 'fly-by-night' pest inspector. I was immediately absolved and sent out of court. All my big disagreements were due to pest inspectors (who can legally do the repair work they 'report.') trying to sell customers fixes for problems I could not find.
Run....if they missed so many obvious issues, imagine problems you may find that are covered up like electrical, plumbing, heating and structural items.
I was thinking the same thing. I wouldn't even want to know what the wiring and plumbing looks like that is hidden behind drywall. two million dollars wasted
Wayne Schlotfeldt These houses have to be inspected every step of the way. Inspected by city inspectors. And they must pass. If not, the house wouldn’t make it far at all. Hilarious. Learn the building process and then realize that those things aren’t as bad as he’s making them out to be.
I second that sentiment. If it was just one issue, like caulking, that could be traced back to a single subpar subcontractor, that's one thing. But with that said, there are multiple issues that any GC should have spotted and corrected. Those porch columns really give me pause if it's true that the internal post isn't sitting on the footing. I'd run away from this home.
I would hire this guy to inspect my home. He is professional, knowledgeable and knows what he is doing to help you fight for your right to be free from substandard construction. Keep up the great work! 👍
My house was built in 47, and I live in South Florida. We have all these new houses going up, and everytime a hurricane comes through, nothing but problems. Really, what is the point of having codes if developers aren't going to abide by them?
This is sad. Especially when you make more money doing it right. Fools & druggies do this. Maybe this is what happens when you teach everyone that Capitalism is evil.
My 1973 home built in New England ... has 2x3 interior studs, near zero insulation, and had tiny crap windows. I've been buying a new house one piece at a time since getting it 20 years ago. Hot damn.
@@goatface6602 really? Are you sure? Because it seems to me that the people who think capitalism and money are the "end all and be all" (ie. The best thing ever), are the same people who want to deregulate everything and want to be able to swindle the consumers.
Not always the case. The GC might have subbed certain work out to subcontractors who were actually competent. For example, I live in an apartment building built in the 1960's. You can see a lot of the original crappy work that was done. You can tell that a lot of work was done over time to repair some of these deficiencies. However, the one shining exception is the steam heating system. I can tell what parts are original and what has been changed. The original work looks flawless, and you can tell that the original installers followed the book to the letter. It's the subsequent work by plumbers that have no idea about steam that messed things up.
My husband and I have done complete home renovations for 12+ years now and it's amazing some of the crap we have seen done and had to fix! It absolutely pays off getting a home inspector instead of finding out years later that it's gonna cost thousands in repairs. I have seen tons of million dollar homes that are built like crap. Unfortunately most everyday people can't spot issues like these before it causes a huge expensive problem.
I have bought five properties in my life, and expect to buy more. They were all in different cities and I always hired the inspector with a great reputation. I have never had an inspector find even 50% of the real problems we have found after we move in. The problems they do find are great, but the number of problems they don't find is much lengthier.
You overestimate his skill. Someone who’s good at their job in the first place wouldn’t allow this shit at all. He would be making the same mistakes on his own home.
Reminds me of when I drove concrete mixers during the 2000s housing boom. All customers that we delivered to hired illegals of dubious skill level for their crews that they put on jobs pouring slabs for their customers (general contractors). One of the big wigs of one of our big customers was having a pool deck patio poured at his gated community home. Of course since it was his house, he only had the english speaking citizens and legals working on his home. The illegals he had working on his customers' jobsites were not good enough for his personal home improvement job.
@@larryh502 You ask the illegals if they worked in construction, Si senior. They always say yes to everything. They had some working as cooks in a Jewish/ Kosher restaurant and they could not cook anything decent. Just because you are Mexican doesn’t mean they can cook or do any work.
Welcome to Winnipeg! City inspectors here are totally currupt and make well over 100k a year. Crime Incorporated. Google WINNIPEG BUILDING INSPECTORS FIRED.
Back in 1977 my family moved into a brand new home in Joliet Illinois and I wish we had a home inspection before, two major issues my dad had to deal with was no insulation between walls and footing so we had SNOW coming into the living room the first time it snowed and the wall where the main water line came into the house did not have insulation so the first time it was really cold we came home to a broken water main. My dad had to insulate the wall and dig into the wall to even find the water main shutoff which had been enclosed under the stairs.
I had a house rebuilt after a tornado in 1998. We had our inspector come 3 times during the construction phase. He found plenty wrong & then went on to say that my house was still better than 80% of the properties he inspects.
I live in a 100 year old "California Bungalow! Parents purchased it in 1956...dad was always on top of maintenance and I learned those skills from him! He could fix anything!
Wow, that wasn't just click bait. It was truly shocking. Amazing how much damage a $3.00 tube of caulk can prevent. I'd be curious how much it would cost to repair the other screw-ups. Also it would be nice to know which builder to avoid.
I did home inspections for 20 years for private sewage systems and private water supplies like wells and cisterns. On homes older than 5 years I almost always found problems. It was normal for me to find bleeder lines, laundry lines, inadequate septic systems for older homes. Replacing a septic system with the new regulations is going to cost 30 grand or more depending on the state regs and the type of system installation. And then you have the maintenance and service contracts.
I built a new brick home in Indiana in 1997. We were told it passed all inspections. Four years later we had to move an entire inner wall because of mold. Wasn't flashed around windows and nothing sealed. Went to the Court House to c the inspector and was told by someone in the office that he signed the papers without EVER BEING TO MY HOUSE! They said he had too many inspections to do and not enough time to deal them all. Ended costing us thousands of dollars because the City Inspector was a lazy idiot. He later got fired but it didn't help us any. That house ended up having tons of problems that the builder would never fix. Even though it had a warrantee. The co owner told me flat out to try to sue him. That he had more money and always won. Taylor Homes. His name was Eric Taylor. Brick was done wrong, wiring messed up, HVAC vents ran incorrectly, crawl space plastic and rock not done causing mold..... I have ALWAYS had an independent inspector since then.
I feel your pain. I was conned by a building inspector who missed a huge moisture problem on the back wall of the house that later required me to rebuild the entire wall. It had been that way for years. The mold could be seen getting washed out on the foundation bricks. The people who installed the addition to the house several years ago did the roof the cheap way and did not gable it. Leading to ice building up in the gutter and tearing it from the house. I ended up having to put a wire heater inside of the gutter to stop it from happening again after repairing it. He also missed open junction boxes in the basement, and two doubletapped fuses in the fuse box (he took the cover off of the fuse box no less). I was fairly ignorant and naive at the time with it being my first home. This was a 3rd party inspection. All I can say is avoid Hometeam.
@@CF-bg3jd I've seen some real bad ones that are more recent. Maybe on the whole it's gotten a bit better since then, though. And while it's not related to build quality, style has gotten way, way worse. Don't understand why everyone wants their house to look like a sterile office building these days.
The current location, the job in throwing the trash out (fees and such for the city to handle) currently on the lot, and erecting a better place to live = $2.4M
Canada's housing bubble has not popped yet. Due to their mortgage laws (5 year ARMs, you refinance every 5 years by default) coupled with incredibly low down payments, people leverage these houses up to 60/1. If the house loses value, the bank comes after you, and your debt to the bank is insured by CMHC (the gov't) which will hunt you down for life, seize assets, and garnish your wages. It's a disaster waiting to happen with people constantly flipping houses at extreme leverage. Foreign buyers also play a major role.
There's some type of gap at the end of those unsloped gutters. It's unclear whether that leads to drainage but I doubt it does. Will probably back into house and cause rot.
This reminds me when we were looking for a house last summer. They did a "cheap" renovation to make it look so fancy but so many red flags. The biggest one that had us actually laughing was they managed to paint the windows shut, they couldnt even be opened. Beware a house baught less than a year ago with tons of "work" done.
That home is hideous. There is no way I would way $2.4 million for so little. To top it off, it looks like it was built by middle schoolers as a class project. Great video.
You've lived in the San Francisco area for how long? That's what I thought. This kind of shoddy construction has gone on in northern California for decades. Admittedly not to this extreme, but the housing stock is historically poor and the shoddy construction continues. There would be multiple offers on this house due to high demand/low supply because the buyers understand there is very little new housing permitted in the Bay area. I've been through more than my share of these homes, and they are here to stay.
Adam Anderson I live in a trailer park, that's not really nice to degrade people like me, I was homeless as a teenager after my parents lost everything during the housing crash. We had to fight for everything we got. Literally I had to take a job working security in some of the most violent ghetto's just to have something to eat, do you know how many times someone has tried to kill me? I lost count. Finally saved enough to move to a state with better job prospects and within a year I had a 100lb air conditioner fall six feet onto my head while I was stooped over. It nearly killed me, I lost my job, couldn't walk for three months, couldn't pay rent so I was out on the street in the middle of winter and I finally have my own little box. It cost me $2,000, the heat doesn't work so I just sleep with a large blanket and a space heater.
Wow, I used to build houses with my dad and thinking I knew everything and purchasing a house here in the near future just opened up my eyes. Never assume everything is well just because its a brand new house. Thank you for this video.
the sad thing is there's often no recourse since these joe-shmoe builders will close their business and start anew under a different name. its so crucial to have a good inspection
Yet real estate agents i.e. "realtors" will strongly encourage you to waive inspection on a new house because it's new, they say, and doesn't need it. NEVER waive inspection- you lose too many rights to any remedy should construction problems manifest. And they will manifest in most new trash built now.
Great job Tom. I was right there with you. Cant believe the amount of problems wrong on the outside as well. I do drywall and our punch list is held to the maximum appearance to the home owner. I will happily point out caulking and roofing issues if I am called out for a warranty call of water leaks.
Before he even gets close and you see how crappy the columns themselves were done on a $2 million plus house... you know this is a turn and burn job...
I can’t tell for sure but the plumber seemed to know what they were doing. That’s one of the nicer water heater layouts I’ve seen and the pex is well organized, the metal straps around the water heater is a little strange but I know some places have it as code to fasten water heaters
Unfortunately more often then not the builder has already thrown up an entire subdivision and the developer responsible for the rush job is in business with the city. Don't fool yourself houses like this usually sell before there even done being built unfortunately these problems are often passed on to the second owner before they begin to cause damage or before the damage is visible to the untrained eye.
That's not stone, that's concrete with a pattern also kown as stamping: ruclips.net/video/0KaRyJe0tKM/видео.html A shitty cheap alternative to actual masonry; for people with more money than brains.
That stone looks like a product called stonetile, seeing as the house is in Vancouver and the product comes from Calgary makes sense to me. Secondly you have to caulk the product at the joints
On a 2.3 million dollar home thos is a pretty routine punch list here. 1) caulking on all gaps $700 2)touch up paint on all $400 3)fixing down spout and leveling downspout and installing new gutter with materials $800 ($300 materials and $500 labor) 4) Installing 6x6s for front stairs with concrete base and cross support in 2x12 x 2 thick and gussets (brackets and braces included too) . $1,400 5) Unbolting grates for fire exits on downstairs basement windows and installing a track of sorts or channel if you will 3 inches deep to hold grate in place from moving in all directions (grate can still be lifted out and or pushed up) $300 5) touching up concrete porch with stone facade and making it blend $450 (this is only if the trim I lay around the column on bottom end doesnt fully cover it or look decent otherwise cancel this cost) 6)straightening cloumn to plumb $500-$1000 (depending on what is involved price could go up to as much as $3000) this is optional and the small crookedness of the column wont fail inspection and you can simply trim that spot on bottom in a composite outdoor trim and plan on replacing every 10-15 years And making it wide 2x2 then a smaller corner round trim on the bottom of that would probably cover the imperfected stone coat on front porch concrete porch and i would recommend that instead. Leave the trum about .25 inches eaised for water to not get trapped underneath and unable to properly dry out. $4,550 at most would be my price to come in and fix all of this the correct way. It would more than likely come in at around $3,000 out the door but i always estimate for the worst however i have a feeling that front column would be a booger if you wanted it plumbed up and taking the facade off and reinstalling is the worst case but i would tackle it from the top and try moving the top to plumb it forwt but he said the bottom plate is not attached coreectly so that leads me to believe the column needs to be diaassembled on bottom and porch roof jacked up an.5 to 1 inch and the plate realigned and column put on the plate correctly which is hard to predict over the computer because i do not know how they installed the column in depth or how ot was supposed to be installed by code for this particular application but i am guessong this is what is needed. Maybe get away with simoly cutting the top of the column in between the tip and the beam or whatever it attachs to for the front porch overhang and sawzall its fasteners and they it can be plumbed back into place and reattach with new fasteners. If not i would still attack it from the top and just fudge it by cutting it fronm the overhang and plumbing it and then just attaching it securly and covering uo the cuts and fasteners with material and paint. But the bottom plate if secure and on is ehat determines how to attack and this video didnt go into enough detail to explain or ahow how this would be most appropriatly rectified. Other than that I would aay it is nice. I missed that big gap too in whatever hole cutout that was. Add another $400 to $600 but you are looking at $5,000 dollars for me and 2 guys to spend 3 days getting this entire house ready for sale. I would want touch up paint for exterior and interior, it is always smart to have 3 small screw on tops containers 1 quart big of every type of paint in the home if possible. And 1 quart for rooms with only one color and no other room is that color. So each color ouf outside color and trim get 3 containers 1 quart in size and the bedrooms all get 1 quart each of touch up and the kitchen would get 1 or 2 if really big and so on and so on. Also you want to store them in a climate controlled place and have the paint code and splotches(sample on paper card) taped onto the jars. Also you need to get extra tiles (about 3 for every 500 square feet) and extra wood planks or vinyl planks (3 for every 500 square feet) and extra tiles foe bathrooms (5 small ones for each bathroom) and it is good to keep the name of tile and manufacturer on the box you store them in. Label everything and these all go together with your paint in a climate controled shelf somwwhere out of the way. Also last but not least if your trim paint is all the same which it ahould be all semi gloss white of the same tint (brightness) keep a gallon at least on standby in that same place however this is usually what gets touched up in full along with hallway and stairway walls due to markings and also kids bedrooms ao i would increase your touch up supply for the hallway colors and kids bedroom too. Maybe do a gallon of each and a good paint will be able to go right over the scuffs and markings and dry without noticing anything. Cieling paint gets 1 gallon of touch up but it os usually not really needed until you paint the whole cieling so i just use a quart for touch up storage.
As someone who works in the commercial insurance field, I’m absolutely not surprised by this. I’ve seen hundreds of construction defect claims and lawsuits from homeowners regarding shoddy workmanship by new home builders. Mostly Florida, Colorado, and Southern California, but I’m sure it’s everywhere.
I see this shit on many different job sites that I work on. And a lot of times it's the workers just trying to hurry up because time is money. What it really boils down to is the lead contractor either being overwhelmed or just being lazy to check up on his workers or sub contractors and making sure that the job is done right. It's hard to find good workers or craftsmen these days. Oh and one more thing, just because someone is a hard worker, doesn't mean their doing the job right.
It's almost always the lead contractor tying to get the subs to half ass everything so it can be done faster and cheaper for more profit in his pocket. I've seen it so many times now with various generals it just makes me sick.
VancouverCanucksRock its hard to feed your kids when you refuse to work for shitty home builders. Ive been in the business for going on 20 yrs. And I only know of a handful of home builder that know what they are doing and pay descent. The biggest problem is the ease of getting a license to build a houses. The testing here has nothing to do how to build, its all about what taxes you have to pay and how to legally word you contracts. The other problem is that the inspectors (city) dont have a clue what it should look like. The whole point of permits and inspections is to protect the general public from shoddy, dangerous work. On one of our projects we purposely wired the breaker box incorrectly, when the inspector came out I asked if it was correct. He said "if the electrician said it right then I guess it is." After he left I called the permit office to tell them what went down and they told me "thats why you have to have a licensed electrician, its not our job to make sure its done right." Well we then rewired it and called for a new inspection. They said that they didnt need to come back out because they had already signed off on it. When I reminded them that we did it wrong on purpose the first time they said it didnt matter. I can imagine what other GCs are getting away with.
Thanks for confirming some of my worst fears about all this cobbled together, OVERPRICED new construction. I'm not a home inspector but just driving by developments, you see a lot of questionable things.
A couple of years ago I was doing some painting at a legit mansion from the early 1900s, freshening up some big romanesque columns and railings. When that project was done I went and did a similar, but much smaller, project on a McMansion in a McMansion neighbourhood. The capitals of the columns were made of styrofoam, and one of the fascia boards was rubber. It was a nice home and the people who lived there were very nice, it was just that the contrast between the real mansion and a big house with a very perishable facade.
@@tubeva1977 People can't afford these homes, the just get a million year mortgage, lol. I would think rich foreigners (those with that kind of money laying around) would be buying something better.
@@onlyscience7120 4.years ago I travele to Vancouver and was blown away by the housing prices. I thought California was bad but Vancouverites have been priced out because Hong Kong resident have transplanted there. Downtown looked like a teenage Hong Kong and will only get worse.
Stamped walls and trusses are pretty hard to mess up, no doubt it's going to rot because of how poorly it's wrapped and I bet the plumbing and mechanical are garbage.
Drogheda Drones & Fun Structure could be great - could be shit too. All depends on the integrity and work ethic of the subs. The company doing the facade likely wouldn't have been the same company who did the framing. Each stage of the build is usually handled by different contractors hired by the developer. Sometimes they have good contractors, sometimes bad, sometimes a mix. The developer doesn't usually care in the end as long as the house is standing and looks finished, some fool will eventually buy it.
I would run, not walk away from that deal. I had an independent inspector look at my house I purchased that was built in 1955, not new. Money well spent. My old house I purchased didn't have the amount of deficiencies this piece of shit has. What's underneath, indeed!
Never hire a home inspector, instead hire a tradesman who actually holds liscense to inspect stuff that you have questions about. The price inspectors charge these days, it would all be the same in the end. I love the part when you ask if they miss something what happens and then they tell you they are liable for nothing.
They wrecked the look of that column with the downspout. It should have ran into the ''missing gutter''. I would have said no to this house at this point already. WOW, just WOW!
I've been on a couple sites, the boss is usually someone who's never swung a hammer in their life, and they expect the house to be built in a couple weeks. It's the people who are dumb enough to buy these new homes who are really to blame. A lot of them even know that it's a pile of garbage, but they buy them anyway.
Victim my ass. If people don't pay whatever the builder asks for houses that are obviously poorly made, the situation wouldn't exist. People need to grow up out of this "I'm a victim, nothing in my life is my fault!" mentality and take responsibility for themselves.
Of course they got screwed, they just assumed the house would be built properly rather than doing any research. Besides, most new homes aren't well built. They don't have to be, because the market(people buying these houses) haven't demanded it. Don't get me wrong, it's a shitty scumbag move on the builder's parts, but who's really to blame are the people paying for them to exist and do what they do. How is an honest builder going to compete with people who sell their houses for the same price at half the cost to them?
Great video Tom, I'm a new subscriber. I understand what you mean by getting a home inspection. My home insp miss about 15 different things. I found them myself. Between the door jam and the wall casing had about 1 inch gap.
The worst issue we had (fortunately) when we bought an almost brand new home (one year old) was that there was a high level of humidity in the laundry room when the dryer was running. A dehumidifier had been hard-wired into the ceiling...we could never shut it off. My husband got aggravated with it and decided to check the dryer vent connection. When the dryer ran, the outlet on the side of the house didn't move. He thought 'maybe' is was full of lint. Um, nope....the vent hose in the laundry room wasn't even attached to the dryer....at all. The dryer was venting INSIDE the laundry room. Easy fix, but either the builder or the first homeowner thought they solved it with a dehumidifier. We had an excellent inspector that pointed out about 1/2 dozen small things that we could easily fix ourselves. But, we've known folks who have paid to have a house built and once they occupied it, it was just a money pit.
Yes sir, I totally agree with you. I tried telling my hard headed father-in law that moved to the states from Japan that got a new home built in Texas that they needed and should get the home inspection completed before taking possession of the home. Although the builder does agree to fix items within a certain period of time. However my in-laws forwent the home inspection and they did have the build come back out to fix small things they were able to find. But they some began to discover more costly issues with the roof, foundation, gaping holes opening up in the back yard. He says it’s my fault for having his daughter to live in Texas. Lol, no sir buddy, he just should have paid that small fee and got the home inspection.
Yeah, because a 2.4 million house better be fucking right the first time for that ridiculous cost. 2.4 million can buy you a fucking army for god’s sake.
This house isn't worth a single penny. You'd honestly have to tear down the entire property and rebuild a proper construction there in its place. Any reasonable person who isn't completely blind wouldn't offer a single penny more than the baseline value of the land the shit property is constructed on, as you'd still have to be saddled with the teardown costs and construction costs to make a functional home on the land.
Never mind a pre-purchase inspection, it is clear to me that the Municipal Inspections (during construction) were seriously lacking. I am retired but was a Certified Building Code Official, a Chief Building Official & By-Law Officer as well as an Arch Designer and Retired Building Contractor. Furthermore, I was one of the first ever, let alone qualified Private Building Inspectors in Ontario (maybe Canada). I also did Architecture Forensic Inspections and Expert Witness Services for those that got taken advantage of by fly-by-night builders and delinquent building inspection departments. So stuff like this drives me nuts to see it still happening with both the Builders and the Municipal Inspectors, and it being left to Private Inspectors to discover (and really good private inspectors are hard to find).
I"m with you! I'm an architect and was wondering who did the punch out for this (my guess is no one!). I wonder how many doors wont close, cabinets that are wonky, unaligned. What a MESS
The three townhomes across the street from me (new construction) used untreated wood for the front porches! A year now and they are tearing off the front porches replacing them with the proper treated wood. Fortunately, the contractor is responsible.
BritishWarLord location location location. Land is only expensive in prime areas. In Los Angeles I am paying 2100 for 1 bedroom in downtown. It's expensive but I live in a nice area. It's a trade off.
I could build better for $200K in the middle of Indiana, and put it on a bigger lot that costs less than $100. Streets, sewers, electric utilities, neighbors and nearby jobs all optional.
Brother in law is a contractor. He told me "these fancy houses are shoddily built". He was painting 10k worth of cabinets and said they were home Depot quality". He also told me about bad tile jobs, lack of insulation, things being warped.
My husband and I spent 2 years building our house on our own. The only things we contracted out was the foundation, plumbing, and insulation in the attic because it was cheaper for them to do it. We did the framing, drywall, flooring, windows, doors, all trusses on roof, and roofing. Each time the inspector came in he had nothing to tell us to change. He said, "this must be your house" We have lived here almost 30 years and it is as sound as the day we got final inspection. The only huge drawback is. . . we're in California. California wasn't the cesspool back then like it is now. We love our home so much and we're not in town, we're considered County so everyone leaves us alone.
California was very much the same. You are exposed to it more now because of the rise of social media and 24/7 access to information through computers and smartphones.
Lovely story. My parents had their home built in what is now called La Cañada - Flintridge in 1951. It was their dream home. They sold it and moved to San Diego in 1986. The old house is still standing, looks beautiful. I've heard many stories about the builder & how he kept a close eye on the work being done during the build. It was (and probably still is) a cozy, comfortable home. Mom, who is 97, still laments selling and moving (she has forgotten it was her idea.) It is sad to read how poorly homebuilding has fallen from what I presume were very good and honest standards. That really needs to change. Glad to read how happy you are with your build. Hope you continue to enjoy decades of years to come. 🏡
I lived north of LA in the High Desert where literally hundreds of new home developments were built in the 80’s thru the 2000’s. It was amazing looking at how bad the construction was for homes built under $300k. But homes built in the $500k or higher, a vast improvement in quality. However, the subcontractors used on all homes were the same, and poor subcontractors did crappy work. There was a tract of homes with almost every home having leaks. A handy man studied the problem and made a fortune repairing the leaks with minimal work as it was a simple issue of the original roofers not using roofing paper in the valley areas on the homes. Because the tract was over 10 years old, the builder was able to avoid repairs due to warranty. Sloppy window installation with cheep windows, watered down paint on interior walls, and poor design by architects such as close quarters between doors and toilets, bad dishwasher locations, and undersized garages with literally a foot of space from the garage doors to the interior garage walls, drive in and can’t open car door. Poor stucco application, cracks, gaps, over spray, and sloppy workmanship. Disappointing.
In places that have heavy rainfall, like Vancouver BC, it is vital to ensure that water is moved away from the building because water is the enemy of all homeowners and will destroy wood structures in a very short time frame. That is why it is imperative to ensure that roofing is installed correctly, rooflines do not push water into other roof lines or exterior cladding, flashings are installed around every roof penetration and are working as they should, gutters are installed with the correct run drop to push the water to the downspouts, the downspouts do not terminate on a roof but continue on to another gutter or that they are terminated at ground level so that they push the water away from the foundation. Grade the land so that it slopes away from the building. This is just dealing with the roof and drainage. There are so many other aspects of preventing water ingress that anyone purchasing a home would be crazy not to hire a good home inspector and get a detailed report of the issues BEFORE you purchase the home.
Every contractor needs an OCD guy like me who not only looks at the "in your face obvious things" but also the little things like shown in this vid. Good job.
It's a shame really, it's really easy to do proper. You just need the right caulking kit, the ones that are more flexible doesn't crack when they been through many season cycles.
3:30 Dryer vents and bathroom vents must terminate at least 0.9m (3 feet) from windows. 3:50 roof slope terminates into a horizontal projection (wall) without a cricket. 4:35 3/4" temperature/pressure relief valve appears connected to a 1/2" drain pipe which must be at least the diameter of the TP valve.
That must not apply to condo construction in BC because I see dryer vents, bathroom vents and kitchen exhaust fan vents terminating as close as 50cm (20") from opening windows and patio/balcony doors. /s
My neighbor sold his 1984 one story brick ranch 4 bedrooms, 2 baths , original paint, original appliances, 3 tab roof that will need to be replace with in 3 years at best and the inside was beat to death. Didn't do a single thing to the place but list it. They sold it for 360 thousand 4 months ago and the buyers never asked for one thing to be fixed, painted or cleaned. It proves the age-old saying " A fool and his money are soon parted "!
Common example of a company that puts profits before integrity or anything else, and why businesses need enforced regulations & proper guard rails (including felony criminal prosecution) to stop abuse/fraud.
The buyer of our house had a great inspector. We had done a lot $$ of work on the house. The kitchen floor was new but there was some give to it. The inspector told him how to fix it since he wanted diff flooring. He knew we had a lot of new, roof, insulation, water heater, appliances top kitchen, hard wood floors, solid interior doors and on. One chg and we sold the house. If we loc lots of shoddy work, I wouldn’t even consider purchasing.
Wow, so many issues. Just people doing the job that really don't care about their work!!!! Where I work, I'm very picky. I want things done right the first time. I hate half a** anything. Lazy mistakes I wouldn't put up with.
Hey Brandon Blount please keep the negative swearing to yourself please. If you have something positive to add which will help provide a better finished product in the industry, I welcome those comments.
+JB Dragon 710 West 227 th Street Torrance California USA smart ass just kick the door in I'll have you something to eat waiting who's hiding now coward???? punk ass I deal with scammers like you daily folks all this shit is so minor he's just going to bring his guy in and charge thousands to fix shit that doesn't matter at all he probably never built a house in his life have you Jack ass ?????? no you haven't .:-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
Exactly! I can be picky, but my own boss knows my work. He believes the same, do it right the first time the correct way. Even if it takes longer and costs more. It's the end results that matter. If someone is going to buy a almost 2.5 million dollar house, shouldn't it be done correctly? If you want to half-a** a $20,000 house, ok, I guess, but come on!!! After you build the place, wouldn't you walk around and do a simple inspection to make sure everyone actually did their job? Looking at this video, it wasn't that hard and took minutes. Some of the stuff was really quite bad work. Those front Columns, really? Or the Stairs? It was like armature hour. The chalking is just laziness. Home Inspectors are a good thing. Sometimes I really have to wonder what someone was thinking building a house. Like it's their first and don't know better. Like every industry, you have Great people, Good people, Ok people, fair people, and just downright BAD people. If someone is doing work for me, I want the Good to great person. I want the person that's always learning new things. Will ask how to do something if they don't know for sure so it's done right, and not just guess and screw it up and then having to redo it which is more work and money wasted. I'm always will to teach someone how to go about doing something the RIGHT WAY! All you have to do is ask me. I'm also open to new idea's. Not even I know everything.
Cristhian Vallejo Nah closer to $30k. You can get a beautiful 2,000+ sqft 4bedroom, 3 bathroom, mcmansion with a walled backyard in Mesa for ~$125,000 Problem is it is Mesa
2.4 mill where I live will buy you a fucking beautiful house way out in the country with a couple acres of land. This is shit tbh. My mom just bought a new house a few years ago. 235k 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, granite counter tops and all including a 24' diameter pool in the backyard.
Yes. I'd just like to think that if you're paying millions of dollars for the right piece of land, you'd also pay to get the house built right. But I guess that's what happens when your house is built by a Chinese investor.
The front columns may be more of an aesthetic screwup than structural. The real support is probably a P.T. 4x4 on the top of that Sonotube, and the fat stone column is purely decorative. I've done dozens of 'em. It's a bugger to get right because the Sonotube pier is generally centered on the support post's placement, which is always going to be on the outer perimeter of the structure. The easiest way to avoid this problem is to pour the Sonotube 4" low and then encapsulate the post in concrete so the pier doesn't show. But I don't like to encapsulate any wood in concrete, including, P.T., so I put temp supports to the upper structure until the porch is poured then roto hammer a post base into the uniform new concrete. The rest of the building is an amateur clown house.
I was thinking the same thing. You'll never know unless you get inside that column. However, after watching the whole video, it wouldn't surprise me if there were issues inside that column. Did you see the lack of support for those outside steps...jeez.
For seven years, I worked in a catalog studio shooting in-home furniture photography for home decor manufacturers. We'd rent homes all around Atlanta, some of which were on the market for upwards of 14 million. The vast majority of the homes we shot in were new constructions. Once you'd been in the house for a couple of days, you'd notice a lot of cut corners and shitty construction practices.
Especially in the McMansions in Atlanta, Phoenix, and Houston. So much shitty work.
If it catches your eye, it catches your eye for a reason. Even if you have no idea why something looks wrong, that should immediately tell you it is wrong.
You note it and then have a reputable inspector check the house and double check behind you for anything you noted yourself.
Just goes to show you that just because a home is big and expensive doesn't mean that it was built well.
Yep you are correct, but if it has eye appeal, it will sell regardless. And the realtor has his own inspector to give the house a A+ rating. Then the bank over appraises the house.
+Mark I have purchased several homes. In both cases I told the realtor that I was going to hire my own home inspector. Neither liked it & told me that they would not pay for my inspector. I told both that is what I planned. But one realtor got really upset even after I responded. He was afraid the my inspector was going to gore his ox. (kill the deal). At that point, I told that realtor,
"No. My inspector has not & will not kill the deal. I will! Because of your reaction. you & your inspector may be in collusion to hide something critical, costly damage to repair. I am killing the deal & putting the word out on you!"
He blew up! My live-in was not happy but understood my logic to no longer trust the realtor.
Wow, what a story! When I upgraded to a new home a couple of years ago I was fortunate enough to work with a realtor who is semi-retired and only represents people she knows. She asked me if I wanted to choose an inspector and simply offered up a couple of options if I didn't have one already.
And you should RUN away from any realtor that doesn't leave it entirely up to you.
Independent look is cheapest investment you can make - new or "used".
My house was built by a master builder in 1894. Still as good as new. Solid as a rock. No wafer board, no prefab framing, just quality materials and conscientious workmanship.
My house was 82 no caulking on the house just prober over lay. It’s crazy
Your home will never pass inspection , just shows you these inspections are 99% bs and people live in homes all across America that are just fine and won’t pass todays inspections .
Well well look at you special doggie.
I just tor out my sister's bathroom that was built in the 1870s. I was shocked that their wasn't any mold ANYWHERE. It was built beautifully, just hope the new guy they hire to remodel it does the same.
2x4 and plywood ??
As a person that's set up land before, remember this...
Drainage is everything. I set up on a mountain and the first thing I would've done differently is made absolutely sure to take the extra work to have adequate runoff/drainage.
Me too. After-the-build drainage is difficult, but worth it. I built mine pre-RUclips in 1998 and wish I knew then what I know now.
living in a rental that had a slope that poured all run off into the basement constantly...NEVER ever miss that step
Amen
You never knew what you know now.
They must have built that one on a Friday.
At 3:00 lol.
No you are wrong.Monday after heavy drinking .They probably started drinking Friday at noon and were dead by Sunday.
I like ur picture. It's the painting the little girl created after she died, went to heaven, saw Jesus, and came back. 😇
Monday
They must have built that one with left over material from the ten million dollar house
This guy is a fly-by-night construction swindler's nightmare. Keep up the good work.
Theres more and more of this it seems. 2.5 mill dont get you much for a house these days
You still got to pay them regardless.
@@TheArcWelder Not if you catch the mistakes in time. That was the inspector's point. As long as you're holding their cash, they tend to pay more attention.
@@TheArcWelder if they don't meet code you can refuse, you don't have to get the house regardless. That's just wrong.
Why because he murders them and puts them in his basement? His opening gave me huge serial killer vibes
If this had been the most perfect construction ever I would still have demolished it on the grounds of poor taste. What drug was the architect on?
You should see the homes in Houston. There's a house I've seen where the columns were not only off center but one of them was half off the concrete. Not to mention all the cracks in the stucco. So many McMansions around Houston.
Here it is 5103 Inker St
maps.app.goo.gl/K6373F2W9iW92NMq9
It's worse than I remember. Column aren't properly set under the patio either. Just fucking awful.
They might have hired an architect to design this, but this house sure isn't architecture.
@@djarcadian All too common in HTX, especially those high density lots. Poor architecture and poor construction!
Wow, look at that. Skill Builder is checking out this video. Glad to see you here.
My neighborhood has been getting filled with these for the past 15 years about. Lots of Chinese new money, and expats moving in and boy to they love McMansions. They're ghastly and have so many problems even someone like me with zero construction experience and the bare minimum of home repair knowledge can see how shit they are.
Wow. Given all the deficiencies that we can see, just imagine the ones that are hidden!
Brand new and ready for repairs.
HELLRAISER, very poorly built.
Give that man a cookie!
*demolition
Johnny handyman loves this type of work.
That thing has hideous curb appeal, much less the abysmal “craftsmanship”. I bought a home in North Carolina for $400K from a high end builder that was 10 times the quality of this garbage.
Shameful. The home builders license should be revoked.
Or make just their inspectors
Almost impossible, here they can form a numbered, i think corp, build a development then dissolve, never to be seen again. Really it is the fault of the inspectors, if they were on it this couldn't happen. I'd find out who inspected that home and hold him to the coals.
steve var ha! Everyone I talk to where I'm from are afraid to hire a builder and build a house. Go figure!
They have a license??
Al Complaint wher are you from?
The house I bought was more than 60 years old. I had to put many thousands of dollars into updating the wiring (the house was built before there was such a thing as three-wire plugs!), a broken sewer line, and many other things I don't even remember now. I bought it with eyes wide open, without inspection. Ten minutes after seeing the house I had known that I *had* to have it no matter who I had to kill to get it, and realized that I would put a lot of money into it. It was a 60 year old house, I didn't expect perfection. Now, it is the nicest house I've ever lived in, solid masonry inside and out, wonderful architecture, totally rain and insect proof. The price was right for its condition and I don't resent a penny of what it cost to bring it up to my standards.
dont older homes cost more to heat and cool?
@@randomrazr Where I live, in the mountains of central Mexico, the climate is so temperate that most homes do not have any sort of HVAC system. If it's too hot, you open a few windows. If it's too cold, you close them.
In the coldest part of winter, the temperature might drop all the down into the mid-50's (°F), on a really hot day in summer it might reach mid to high 80's.
In my case, I have installed an off-grid capable solar system with battery storage, and have two heat pump A/C split units that can either heat or cool as necessary. Together they might see a total of 20 hours of use per year.
My solar panels produce slightly more kWh than I use (maybe an extra two kWh daily), my house is total electric, so I don't care how efficient or inefficient it is. My electric bill runs me $1.33 per month, the minimum grid connection fee.
My house was built 64 years after your country was founded 🤣. Still standing just as grand as the day it was built.
I hired an inspector that my realtor (who worked for the same agency as the listing realtor) recommended.
They glossed over so many things (like extent of pest damage, inadequate/damaged insulation, an overwhelming invasive presence of poison ivy on multiple trees and the house, multiple electrical violations, and disconnected non-functional appliances) that I considered suing. I sat down with three attorneys and they all told me the same thing. Suing was possible. Winning was unlikely.
Hiring an independent inspector is a hard learned lesson for me.
home inspectors are USELESS Canada
I have a similar story. When we were looking at homes 2 years ago, I hired an independent inspector on the first 2 homes we put an offer on. He caught so many things it was insane. We were able to use his reports to back out. Then on the third home (which we bought) our realtor recommended we use her brokers "preferred" inspector. He missed quite a bit and was not bright by any means. Thankfully nothing too horrible as the home isn't that old but there are definitely some things that were shortcutted when the flipper was remodeling it.
Home inspectors can be so lazy and get away with it. Mine was a bum as well and the realtor hired him. Nothing beyond a walkaround, standing visual inspection of clearly visible issues.
@@lakecityransom And there's zero recourse once the deal is done. My Realtor's "mentor" actually told us our first inspector was just scaring us so that we would back out, lose the inspection fee in hopes of us hiring them again for more money. It was pretty shady looking back.
@@ronfthiscompany4126 That depends completely on the inspector. I had to temporarily support myself by inspecting new construction and homes for sale as a Real Estate Inspector. The ONLY friends I have left are the buyers of homes that I inspected who used my reports to prevent getting ripped off. THE REALTORS HATE ME. I was legally liable for 48 months for anything I missed in my inspections. It took at least two days to complete an inspection and produce a legally binding report. My findings were based on my 20 years experience as a builder, my JC teaching credential in carpentry, and a computer program that helped to ensure that I covered all the bases. I also took thousands of dollars worth of seminars on the mechanics of inspections in addition to educating myself in HVAC and electrical which were not part of my work experience. I was sued once. I was a co-defendant with a 'fly-by-night' pest inspector. I was immediately absolved and sent out of court. All my big disagreements were due to pest inspectors (who can legally do the repair work they 'report.') trying to sell customers fixes for problems I could not find.
Run....if they missed so many obvious issues, imagine problems you may find that are covered up like electrical, plumbing, heating and structural items.
I was thinking the same thing. I wouldn't even want to know what the wiring and plumbing looks like that is hidden behind drywall. two million dollars wasted
Exactly Wayne, and those issues could be dangerous and costly down the line.
Wayne Schlotfeldt These houses have to be inspected every step of the way. Inspected by city inspectors. And they must pass. If not, the house wouldn’t make it far at all. Hilarious.
Learn the building process and then realize that those things aren’t as bad as he’s making them out to be.
Those things get inspected before covered up holmes
crackahh npc6969 yea, but easy to slip through the inspection as city council inspections aren’t that rigorous
I can imagine the issues that are hidden behind walls etc.
That's exactly what I was thinking. No way I'd take possession of that home, ever.
I second that sentiment.
If it was just one issue, like caulking, that could be traced back to a single subpar subcontractor, that's one thing. But with that said, there are multiple issues that any GC should have spotted and corrected. Those porch columns really give me pause if it's true that the internal post isn't sitting on the footing.
I'd run away from this home.
It’s the bodies of the people who complained about everything wrong with the construction of this home
I bet there are multiple flying romex splices with no junction boxes. Openings with inadequate headers. No metal plates protecting the PEX.
piss bottles galore
I would hire this guy to inspect my home. He is professional, knowledgeable and knows what he is doing to help you fight for your right to be free from substandard construction. Keep up the great work! 👍
As a retired Fire Marshal I would say Bravo to you !!! Great inspection
18 yrs old my first boss said don't worry you will have plenty of work fixing homes the way they are building now that was 1973 still working on them.
My house was built in 47, and I live in South Florida. We have all these new houses going up, and everytime a hurricane comes through, nothing but problems. Really, what is the point of having codes if developers aren't going to abide by them?
Yup....they were building shit back then and way before then. There always will be shoddy/shady contractors😎
This is sad. Especially when you make more money doing it right. Fools & druggies do this. Maybe this is what happens when you teach everyone that Capitalism is evil.
My 1973 home built in New England ... has 2x3 interior studs, near zero insulation, and had tiny crap windows. I've been buying a new house one piece at a time since getting it 20 years ago. Hot damn.
@@goatface6602 really? Are you sure? Because it seems to me that the people who think capitalism and money are the "end all and be all" (ie. The best thing ever), are the same people who want to deregulate everything and want to be able to swindle the consumers.
I'm an electrician and an inspector for UL I can only imagine how bad the electrical is in that place .
Not always the case. The GC might have subbed certain work out to subcontractors who were actually competent.
For example, I live in an apartment building built in the 1960's. You can see a lot of the original crappy work that was done. You can tell that a lot of work was done over time to repair some of these deficiencies. However, the one shining exception is the steam heating system. I can tell what parts are original and what has been changed. The original work looks flawless, and you can tell that the original installers followed the book to the letter. It's the subsequent work by plumbers that have no idea about steam that messed things up.
Christopher Rejon imagine the crap u cant see
Get a fibre optic cam between the walls & be prepared for a horror video...
My husband and I have done complete home renovations for 12+ years now and it's amazing some of the crap we have seen done and had to fix! It absolutely pays off getting a home inspector instead of finding out years later that it's gonna cost thousands in repairs. I have seen tons of million dollar homes that are built like crap. Unfortunately most everyday people can't spot issues like these before it causes a huge expensive problem.
I have bought five properties in my life, and expect to buy more. They were all in different cities and I always hired the inspector with a great reputation. I have never had an inspector find even 50% of the real problems we have found after we move in. The problems they do find are great, but the number of problems they don't find is much lengthier.
It's always educational to watch a pro like yourself do a proper inspection and point out the short cuts taken that are incorrect.
You can bet the contractor that built this home would not have "overlooked" these deficiencies if this were HIS new home.
You overestimate his skill. Someone who’s good at their job in the first place wouldn’t allow this shit at all. He would be making the same mistakes on his own home.
and thats on period tea. no one cares about work done for a customer
Gabe Ross They do if their pay is on the line..
Reminds me of when I drove concrete mixers during the 2000s housing boom. All customers that we delivered to hired illegals of dubious skill level for their crews that they put on jobs pouring slabs for their customers (general contractors). One of the big wigs of one of our big customers was having a pool deck patio poured at his gated community home. Of course since it was his house, he only had the english speaking citizens and legals working on his home. The illegals he had working on his customers' jobsites were not good enough for his personal home improvement job.
@@larryh502 You ask the illegals if they worked in construction, Si senior. They always say yes to everything. They had some working as cooks in a Jewish/ Kosher restaurant and they could not cook anything decent. Just because you are Mexican doesn’t mean they can cook or do any work.
2:17 you never know, maybe the guy ran out of caulk after Home Depot was closed, then went home and died
Underrated comment. This would be the only legitimate excuse for leaving it like that
This comment caught me by surprise. I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe! LOL!
😂😭😭 no excuse
This house is entirely built out of the most inferior quality products. All that cheap pine wood and plastic is everywhere. No thanks
Welcome to Winnipeg! City inspectors here are totally currupt and make well over 100k a year. Crime Incorporated. Google WINNIPEG BUILDING INSPECTORS FIRED.
Windows look really cheap.
Agree 100% and charge the buyer two or three times more than what this cheap house is built for
Back in 1977 my family moved into a brand new home in Joliet Illinois and I wish we had a home inspection before, two major issues my dad had to deal with was no insulation between walls and footing so we had SNOW coming into the living room the first time it snowed and the wall where the main water line came into the house did not have insulation so the first time it was really cold we came home to a broken water main. My dad had to insulate the wall and dig into the wall to even find the water main shutoff which had been enclosed under the stairs.
I had a house rebuilt after a tornado in 1998. We had our inspector come 3 times during the construction phase. He found plenty wrong & then went on to say that my house was still better than 80% of the properties he inspects.
he is right !some new houses are like some new cars and trucks ... overpriced piles of 💩
So many contractors are bad
What style??? Looks like a cross between a taco joint and a McMansion.
yes.
I live in a 100 year old "California Bungalow! Parents purchased it in 1956...dad was always on top of maintenance and I learned those skills from him! He could fix anything!
That thing looks like a funeral home to me.
Right on!!
McTaco joint house
Wow, that wasn't just click bait. It was truly shocking. Amazing how much damage a $3.00 tube of caulk can prevent. I'd be curious how much it would cost to repair the other screw-ups. Also it would be nice to know which builder to avoid.
I did home inspections for 20 years for private sewage systems and private water supplies like wells and cisterns. On homes older than 5 years I almost always found problems. It was normal for me to find bleeder lines, laundry lines, inadequate septic systems for older homes. Replacing a septic system with the new regulations is going to cost 30 grand or more depending on the state regs and the type of system installation. And then you have the maintenance and service contracts.
I built a new brick home in Indiana in 1997. We were told it passed all inspections. Four years later we had to move an entire inner wall because of mold. Wasn't flashed around windows and nothing sealed. Went to the Court House to c the inspector and was told by someone in the office that he signed the papers without EVER BEING TO MY HOUSE! They said he had too many inspections to do and not enough time to deal them all. Ended costing us thousands of dollars because the City Inspector was a lazy idiot. He later got fired but it didn't help us any. That house ended up having tons of problems that the builder would never fix. Even though it had a warrantee. The co owner told me flat out to try to sue him. That he had more money and always won. Taylor Homes. His name was Eric Taylor. Brick was done wrong, wiring messed up, HVAC vents ran incorrectly, crawl space plastic and rock not done causing mold..... I have ALWAYS had an independent inspector since then.
I feel your pain. I was conned by a building inspector who missed a huge moisture problem on the back wall of the house that later required me to rebuild the entire wall. It had been that way for years. The mold could be seen getting washed out on the foundation bricks. The people who installed the addition to the house several years ago did the roof the cheap way and did not gable it. Leading to ice building up in the gutter and tearing it from the house. I ended up having to put a wire heater inside of the gutter to stop it from happening again after repairing it. He also missed open junction boxes in the basement, and two doubletapped fuses in the fuse box (he took the cover off of the fuse box no less). I was fairly ignorant and naive at the time with it being my first home. This was a 3rd party inspection. All I can say is avoid Hometeam.
And that was in '97, it's only been going downhill from there.
@@iunnox666 Wasn’t construction quality at its very worst in the early 2000’s? During the era of the McMansion.
Taylor Custom Homes in Raleigh, NC?
@@CF-bg3jd I've seen some real bad ones that are more recent. Maybe on the whole it's gotten a bit better since then, though. And while it's not related to build quality, style has gotten way, way worse. Don't understand why everyone wants their house to look like a sterile office building these days.
How is this house worth 2.4 m??
The current location, the job in throwing the trash out (fees and such for the city to handle) currently on the lot, and erecting a better place to live = $2.4M
Spencer T vancouver is very expensive, i live around 45 minutes away and even the houses where i live are expensive for such an awful fucking house
Spencer T Isn't even worth 500k. Canada is a shit hole.
Youarethecancer name is exactly right, fits you perfectly, dumbass hater. Get back to your cave.
Canada's housing bubble has not popped yet. Due to their mortgage laws (5 year ARMs, you refinance every 5 years by default) coupled with incredibly low down payments, people leverage these houses up to 60/1. If the house loses value, the bank comes after you, and your debt to the bank is insured by CMHC (the gov't) which will hunt you down for life, seize assets, and garnish your wages. It's a disaster waiting to happen with people constantly flipping houses at extreme leverage. Foreign buyers also play a major role.
There's some type of gap at the end of those unsloped gutters. It's unclear whether that leads to drainage but I doubt it does. Will probably back into house and cause rot.
Yep!
This reminds me when we were looking for a house last summer. They did a "cheap" renovation to make it look so fancy but so many red flags. The biggest one that had us actually laughing was they managed to paint the windows shut, they couldnt even be opened. Beware a house baught less than a year ago with tons of "work" done.
That home is hideous. There is no way I would way $2.4 million for so little. To top it off, it looks like it was built by middle schoolers as a class project.
Great video.
MewCat100 it's socialist Canada, what do you expect...! Like seriously...
I can't believe it - an intelligent You Tube comment !! Be still, my heart.
You've lived in the San Francisco area for how long? That's what I thought. This kind of shoddy construction has gone on in northern California for decades. Admittedly not to this extreme, but the housing stock is historically poor and the shoddy construction continues. There would be multiple offers on this house due to high demand/low supply because the buyers understand there is very little new housing permitted in the Bay area. I've been through more than my share of these homes, and they are here to stay.
in London you would not be allowed to build that badly building control are not too bad. Of course they could be better.
Adam Anderson
I live in a trailer park, that's not really nice to degrade people like me, I was homeless as a teenager after my parents lost everything during the housing crash. We had to fight for everything we got. Literally I had to take a job working security in some of the most violent ghetto's just to have something to eat, do you know how many times someone has tried to kill me? I lost count. Finally saved enough to move to a state with better job prospects and within a year I had a 100lb air conditioner fall six feet onto my head while I was stooped over. It nearly killed me, I lost my job, couldn't walk for three months, couldn't pay rent so I was out on the street in the middle of winter and I finally have my own little box. It cost me $2,000, the heat doesn't work so I just sleep with a large blanket and a space heater.
Wow, I used to build houses with my dad and thinking I knew everything and purchasing a house here in the near future just opened up my eyes. Never assume everything is well just because its a brand new house. Thank you for this video.
the sad thing is there's often no recourse since these joe-shmoe builders will close their business and start anew under a different name. its so crucial to have a good inspection
pat lucas i build houses with my dad too lol lets get it
especially nowadays man I see this shit everywhere, I'm building my own I don't trust anyone lmao
Yet real estate agents i.e. "realtors" will strongly encourage you to waive inspection on a new house because it's new, they say, and doesn't need it. NEVER waive inspection- you lose too many rights to any remedy should construction problems manifest. And they will manifest in most new trash built now.
Great job Tom. I was right there with you. Cant believe the amount of problems wrong on the outside as well. I do drywall and our punch list is held to the maximum appearance to the home owner. I will happily point out caulking and roofing issues if I am called out for a warranty call of water leaks.
Before he even gets close and you see how crappy the columns themselves were done on a $2 million plus house... you know this is a turn and burn job...
I can’t tell for sure but the plumber seemed to know what they were doing. That’s one of the nicer water heater layouts I’ve seen and the pex is well organized, the metal straps around the water heater is a little strange but I know some places have it as code to fasten water heaters
I think it's strapped incase of earthquakes
The builder should be put in jail and fined $2.4 million.
Did anyone buy it?
Unfortunately more often then not the builder has already thrown up an entire subdivision and the developer responsible for the rush job is in business with the city. Don't fool yourself houses like this usually sell before there even done being built unfortunately these problems are often passed on to the second owner before they begin to cause damage or before the damage is visible to the untrained eye.
@A Berryman It's not the house... it's probably the property that costs the majority of that $2.4mill
he should be in jail for 2.4 milleniums
Even disregarding all the flaws the house looks ugly and cheap especially the stone
Yea, this looks like a typical cookie cutter house thats been poorly built..
That's not stone, that's concrete with a pattern also kown as stamping: ruclips.net/video/0KaRyJe0tKM/видео.html
A shitty cheap alternative to actual masonry; for people with more money than brains.
That stone looks like a product called stonetile, seeing as the house is in Vancouver and the product comes from Calgary makes sense to me. Secondly you have to caulk the product at the joints
I know it's a long shot but are you Macaroni?
It's becoming rare to find quality it much of anything anymore
On a 2.3 million dollar home thos is a pretty routine punch list here.
1) caulking on all gaps $700
2)touch up paint on all $400
3)fixing down spout and leveling downspout and installing new gutter with materials $800 ($300 materials and $500 labor)
4) Installing 6x6s for front stairs with concrete base and cross support in 2x12 x 2 thick and gussets (brackets and braces included too) . $1,400
5) Unbolting grates for fire exits on downstairs basement windows and installing a track of sorts or channel if you will 3 inches deep to hold grate in place from moving in all directions (grate can still be lifted out and or pushed up) $300
5) touching up concrete porch with stone facade and making it blend $450 (this is only if the trim I lay around the column on bottom end doesnt fully cover it or look decent otherwise cancel this cost)
6)straightening cloumn to plumb $500-$1000 (depending on what is involved price could go up to as much as $3000) this is optional and the small crookedness of the column wont fail inspection and you can simply trim that spot on bottom in a composite outdoor trim and plan on replacing every 10-15 years
And making it wide 2x2 then a smaller corner round trim on the bottom of that would probably cover the imperfected stone coat on front porch concrete porch and i would recommend that instead. Leave the trum about .25 inches eaised for water to not get trapped underneath and unable to properly dry out.
$4,550 at most would be my price to come in and fix all of this the correct way. It would more than likely come in at around $3,000 out the door but i always estimate for the worst however i have a feeling that front column would be a booger if you wanted it plumbed up and taking the facade off and reinstalling is the worst case but i would tackle it from the top and try moving the top to plumb it forwt but he said the bottom plate is not attached coreectly so that leads me to believe the column needs to be diaassembled on bottom and porch roof jacked up an.5 to 1 inch and the plate realigned and column put on the plate correctly which is hard to predict over the computer because i do not know how they installed the column in depth or how ot was supposed to be installed by code for this particular application but i am guessong this is what is needed. Maybe get away with simoly cutting the top of the column in between the tip and the beam or whatever it attachs to for the front porch overhang and sawzall its fasteners and they it can be plumbed back into place and reattach with new fasteners. If not i would still attack it from the top and just fudge it by cutting it fronm the overhang and plumbing it and then just attaching it securly and covering uo the cuts and fasteners with material and paint. But the bottom plate if secure and on is ehat determines how to attack and this video didnt go into enough detail to explain or ahow how this would be most appropriatly rectified.
Other than that I would aay it is nice. I missed that big gap too in whatever hole cutout that was. Add another $400 to $600 but you are looking at $5,000 dollars for me and 2 guys to spend 3 days getting this entire house ready for sale. I would want touch up paint for exterior and interior, it is always smart to have 3 small screw on tops containers 1 quart big of every type of paint in the home if possible. And 1 quart for rooms with only one color and no other room is that color. So each color ouf outside color and trim get 3 containers 1 quart in size and the bedrooms all get 1 quart each of touch up and the kitchen would get 1 or 2 if really big and so on and so on. Also you want to store them in a climate controlled place and have the paint code and splotches(sample on paper card) taped onto the jars. Also you need to get extra tiles (about 3 for every 500 square feet) and extra wood planks or vinyl planks (3 for every 500 square feet) and extra tiles foe bathrooms (5 small ones for each bathroom) and it is good to keep the name of tile and manufacturer on the box you store them in. Label everything and these all go together with your paint in a climate controled shelf somwwhere out of the way. Also last but not least if your trim paint is all the same which it ahould be all semi gloss white of the same tint (brightness) keep a gallon at least on standby in that same place however this is usually what gets touched up in full along with hallway and stairway walls due to markings and also kids bedrooms ao i would increase your touch up supply for the hallway colors and kids bedroom too. Maybe do a gallon of each and a good paint will be able to go right over the scuffs and markings and dry without noticing anything. Cieling paint gets 1 gallon of touch up but it os usually not really needed until you paint the whole cieling so i just use a quart for touch up storage.
As someone who works in the commercial insurance field, I’m absolutely not surprised by this. I’ve seen hundreds of construction defect claims and lawsuits from homeowners regarding shoddy workmanship by new home builders. Mostly Florida, Colorado, and Southern California, but I’m sure it’s everywhere.
I see this shit on many different job sites that I work on. And a lot of times it's the workers just trying to hurry up because time is money. What it really boils down to is the lead contractor either being overwhelmed or just being lazy to check up on his workers or sub contractors and making sure that the job is done right. It's hard to find good workers or craftsmen these days. Oh and one more thing, just because someone is a hard worker, doesn't mean their doing the job right.
Frantick Fpv amen to that, ive seen guys working there ass's off doing a horrible job...
It's almost always the lead contractor tying to get the subs to half ass everything so it can be done faster and cheaper for more profit in his pocket. I've seen it so many times now with various generals it just makes me sick.
Gunslinger, then they should refuse to Work for the scumbags, but no, they just do continue to do that shoddy Workmanship, to collect that pay.....
VancouverCanucksRock
Good luck trying to find a GC that isn't a scumbag to work for.
VancouverCanucksRock its hard to feed your kids when you refuse to work for shitty home builders. Ive been in the business for going on 20 yrs. And I only know of a handful of home builder that know what they are doing and pay descent. The biggest problem is the ease of getting a license to build a houses. The testing here has nothing to do how to build, its all about what taxes you have to pay and how to legally word you contracts. The other problem is that the inspectors (city) dont have a clue what it should look like. The whole point of permits and inspections is to protect the general public from shoddy, dangerous work. On one of our projects we purposely wired the breaker box incorrectly, when the inspector came out I asked if it was correct. He said "if the electrician said it right then I guess it is." After he left I called the permit office to tell them what went down and they told me "thats why you have to have a licensed electrician, its not our job to make sure its done right." Well we then rewired it and called for a new inspection. They said that they didnt need to come back out because they had already signed off on it. When I reminded them that we did it wrong on purpose the first time they said it didnt matter. I can imagine what other GCs are getting away with.
Thanks for confirming some of my worst fears about all this cobbled together, OVERPRICED new construction. I'm not a home inspector but just driving by developments, you see a lot of questionable things.
A couple of years ago I was doing some painting at a legit mansion from the early 1900s, freshening up some big romanesque columns and railings. When that project was done I went and did a similar, but much smaller, project on a McMansion in a McMansion neighbourhood. The capitals of the columns were made of styrofoam, and one of the fascia boards was rubber. It was a nice home and the people who lived there were very nice, it was just that the contrast between the real mansion and a big house with a very perishable facade.
Great video! From the outside, this home looks like it’s worth 250k at best:
And belongs in Trona, California
The most egregious thing is that someone would pay almost $2.5M for this thing.
@@sean-nw5uy is this in Vancouver? if so I guess it's a good deal.
@@nashole23 and its not that big or big yard... incrediblle... what is average sallary in canada when people can afford this homes?
@@tubeva1977 People can't afford these homes, the just get a million year mortgage, lol. I would think rich foreigners (those with that kind of money laying around) would be buying something better.
Try to find a Vancouver tear-down under $1.5M...
@@onlyscience7120 4.years ago I travele to Vancouver and was blown away by the housing prices. I thought California was bad but Vancouverites have been priced out because Hong Kong resident have transplanted there. Downtown looked like a teenage Hong Kong and will only get worse.
Imagine how poorly built the structure underneath it all is.
Indeed. And what's hidden is usually much worse than what we ca see. Thanks Mike Holmes for educating us! :)
Stamped walls and trusses are pretty hard to mess up, no doubt it's going to rot because of how poorly it's wrapped and I bet the plumbing and mechanical are garbage.
Drogheda Drones & Fun Structure could be great - could be shit too. All depends on the integrity and work ethic of the subs. The company doing the facade likely wouldn't have been the same company who did the framing. Each stage of the build is usually handled by different contractors hired by the developer. Sometimes they have good contractors, sometimes bad, sometimes a mix. The developer doesn't usually care in the end as long as the house is standing and looks finished, some fool will eventually buy it.
I would run, not walk away from that deal. I had an independent inspector look at my house I purchased that was built in 1955, not new. Money well spent. My old house I purchased didn't have the amount of deficiencies this piece of shit has.
What's underneath, indeed!
2.4 million to buy and 500,000 to repair.
Perfect example of a McMansion
Never hire a home inspector, instead hire a tradesman who actually holds liscense to inspect stuff that you have questions about. The price inspectors charge these days, it would all be the same in the end. I love the part when you ask if they miss something what happens and then they tell you they are liable for nothing.
They aren’t and you sign off on that.
Was there any flashing on that roof?
Yes and I am an inspector. But I would hire HI anyway cause they will find things also.
People get distracted by the glitzy stuff and builders know it. Good video.
Houses like that are so butt ugly though. Do people actually think that looks good?
Thats your opinion. Many people would like that house's design.Even though I dont like it either.
They wrecked the look of that column with the downspout. It should have ran into the ''missing gutter''. I would have said no to this house at this point already. WOW, just WOW!
The money they paid you for inspection was worth while. Excellent work
Regardless subsequent inspections, I’d never close on that disaster. Shockingly shoddy workmanship. And at that price? Run!
wow, who the hell bolted down the grates on the fire escape. they should be immediately fired...no pun intended
I feel like they were bolted down for security purposes while no one lives there though..but who knows
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Matt O If they are t suppose to be bolted down ...then why is there holes for them to be bolted down?🤷♀️
@@chewie2055 cuz drills exist
Not every finished basement has a living quarters in it, therefore I can bolt the damn things down.
The people who built that take zero pride in their work.
I've been on a couple sites, the boss is usually someone who's never swung a hammer in their life, and they expect the house to be built in a couple weeks.
It's the people who are dumb enough to buy these new homes who are really to blame. A lot of them even know that it's a pile of garbage, but they buy them anyway.
J Borg Yeah, blame the victim, nice.
Victim my ass. If people don't pay whatever the builder asks for houses that are obviously poorly made, the situation wouldn't exist. People need to grow up out of this "I'm a victim, nothing in my life is my fault!" mentality and take responsibility for themselves.
J Borg They paid for a damn house to be built properly. WTF are you talking about? Don't act like these people didn't get screwed.
Of course they got screwed, they just assumed the house would be built properly rather than doing any research. Besides, most new homes aren't well built. They don't have to be, because the market(people buying these houses) haven't demanded it.
Don't get me wrong, it's a shitty scumbag move on the builder's parts, but who's really to blame are the people paying for them to exist and do what they do. How is an honest builder going to compete with people who sell their houses for the same price at half the cost to them?
Been in commercial and industrial construction for approximately 35yrs bulit my own home to commercial specs,Living the dream😉
Great video Tom, I'm a new subscriber. I understand what you mean by getting a home inspection. My home insp miss about 15 different things. I found them myself. Between the door jam and the wall casing had about 1 inch gap.
"How do we handle this drain?"
"I mean, just let it drip onto the floor."
"Okay."
J E 😆
What's the big deal it's still draining!
Thank you very much for the videos, I made this mistake and I had to replace 80 feet of decking and two rim joists.
The worst issue we had (fortunately) when we bought an almost brand new home (one year old) was that there was a high level of humidity in the laundry room when the dryer was running. A dehumidifier had been hard-wired into the ceiling...we could never shut it off. My husband got aggravated with it and decided to check the dryer vent connection. When the dryer ran, the outlet on the side of the house didn't move. He thought 'maybe' is was full of lint. Um, nope....the vent hose in the laundry room wasn't even attached to the dryer....at all. The dryer was venting INSIDE the laundry room. Easy fix, but either the builder or the first homeowner thought they solved it with a dehumidifier. We had an excellent inspector that pointed out about 1/2 dozen small things that we could easily fix ourselves. But, we've known folks who have paid to have a house built and once they occupied it, it was just a money pit.
Just incredible. Buying a new home is such a luck of the draw. Shady workmanship abounds. Great video.
Yes sir, I totally agree with you. I tried telling my hard headed father-in law that moved to the states from Japan that got a new home built in Texas that they needed and should get the home inspection completed before taking possession of the home. Although the builder does agree to fix items within a certain period of time. However my in-laws forwent the home inspection and they did have the build come back out to fix small things they were able to find. But they some began to discover more costly issues with the roof, foundation, gaping holes opening up in the back yard. He says it’s my fault for having his daughter to live in Texas. Lol, no sir buddy, he just should have paid that small fee and got the home inspection.
It never pays to be hard-headed.
Lol coming from a Japanese man he’s not wrong! Texas? You people are famous for no regulations and we always sees what happens in Texas! 💩
lol it’s your fault how? Your father in law is a sociopath
Went from a $2.4m house to a $2.4k house after this video 😂
This house is probably over $3m at this point.
All the things he pointed out could be fixed in a day. Home inspectors will never mention that detail to the buyer and kill the sale of a home.
Yeah, because a 2.4 million house better be fucking right the first time for that ridiculous cost. 2.4 million can buy you a fucking army for god’s sake.
im so glad to live in europe not even 400k would be enough to build this or even better
This house isn't worth a single penny. You'd honestly have to tear down the entire property and rebuild a proper construction there in its place. Any reasonable person who isn't completely blind wouldn't offer a single penny more than the baseline value of the land the shit property is constructed on, as you'd still have to be saddled with the teardown costs and construction costs to make a functional home on the land.
That's why you pay these independent inspectors in cases like this. The second you sign that paper from the developer, that's your problem now to fix.
This is Brutal !! Thank goodness for you guys.
Where are all the trades people that are proud of their work gone ?
Never mind a pre-purchase inspection, it is clear to me that the Municipal Inspections (during construction) were seriously lacking.
I am retired but was a Certified Building Code Official, a Chief Building Official & By-Law Officer as well as an Arch Designer and Retired Building Contractor. Furthermore, I was one of the first ever, let alone qualified Private Building Inspectors in Ontario (maybe Canada). I also did Architecture Forensic Inspections and Expert Witness Services for those that got taken advantage of by fly-by-night builders and delinquent building inspection departments.
So stuff like this drives me nuts to see it still happening with both the Builders and the Municipal Inspectors, and it being left to Private Inspectors to discover (and really good private inspectors are hard to find).
More like collusion between the municipal inspector and the builder.
I"m with you! I'm an architect and was wondering who did the punch out for this (my guess is no one!). I wonder how many doors wont close, cabinets that are wonky, unaligned. What a MESS
More likely, the developer was paying the apparatchik under the table. Far cheaper than doing the work properly.
This would never get by final inspection in my area.
After watching Mike Holmes shows, I'd be completely afraid to buy a new home in Canada. How the heck did this home pass it's final inspection?
The three townhomes across the street from me (new construction) used untreated wood for the front porches! A year now and they are tearing off the front porches replacing them with the proper treated wood. Fortunately, the contractor is responsible.
Imagine the terror waking up to a house fire, climbing out your window, then becoming the charcoal briquet under the BBQ grate.
Horrible Craftsmanship Great Detective work
2.4 million for that trash!!!???
Vancouver.
The house is completely shit, but the land is EXTREMELY expensive.
BritishWarLord location location location. Land is only expensive in prime areas. In Los Angeles I am paying 2100 for 1 bedroom in downtown. It's expensive but I live in a nice area. It's a trade off.
Vancouver is hemmed in by mountains, the sea and the US border and a lot of land is reserved for farming only, so land to build on is scarce.
I bet this house is selling for almost 3 now since he posted this video with how the prices keep rising.
I could have made that mess for $2,300,000
I could build better for $200K in the middle of Indiana, and put it on a bigger lot that costs less than $100. Streets, sewers, electric utilities, neighbors and nearby jobs all optional.
Roy, I could do it for 2,299.000
I could probably do it for 2,298.99
Roy I will do it at 2,298,989 let's make a deal
thats the thing tho, shitty Indiana in the unstable US doesn't come close to Vancouver Canada
Brother in law is a contractor. He told me "these fancy houses are shoddily built". He was painting 10k worth of cabinets and said they were home Depot quality". He also told me about bad tile jobs, lack of insulation, things being warped.
I appreciate the extra detail too the video and compassion too ur work hope I make sense I know ur a 🌟 star keep up shining bright and shinning
was this house built in 5 hours ?
"was this house built in 5 hours ?"
That long ?
i think whoever did those stairs probably needed more than 5 hours to figure out which end of the hammer to use
no it was 4.5 hours, as they needed to get back to the pub, to get further drunk.
Extreme Makeover: F*cked Up Home Edition
40 hrs, c'mon , takes a little bit longer, lol
My husband and I spent 2 years building our house on our own. The only things we contracted out was the foundation, plumbing, and insulation in the attic because it was cheaper for them to do it. We did the framing, drywall, flooring, windows, doors, all trusses on roof, and roofing. Each time the inspector came in he had nothing to tell us to change. He said, "this must be your house" We have lived here almost 30 years and it is as sound as the day we got final inspection. The only huge drawback is. . . we're in California. California wasn't the cesspool back then like it is now. We love our home so much and we're not in town, we're considered County so everyone leaves us alone.
every contractor should treat customers homes like its their own. you will never have to advertise for business.
California was very much the same. You are exposed to it more now because of the rise of social media and 24/7 access to information through computers and smartphones.
Damn bro, who?
Lovely story.
My parents had their home built in what is now called La Cañada - Flintridge in 1951.
It was their dream home.
They sold it and moved to San Diego in 1986.
The old house is still standing, looks beautiful.
I've heard many stories about the builder & how he kept a close eye on the work being done during the build.
It was (and probably still is) a cozy, comfortable home.
Mom, who is 97, still laments selling and moving (she has forgotten it was her idea.)
It is sad to read how poorly homebuilding has fallen from what I presume were very good and honest standards.
That really needs to change.
Glad to read how happy you are with your build.
Hope you continue to enjoy decades of years to come. 🏡
I lived north of LA in the High Desert where literally hundreds of new home developments were built in the 80’s thru the 2000’s. It was amazing looking at how bad the construction was for homes built under $300k. But homes built in the $500k or higher, a vast improvement in quality. However, the subcontractors used on all homes were the same, and poor subcontractors did crappy work. There was a tract of homes with almost every home having leaks. A handy man studied the problem and made a fortune repairing the leaks with minimal work as it was a simple issue of the original roofers not using roofing paper in the valley areas on the homes. Because the tract was over 10 years old, the builder was able to avoid repairs due to warranty. Sloppy window installation with cheep windows, watered down paint on interior walls, and poor design by architects such as close quarters between doors and toilets, bad dishwasher locations, and undersized garages with literally a foot of space from the garage doors to the interior garage walls, drive in and can’t open car door. Poor stucco application, cracks, gaps, over spray, and sloppy workmanship. Disappointing.
In places that have heavy rainfall, like Vancouver BC, it is vital to ensure that water is moved away from the building because water is the enemy of all homeowners and will destroy wood structures in a very short time frame. That is why it is imperative to ensure that roofing is installed correctly, rooflines do not push water into other roof lines or exterior cladding, flashings are installed around every roof penetration and are working as they should, gutters are installed with the correct run drop to push the water to the downspouts, the downspouts do not terminate on a roof but continue on to another gutter or that they are terminated at ground level so that they push the water away from the foundation. Grade the land so that it slopes away from the building. This is just dealing with the roof and drainage. There are so many other aspects of preventing water ingress that anyone purchasing a home would be crazy not to hire a good home inspector and get a detailed report of the issues BEFORE you purchase the home.
Every contractor needs an OCD guy like me who not only looks at the "in your face obvious things" but also the little things like shown in this vid. Good job.
A certain level of OCD should be a requirement for builders!
Somebody *really* doesn't like caulking.
It's a shame really, it's really easy to do proper. You just need the right caulking kit, the ones that are more flexible doesn't crack when they been through many season cycles.
@@paulpruett7956 exactly, you don't even need a half decent steady hand to do some caulking. It's probably been done by an apprentice or an intern.
What are you caulking about
@@The40Glock1 HahAHahahAHah..
@@The40Glock1 that's punny.
Looks more like a piece of a movie set rather than something people would live in.
That’s so ridiculous! Hurry up and get it done and don’t worry about cutting corners we won’t see it from our houses. Good job inspector!
3:30 Dryer vents and bathroom vents must terminate at least 0.9m (3 feet) from windows. 3:50 roof slope terminates into a horizontal projection (wall) without a cricket. 4:35 3/4" temperature/pressure relief valve appears connected to a 1/2" drain pipe which must be at least the diameter of the TP valve.
That must not apply to condo construction in BC because I see dryer vents, bathroom vents and kitchen exhaust fan vents terminating as close as 50cm (20") from opening windows and patio/balcony doors. /s
I've seen trailers built better than this.
Oldbatwit Prefab is the future!!
Well trailers are easier
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Lol, I've lived in trailers built better than this!
I felt sorry for my grandfather because he lived in a trailer. Then I grew up and priced an airstream...
This is so incredibly important! Great reminder.
I can't find the code, if there is one about venting a bath fan to the vented soffit (draws moist air back into the attic)
who built that house? Homer Simpson?
"Thats a load bearing poster"
"This carpet feels a bit gritty."
Nope, it was clearly Dickens and Fenster
I was thinking Ray Charles
If that house is 2.4 M I would buy a good tent
Its in Vancouver so it makes sense, since the Chinese really screwed up the housing market
@@-SP. Sorry I have a friend in Brmount and it seems reasonable and very nice.
Good tent set up going to cost you 1 million in Vancouver give or take, depending on landscape !! 😂
You can go into Mother Jones and order a yurt
My neighbor sold his 1984 one story brick ranch 4 bedrooms, 2 baths , original paint, original appliances, 3 tab roof that will need to be replace with in 3 years at best and the inside was beat to death. Didn't do a single thing to the place but list it. They sold it for 360 thousand 4 months ago and the buyers never asked for one thing to be fixed, painted or cleaned. It proves the age-old saying " A fool and his money are soon parted "!
Common example of a company that puts profits before integrity or anything else, and why businesses need enforced regulations & proper guard rails (including felony criminal prosecution) to stop abuse/fraud.
This contractor should loose his license to build anything and be made to pay to have house redone properly.
I'm a home inspector here in Kentucky and inspect new houses often. It amazes me the things that contractors do and just walk away from.
The buyer of our house had a great inspector. We had done a lot $$ of work on the house. The kitchen floor was new but there was some give to it. The inspector told him how to fix it since he wanted diff flooring. He knew we had a lot of new, roof, insulation, water heater, appliances top kitchen, hard wood floors, solid interior doors and on. One chg and we sold the house. If we loc lots of shoddy work, I wouldn’t even consider purchasing.
Way to go , great video… nice to see a local on RUclips’s.
Wow, so many issues. Just people doing the job that really don't care about their work!!!! Where I work, I'm very picky. I want things done right the first time. I hate half a** anything. Lazy mistakes I wouldn't put up with.
Hey Brandon Blount please keep the negative swearing to yourself please. If you have something positive to add which will help provide a better finished product in the industry, I welcome those comments.
Thanks JB Dragon nice to know there are great people out there wanting to product quality over quantity. 👍
+JB Dragon 710 West 227 th Street Torrance California USA smart ass just kick the door in I'll have you something to eat waiting
who's hiding now coward????
punk ass I deal with scammers like you daily
folks all this shit is so minor he's just going to bring his guy in and charge thousands to fix shit that doesn't matter at all
he probably never built a house in his life
have you Jack ass ??????
no you haven't .:-\ :-\ :-\
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Exactly! I can be picky, but my own boss knows my work. He believes the same, do it right the first time the correct way. Even if it takes longer and costs more. It's the end results that matter. If someone is going to buy a almost 2.5 million dollar house, shouldn't it be done correctly? If you want to half-a** a $20,000 house, ok, I guess, but come on!!! After you build the place, wouldn't you walk around and do a simple inspection to make sure everyone actually did their job? Looking at this video, it wasn't that hard and took minutes. Some of the stuff was really quite bad work. Those front Columns, really? Or the Stairs? It was like armature hour. The chalking is just laziness.
Home Inspectors are a good thing. Sometimes I really have to wonder what someone was thinking building a house. Like it's their first and don't know better. Like every industry, you have Great people, Good people, Ok people, fair people, and just downright BAD people. If someone is doing work for me, I want the Good to great person. I want the person that's always learning new things. Will ask how to do something if they don't know for sure so it's done right, and not just guess and screw it up and then having to redo it which is more work and money wasted.
I'm always will to teach someone how to go about doing something the RIGHT WAY! All you have to do is ask me. I'm also open to new idea's. Not even I know everything.
Why don't you erase it, I delete this kind of nonsense on mine.
That's a 45 k home in Chandler Arizona
Cristhian Vallejo
Nah closer to $30k.
You can get a beautiful 2,000+ sqft 4bedroom, 3 bathroom, mcmansion with a walled backyard in Mesa for ~$125,000
Problem is it is Mesa
a shack in vancouver is worth $1,000,000
Aww mesa isn't so bad as extensions of Phoenix go. Sure its no Scottsdale but at least it isn't filled with yuppies.
Three stories makes it at least $300K in Flagstaff
And Chandler is a nice town too.
The bolted down grates on the escape route was MAJOR.
I would love to see alot more new home inspections to keep these guys on their toes!! Nice job!
_Alot_ is a town in India. _A lot_ is more than one of something; multiples of.
@@coloradostrong So sorry I missed the space bar but you are technically correct. You're not very anal are you? 😉
Issues AND a busy street! No way
Mr Guzman It's also hideous, dont forget that.
busy in america. so a normal road in the UK
Mr Guzman The busy streets is what makes it expensive
deth kon it isn’t even in America dumbass
2.4 mill where I live will buy you a fucking beautiful house way out in the country with a couple acres of land. This is shit tbh. My mom just bought a new house a few years ago. 235k 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, granite counter tops and all including a 24' diameter pool in the backyard.
It's funny how people ask how this home is worth 2.4 million. It's NEVER the home that is worth the money, it's simply the location.
fukqyou asszhole thank you!!!!
Yes. I'd just like to think that if you're paying millions of dollars for the right piece of land, you'd also pay to get the house built right. But I guess that's what happens when your house is built by a Chinese investor.
fukqyou asszhole it’s both, sure location probably counts more but the house you’re going to be spending days inside also counts a lot.
It's still not worth that much money. Any sane person would take their 2.4 million and move to a different market.
Very true for example san fransisco will cost that much easy.
The front columns may be more of an aesthetic screwup than structural. The real support is probably a P.T. 4x4 on the top of that Sonotube, and the fat stone column is purely decorative. I've done dozens of 'em. It's a bugger to get right because the Sonotube pier is generally centered on the support post's placement, which is always going to be on the outer perimeter of the structure. The easiest way to avoid this problem is to pour the Sonotube 4" low and then encapsulate the post in concrete so the pier doesn't show. But I don't like to encapsulate any wood in concrete, including, P.T., so I put temp supports to the upper structure until the porch is poured then roto hammer a post base into the uniform new concrete.
The rest of the building is an amateur clown house.
If that were the case you still shouldn't see the footer
I was thinking the same thing. You'll never know unless you get inside that column. However, after watching the whole video, it wouldn't surprise me if there were issues inside that column. Did you see the lack of support for those outside steps...jeez.
I remember reading Monticello had purely aesthetic columns which went up after construction
Your attention to detail is awesomeness