No way in inspector could go in that house and pass that structural no way that there's no possible way if he's doing this job he should have condemned that place
Back in '68, my parents bought a new home from the contractor that built it. After a wile, we noticed that there was a hump in the kitchen floor and that the doors on the second floor weren't closing properly. It was not until '92 when I was renovating the basement, that we noticed what the problem was. Looking up at the structure supporting the main floor, the HVAC people had cut through a tripple-laminated 2' x 12' beam that supported a bearing wall that also supported the second floor, to install the main heat plenum. The beam had bee been so deeply notched that it had broken. The hump in the kitchen floor was on the high side of the break. We jacked up the low side of the broken beam and put a post there. That put everything that had been skewed back in place. In retrospect, we should have broken the floor, poured a footing and bolted the post in place, but as of 2008, when my parents sold the house, the post we put there was still doing its job.
They relied on a sellers inspection instead of getting their own. Some liability on the company with the first report but wouldn't solve that can of worms. Some issues were obvious and should have been seen by the buyers who should have moved on. Bet it was a great purchase price!
Inspector associated with real estate agents have a vested interest to get the home sold TODAY. They can and do overlook hidden faults. In this case, second floor is sagging. "Oh the house just settled as all older homes do. It's normal"
What is it that makes the authorities think its OK to jump down YOUR throat when you don't cut your grass, but they can't set up licensing, regulating standards, mandatory competency testing, bonding requirements and penalties for all contractors and home inspectors ? An acquaintance of mine used to send the new real estate agents at the family's business on a 4-6 week apprenticeship (after they proved worthy) with a retired architectural engineer and two building and construction experts. (A few changed professions ! But it was evidently a very good business move benefiting everybody.) It pays to expand your knowledge base.
I feel sorry for that couple. The husband looks like he's seen a ghost when the problems are pointed out and stays that way throughout the episode. Just total shock.
I don't as you can see with your eyes the uneven floors and the doors that don't close? Then you see no interior walks in a double brick walled home? There's the same house next door. It's common sense that you run away from that house. You don't look for a vent in the floor on the first floor? The panel has half breakers and two wires coming out of each? Before you buy a house buy some books on electrical, plumbing, etc... They should have demo'd the whole house and started over as that's what they're doing from the inside out.
Mike (Early in Video): "We're not gutting it." Mike (Later in Video): "We're going to be gutting your entire house." Yeah, that was completely unexpected. Not!
This is why I want acreage around it and an older home that passes not only MY inspection, but the inspections of every person I know or can find who has retired from every trade used to build dwellings for humans.
With all of those issues in that house, I'm surprised it wasn't condemned when the bowed basement wall was found. I hope that inspector was fired for missing all of those issues that were essentially in plain sight.
@@MultiTurbospeed not necessarily, you've got association with dues, you can have a nosey or noisy neighbor. Association that won't fix anything (public space) or problems with plumbing go wrong with a neighbor it Can affect your unit (as in my case, neighbor had mold in the wall from a pipe leak) association took Three weeks of just inspection before starting work and contractors were horrible, had to take time off to be on top of them.
I'm watching this one now! Lol. But help me to understand why These inspectors who say house is all good then you come in an just by eye you know its trouble?,so why not call out these house inspectors an hold them accountable,? I mean is it law suits, cause the way I see it is these reality companies are given these inspectors kick backs???? Sad cause of their lack of doing their job can get a family kilked!?!? I'd be pissed if I had to go thru that !!!!! But it's nice to see you helping others! Love the show thanks for the education.
Guys if Mike didn't care about people and his craft ..#I think he would have walked away from that job because it was just too much you could probably tear the house down and build it for $300,000 that's a damn shame that the contractors get away with doing people like that and those inspectors infected that house be held accountable with the contractor
I wish I had heard the line "If you want to know what your house looked like before it was renovated look at your neighbors" before I purchased the house. I had a house that was renovated extensively. Come to find out it used to be a mirror image of the house next door. Not even close to what the house next door looked like once they finished with the renovation. It explained the main problem I had which was water in the basement.
never use the inspector from the seller.....i think the best way to inspect a home is to FIRST hire trades from all areas...electrician, hvac, plumber..,,then a home inspector to get a very broad and in depth inspection
I sure hope that even if off camera Mike Holmes contacts whoever the home inspector was on this house to tell him how bad his report was. Even bringing him in the home with it now being gutted. Even though I don't live in Canada I hope that all countries regulate home inspectors.
I knew a lady whose deceased daddy was a master carpenter. He never owned a house and always rented. I asked her why and she said he told her he wasnt going to put any money into a pile of wood and bricks. After this episode i see what he was talking about.
For the amount of work and things done wrong in this house leveling it and starting over from the beginning feels like it would be less work and safer. I feel like even Mike's people are going to miss something that wrong with this much messed up.
When will people learn: 1)NEVER rely on the sellers home inspector. You don't know what kind of deal may have been done under the table. 2) Missing walls in an older home like that, especially from near the center of the house should be a HUGE red flag. 3) Sagging floors above where the walls are missing? Ah HELL no! Don't walk, run away from it. 3) Simple test, set a golf ball on floor and see if it moves. If it does, there's likely to be structural problems. 4) Don't be afraid to bring your own level to check walls, floors, doors, etc to see if they are true. Simple things people. My grandfather was a master carpenter. I spent many, many days helping that man renovate houses. He told me that one rule of thumb in an old house is that, due to uneven settling over the years, it's almost guaranteed that floors and walls are no longer straight, true and level. You have to be prepared for at least SOME work to bring it back to square, even if that means that instead of 2x4s, you wind up having to rip 2x6 to compensate. Eventually you will have a room that you don't walk into and have your brain screaming "something is wrong here".
Omg. Is this actually allowed in Canada? I see where the term speed freak comes from .. holy Hannah these guys are spun! I can see how the workload and grind can get to a guy but wow! I have never seen a whole crew work this fast and still pass code. They must get the good shit.
I'm Aussie we have 240v most of the electrical cabling to me looks like 240v 7.5A figure 8 lamp cord. I know Canada uses 120V but what's that stuff doing anywhere near a switch board?
breakers have an internal tripping function, even if they can't trip from the outside/ fail to do so it still trips internally. Thats why the first trouble shooting anyone does at a panel is turn it off then on . Also the staples say right on the box you can put two 14/2s under a S2 staple
Licensed electrician here. Actually in Mike homes area lol . Yes the law says that, because if the box says that, it’s a manufacturer spec and it becomes the law .
How come people buy a house without having their own independent inspections done? I genuinely don't understand why anyone would do that. Having said that I think they will have a wonderful home with all the help they have. Wishing them the very best in the future.
What they did is just made a Loft out of the front room and the basement and didn't put the damn walls and support beams back in because they would it what they did is just made a out of the front room and the basement and didn't put the damn walls and support beams back in oh my God that's so bad it's pulling away from the damn wall that floor would fall in also gave in that's why Mike said I'd coming in seeing something wrong immediately you just get a bad feeling
Brother you got your work cut out for you in this one and all of your crew and some more people I got confidence in you# like #Tony the Tiger says #You're Great"!!!
Gaaaaaaaah! I wanna go back in time and smack people. Tuck tape is about $18 a roll and they're using it to tape boxes shut rather than hitting a store for packing tape that costs about $3 a roll for a substantially larger roll.
In a lot of these the TV show pays the majority and the homeowners about 10-20% - unlike the rescue ones Mike does (like Holmes family rescue where owners have already paid huge amounts, often all the money they have to shoddy or criminal contractors) where the homeowners often pay 0 and sometimes Mike will add his own money in to help if needed.
Please respond my mobile home 1974 is falling apart I work and support my wife and daughter been here 14 years.im in dire need of help.i dont have any money to repair can you help??
This is another déjà bad house. The seller sold the house for a profit. Before buyers buy houses, they should sit down and watch all the old Mike Holmes' videos, to learn the pitfalls, and demand answers. If the seller hedges, they could be hiding something. Buyers should hire a professional contractor to inspect the property. It is better to get constructive (...no pun intended) input, than none at all. Mike said the repairs will cost $300K. Where did the couple get the money for the repairs?
from a rookie point of view! Realtor says use my inspector. Bank& realtor wants to make a sale. So Inspector misses , overlooks big things. Shows buyer small fixes But the Show gives Inspectors a pass never calling them out Show is to blame also Let's get that right
I would definitely hire them for demolition but never for finish.Quick work is always full of flaws and they're no different.Their finish of the attic where they found some fake gold nuts was the worst i've ever seen from them.The ceiling had more bends on both sides than I95 between Jersey and Miami and they didn't have to extend the roof joists,either.as there was enough space for insulation with air.
Derek Charette totally agree with you, cannot understand how the haters complaining about something that any normal human being would be happy about... the f*ctard
No way in inspector could go in that house and pass that structural no way that there's no possible way if he's doing this job he should have condemned that place
Back in '68, my parents bought a new home from the contractor that built it. After a wile, we noticed that there was a hump in the kitchen floor and that the doors on the second floor weren't closing properly. It was not until '92 when I was renovating the basement, that we noticed what the problem was. Looking up at the structure supporting the main floor, the HVAC people had cut through a tripple-laminated 2' x 12' beam that supported a bearing wall that also supported the second floor, to install the main heat plenum. The beam had bee been so deeply notched that it had broken. The hump in the kitchen floor was on the high side of the break. We jacked up the low side of the broken beam and put a post there. That put everything that had been skewed back in place. In retrospect, we should have broken the floor, poured a footing and bolted the post in place, but as of 2008, when my parents sold the house, the post we put there was still doing its job.
Don't rely on sellers inspection! Hire your own and if you have questions get a 2nd opinion.
...and educate yourself.
They relied on a sellers inspection instead of getting their own. Some liability on the company with the first report but wouldn't solve that can of worms. Some issues were obvious and should have been seen by the buyers who should have moved on. Bet it was a great purchase price!
Inspector associated with real estate agents have a vested interest to get the home sold TODAY. They can and do overlook hidden faults.
In this case, second floor is sagging. "Oh the house just settled as all older homes do. It's normal"
What is it that makes the authorities think its OK to jump down YOUR throat when you don't cut your grass,
but they can't set up licensing, regulating standards, mandatory competency testing, bonding requirements and penalties for all contractors and home inspectors ?
An acquaintance of mine used to send the new real estate agents at the family's business on a 4-6 week apprenticeship (after they proved worthy) with
a retired architectural engineer and two building and construction experts. (A few changed professions ! But it was evidently a very good business move benefiting everybody.)
It pays to expand your knowledge base.
laws protect them not cusomers
I feel sorry for the owners and wish they have a happy life after their rebuild of course with their newest addition to the family too..
I feel sorry for that couple. The husband looks like he's seen a ghost when the problems are pointed out and stays that way throughout the episode. Just total shock.
I don't as you can see with your eyes the uneven floors and the doors that don't close? Then you see no interior walks in a double brick walled home? There's the same house next door. It's common sense that you run away from that house. You don't look for a vent in the floor on the first floor? The panel has half breakers and two wires coming out of each?
Before you buy a house buy some books on electrical, plumbing, etc...
They should have demo'd the whole house and started over as that's what they're doing from the inside out.
Mike (Early in Video): "We're not gutting it."
Mike (Later in Video): "We're going to be gutting your entire house."
Yeah, that was completely unexpected. Not!
This is why I want acreage around it and an older home that passes not only MY inspection,
but the inspections of every person I know or can find who has retired from every trade used to build dwellings for humans.
That poor woman looked like she was going to throw up when you were talking about the mold and asbestos along with the bowed wall.
After watching a few of these videos I'm so glad that I never bought a house!! My one-bedroom apartment is perfect for me.
With all of those issues in that house, I'm surprised it wasn't condemned when the bowed basement wall was found. I hope that inspector was fired for missing all of those issues that were essentially in plain sight.
$300,000. I would build a new one.
Can't buy anything for less than one million now days
@@vassa1972 this is from like 10+ years ago you pigeon
Better off living in a condo
@@MultiTurbospeed not necessarily, you've got association with dues, you can have a nosey or noisy neighbor. Association that won't fix anything (public space) or problems with plumbing go wrong with a neighbor it Can affect your unit (as in my case, neighbor had mold in the wall from a pipe leak) association took Three weeks of just inspection before starting work and contractors were horrible, had to take time off to be on top of them.
I would cry after 20:00 when he tells me everything has to be pulled out.
That’s what she said
"In hindsight, we would've beat you to the curb." :) Nice.
astounding the the network picked up the tab for all of this
They made 50x that cost in ad revenue.
I'm watching this one now! Lol.
But help me to understand why
These inspectors who say house is all good then you come in an just by eye you know its trouble?,so why not call out these house inspectors an hold them accountable,? I mean is it law suits, cause the way I see it is these reality companies are given these inspectors kick backs???? Sad cause of their lack of doing their job can get a family kilked!?!? I'd be pissed if I had to go thru that !!!!! But it's nice to see you helping others! Love the show thanks for the education.
If mike holmes inspected the house i live in he'd have a sh*t fit. Its 108 yrs old lol
The seller should be liable and the inspector should be liable (Criminally and Civility) and both should have to pay for all the repairs ....
You'd think.
Surprised he did hit the house with a reckoning ball and start from scratch gound up.
@Willie Rowan FU
Guys if Mike didn't care about people and his craft ..#I think he would have walked away from that job because it was just too much you could probably tear the house down and build it for $300,000 that's a damn shame that the contractors get away with doing people like that and those inspectors infected that house be held accountable with the contractor
Don't open up everything YET 😀
To anyone watching. this video is sped up my 1.25x so things move fast. set your video playback to .75 and it will play in normal speed.
I wish I had heard the line "If you want to know what your house looked like before it was renovated look at your neighbors" before I purchased the house. I had a house that was renovated extensively. Come to find out it used to be a mirror image of the house next door. Not even close to what the house next door looked like once they finished with the renovation. It explained the main problem I had which was water in the basement.
Loved the show
Love this episode
renting a house doesn’t seem so bad after watching this
That just means you're living in a collapsing house and will have to sue probably an investment fund to get anything fixed.
It just costs you 3x as much as buying one...
never use the inspector from the seller.....i think the best way to inspect a home is to FIRST hire trades from all areas...electrician, hvac, plumber..,,then a home inspector to get a very broad and in depth inspection
I sure hope that even if off camera Mike Holmes contacts whoever the home inspector was on this house to tell him how bad his report was. Even bringing him in the home with it now being gutted. Even though I don't live in Canada I hope that all countries regulate home inspectors.
Is there no recourse for homeowners to go back against the inspector?
Chal'e Holmes!
I knew a lady whose deceased daddy was a master carpenter. He never owned a house and always rented. I asked her why and she said he told her he wasnt going to put any money into a pile of wood and bricks. After this episode i see what he was talking about.
How does the inspector pass something like that Mike????
For the amount of work and things done wrong in this house leveling it and starting over from the beginning feels like it would be less work and safer. I feel like even Mike's people are going to miss something that wrong with this much messed up.
It's just stupid as you still have problems after it's fixed.
They relied on the seller’s inspection? Wow
In a situation like that with that much work i would think the best way to go would demolish the house and just rebuild
terrible end pissed me off!
His time has past,and he did it all b
Next episode please.
When will people learn: 1)NEVER rely on the sellers home inspector. You don't know what kind of deal may have been done under the table. 2) Missing walls in an older home like that, especially from near the center of the house should be a HUGE red flag. 3) Sagging floors above where the walls are missing? Ah HELL no! Don't walk, run away from it. 3) Simple test, set a golf ball on floor and see if it moves. If it does, there's likely to be structural problems. 4) Don't be afraid to bring your own level to check walls, floors, doors, etc to see if they are true. Simple things people.
My grandfather was a master carpenter. I spent many, many days helping that man renovate houses. He told me that one rule of thumb in an old house is that, due to uneven settling over the years, it's almost guaranteed that floors and walls are no longer straight, true and level. You have to be prepared for at least SOME work to bring it back to square, even if that means that instead of 2x4s, you wind up having to rip 2x6 to compensate. Eventually you will have a room that you don't walk into and have your brain screaming "something is wrong here".
That house is a money pit. Put Mike can and the crew will fix it.
Don’t the buyer hire inspectors? To avoid conflict of interest?
not always you should ass a buyer hire your own inspector also you should learn things to look at so you can run before you inspect.
Omg. Is this actually allowed in Canada? I see where the term speed freak comes from .. holy Hannah these guys are spun! I can see how the workload and grind can get to a guy but wow! I have never seen a whole crew work this fast and still pass code. They must get the good shit.
That house is about to collapse
You sped up the video to make it yours. Interesting.
I have watched show after show. How can the inspectors get away with all these problems they did not catch?
The husband..it’s easy to find him annoying but he’s feeling he let his wife down and isn’t protecting his unborn…
I would have quietly sold the place ASAP.
I don't understand how people can afford all the work being done to their homes. Do they have to take out loans again?
What liability does the inspector have for missing such major problems?
Inspectors are responsible for visual defects. Most of the issues came to surface once they gutted the place
They should be responsible period people are counting on them.and their too lazy to inspect properly
I can't speak for CA. In the US, no liability at all. Buyer beware.
Did anybody notice that the husband looks like dave salmony the former lion trainer?
I'm Aussie we have 240v most of the electrical cabling to me looks like 240v 7.5A figure 8 lamp cord. I know Canada uses 120V but what's that stuff doing anywhere near a switch board?
Canadians are so amusing.
speeding it up to stop youtube from seeing it is a stolen video?
😵😱
This house is over 300k and you can touch your neighbors house with a broom from the kitchen.
breakers have an internal tripping function, even if they can't trip from the outside/ fail to do so it still trips internally. Thats why the first trouble shooting anyone does at a panel is turn it off then on . Also the staples say right on the box you can put two 14/2s under a S2 staple
The staples might say that but does the law say that?
Licensed electrician here. Actually in Mike homes area lol . Yes the law says that, because if the box says that, it’s a manufacturer spec and it becomes the law .
How did they get away with so much bad work why didn't the inspector catch that s*** I don't understand it nobody else is either
Why not blow up the house and do a fireworks with it! Lol
How come people buy a house without having their own independent inspections done? I genuinely don't understand why anyone would do that. Having said that I think they will have a wonderful home with all the help they have. Wishing them the very best in the future.
I love this show, but it seems like everyone in it mainlines espresso.
The speed has been increased to shorten the playing time. Decrease it to .75 and it sounds normal.
Could you sue the seller?
i think if the seller knew about the issues and tried to hide it.
where is part 22B?
Make sure that when you show a show like this you play it at the right speed and not try to zip throught it.
$300,000.00 to fix Ouch
Did Holmes give you permission to show his videos? Or you profitting on his work.
What they did is just made a Loft out of the front room and the basement and didn't put the damn walls and support beams back in because they would it what they did is just made a out of the front room and the basement and didn't put the damn walls and support beams back in oh my God that's so bad it's pulling away from the damn wall that floor would fall in also gave in that's why Mike said I'd coming in seeing something wrong immediately you just get a bad feeling
Brother you got your work cut out for you in this one and all of your crew and some more people I got confidence in you# like #Tony the Tiger says #You're Great"!!!
So... they rebuilt the whole damned thing.
Gaaaaaaaah! I wanna go back in time and smack people. Tuck tape is about $18 a roll and they're using it to tape boxes shut rather than hitting a store for packing tape that costs about $3 a roll for a substantially larger roll.
@Dana Jorgensen
The frugal Fran in me has to agree w/ u
But, ur comment made me laugh 😂
So how does this work. Does the home owner have to pay or does Mike and the show pay for some of it?
In a lot of these the TV show pays the majority and the homeowners about 10-20% - unlike the rescue ones Mike does (like Holmes family rescue where owners have already paid huge amounts, often all the money they have to shoddy or criminal contractors) where the homeowners often pay 0 and sometimes Mike will add his own money in to help if needed.
Please respond my mobile home 1974 is falling apart I work and support my wife and daughter been here 14 years.im in dire need of help.i dont have any money to repair can you help??
This is another déjà bad house. The seller sold the house for a profit. Before buyers buy houses, they should sit down and watch all the old Mike Holmes' videos, to learn the pitfalls, and demand answers. If the seller hedges, they could be hiding something. Buyers should hire a professional contractor to inspect the property. It is better to get constructive (...no pun intended) input, than none at all. Mike said the repairs will cost $300K. Where did the couple get the money for the repairs?
do Mike and Damon really talk that fast in real life, or is it just the filming?
Play the video at .75x . It's likely fast to dodge content matching. .75x is spot on.
So in a sense you're not going to straighten the wall it seems like it'd be better just to straighten the wall but I just never seen nothing like that
you have to support the house tear out old wall build new one.
19:43
Slow down the audio
why not just tear it down and do a new one.... than everything is new and right.
Who is paying for the fix I wonder
the show and mike
from a rookie point of view!
Realtor says use my inspector. Bank& realtor wants to make a sale. So Inspector misses , overlooks big things.
Shows buyer small fixes But the Show gives Inspectors a pass never calling them out Show is to blame also
Let's get that right
Weird sped-up audio in this transfer.
I would definitely hire them for demolition but never for finish.Quick work is always full of flaws and they're no different.Their finish of the attic where they found some fake gold nuts was the worst i've ever seen from them.The ceiling had more bends on both sides than I95 between Jersey and Miami and they didn't have to extend the roof joists,either.as there was enough space for insulation with air.
Derek Charette totally agree with you, cannot understand how the haters complaining about something that any normal human being would be happy about... the f*ctard
I sometimes feel sorry for your contractors ..total it and start all over
8:07 they literally pause on the clean out Mike said they needed by code. Fail
Damn it sucks to watch & listen to your show, that I love-ed by the way! All I can say is WHY!!? Why do you have to run the film faster than normal?
To block the RUclips copyright bots. Play it back at .75 speed and it will be normal.
Would have been cheaper to demolish and start from scratch
Here is part 2
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Where's part B? The conclusion? Hello?
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@@Dave_thenerd Thank you.
Not a fan of speeding it up.
I like the content ,but I don't understand why you guys have to talk really fast....
Unwatchable episode. The speed of the video has been increased and everyone sounds like a chipmunk.
Probably to avoid being pulled down by YT. Reduce playback speed to .75 to see if that helps.
@Ron Bennett I'm surprised nobody knows this.
Where is the second part to this show...not fair to your viewers. 👎👎👎
ruclips.net/video/vso4FQdBpX0/видео.html
Sped up copy sounds awfuk
I'm not gutting this place.......