My sister bought a house and she was new to the area and the homeowners recommended and inspector. 6 months later she realized that all of her plumbing was not up to code and she couldn't sue the inspector. I trust no one
In 2001 we lived in a duplex that caught fire. We had a small space heater on in the middle of the day, I was sitting next to it, a noise came from the outlet. I didn't realize what had happened but just turned it off. Shortly after, a lady banged on my door to tell me the attic was on fire. The place went up fast. When inspectors came they discovered the landlord had done a little DIY wiring by cutting an extension cord and splicing wiring in the wall to the outlet. He got saddled with massive fines and code violations, he was forced to refund all our and our neighbor's rent for the time we had lived there (about 6 months for us), I don't know if an inspector would have found that issue since he hid it behind the wall but I have great appreciation for them because they are keeping tenants and neighbors safe. If that chimney falls on someone, it's going to severely injure or take them out, that homeowner has to get that fixed, it's a safety risk.
Flippers like this give proper home renovation companies a bad image when they do a proper flip. Flipping a house and making a profit doesn't mean you have to do substandard work. Sadly appears the majority of the buying public has no idea about what is right and wrong in a home. Glad to see you doing a quality inspection. Their realtor should loose license as their job is to protect their client, not get a fast commission.
"Sponge granite" 😂😂😂 I used sponge granite until we got our kitchen redone. Looking at this house I don't think you even needed an inspection, it looked horrible!
I've heard that just because something CAN BE DONE, in no way implies it SHOULD be done! That tiny instant water heater was NOT meant to be a whole house supply!
I've owned that exact water heater for a few years now. Mine is only set to 110 degrees F. I can fill my tub with near scalding water by just cutting back on the flow a tiny bit. They work very well
There was an electric water heater like that in a shed we stayed in, in Georgia (AirBNB). The hot water in the shower lasted maybe 1-2 minutes. I believe they're intended for a single point of use like beneath a sink!
@@Guillotines_For_Globalists I've ended up in a couple like that. One on Lake Fork for a bass fishing tourney. It was a damn pods container someone had modified into a bedroom for rent. Lol. People are insane.
I had family member that told me to install tile line that when I was in high school. They got mad when it didn't line up. This was after pointing out that the tiles weren't identical. I later learned that grout is supposed to go in between.
I did an inspection with what must have been 100’ extension chord, coming out of an attached shed and then going back and forth across the entire garage ceiling, from wall to wall, about five times before plugging in to the opener. Human ingenuity is amazing
Having been in construction for major builders, let me just say inspectors like Preston are worth their weight in gold. Yes, typically builders will repair anything reasonable called out on a punch list on new construction. First time buyers often purchase previously owned homes and are unlikely to have a large amount of resources for any major repairs. If you can't appreciate the value of a great home inspector, you are likely part of the reason a great home inspector is needed.
As someone who is currently looking to purchase another property, this is basically all I see these days. The amount of homes I’ve passed over simply because a flipper got ahold of them and then tried to make repairs with zero knowledge and screwed things up worse is wild. And the really sad thing is it’s abject laziness. That’s all it is. But now, it’s going to cost me more to repair what they half assed and most of the time it’s such a headache I pass on the property. One of my favorites was a brand new water heater they installed. But they reused the cold intake and hot outlet from the old one. They also didn’t place the sediment trap which is odd because you figure if you’re gonna do it anyway you might as well bring it up to code. But then they didn’t seal the flue pipe properly at the ceiling meaning they broke the fire barrier in the garage and that was after the CUT a new hole for the flue while leaving the old hole wide open. I would have much rather walked in to an old water heater I knew I would have to replace instead of this slap job bullshit. Because those little screw jobs add up and it makes you wonder what other corners they cut.
During my last Real Estate purchase in California, not only did the realtor and the sellers commit disclosure fraud but also disclosure negligence, and the realtor kept backing down, defending her and her seller, and I was ready to drag her license and her reputation through the mud and sue the seller so watch out there.
When a realtor represents a property like this it really damages their reputation. This is why I use a real estate attorney rather than an agent when buying properties. You get more for your money.
If the water heater is replaced either with a 33kW one or even a heat pump water tank it is sufficient. But overall it needs to be mandator that realtors must be liable for the houses they sell, that would stop the fraud with sub-par flipped houses immediateley...
Man i wish youd have done my home inspection. Maybe you'd have foind the huge hole in the floor of one of my closets. Yes it was along an exterior wall. Water came in over years (well before I owned this place) around the sill plate, and ate the joists, and the sub floor. I had a straight shot to my basement and outside! I wasted so much in heating before I found the problem.
Here in Canada realtors are no different. Ours kept saying "oh this is a fair price for this home" and then would tells us some sob story about the owners and why we should give them asking price. They clearly want to keep the sales of homes as high as possible to keep the market in that inflated bubble zone so they make more money. Once you have a home inspected and also ask for comparable home prices the gig is up and you have all the cards in your favor to negotiate a lower price.
Because when you apply for a mortgage, they insist on an inspection and realtors know it. So, they recommend someone they know will give a favorable report so they can sell the home and get their commissions. I strongly suspect there's some kind of kick-back involved but I can't prove it. We foolishly went along with our realtor when we bought our first house, the inspector recommended by our realtor missed all kinds of crucial things that could have been very dangerous. There were at least a dozen visible problems, but he passed the home inspection wise anyway.
That’s not always true. I bought a 1925 stone house for $275,000. I put down $140,000. I bought the house as is. The lender didn’t ask/require an inspection. I waved it.
That tile by the bathtub, it's like they used all the off-cuts. And the point of use water heater FOR THE WHOLE HOUSE? What were these people thinking?
The reality is that some of you all would buy this place “as is” because of the “character” given by by the unqualified weekend warrior homeowner or the station wagon contractor that did most of these add-ons. Also it’s infuriating watching shady realtors that tend to act like some of our present day politicians and try to mask all of the bad things done to the home. Some of them could have long term effects to the next owners of that 🐖. BTW I believe that the sink used is a showroom floor model so designers or future new homeowners to look at and decide what to order ahead of time for when the interior has their final trades in the house for the COO.
Ok the leaning chimney, it could have been that way since the start. (old homes nothing is plumb or square) The counters, did they say it was granite? What's the house price? The kitchen flooring could be lipstick on a pig and never a problem. But the shower pan and water heater are a complete no go. WRONG.
It seems to me that the beginning of the tile near the bullnose should be whole pieces instead of cut pieces, the cut pieces should have been used farther away from the eye to see.
Definatly a small water heater, I have the same brand an its excellent, however mine is 3 times that size and I live alone. If there was anyone else I would have gone even bigger. On demand water heaters are the way to go to save money unless you use a ton of hot water
Those are realtors who care only of their bag and not the needs of the clients if the seller has 💩 work or needs to repair then they should do it and show receipts transparency is paramount in general relating to all matters and if one is trying to get over on another then there will be a problem
This place was so bad, that I think an astute home shopper would have spotted at least half of those issues. But some folks are simply not attuned to electrical & mechanical things. ALWAYS get an inspection for any dwelling or vehicle, before purchase.
Ok as a granny I could spot all these flaws however this type of smoke and mirrors only makes me wonder were the sills bad and the roof rafters and deck neglected out of ignorance or cost?
Okay, I'm not a professional inspector, but I would condemn the place and tell them to rebuild the entire thing WITH a new foundation. That place is just wrong.
We've got a water heater like that at the warehouse I work in. It's connected to 220V and will barely fill the laundry sink under it. And that's running the hot water tap at half capacity.
So the person hiring you didn't notice these things....I would have never got that far as hiring an inspector. I would have said NO before it got to that. Unless of course the buyer was getting it at a ridiculously low price.
I had 3 20 amp circuits going to my tankless. But it was on a well, so low pressure and it calcified up and stopped working after a couple years, so my renters insisted on putting a regular tank water heater back in. I later learned I probably should have backflushed the tankless every 6 months to keep it working. (I removed the tank water heater in the first place because it was taking up half the master bedroom closet.)
I dont think the new home owner needed it inspected Obviously, they dont care what shape it is in, or they would have never put an offef on that house.
I have a larger tankless and can take a 20 minute shower easy. The one in the video is meant for that one hand sink and not a shower or more than one sink! Lord it’s cheap though.
Wow! Talk about a crappy job. Did they hire a series of drunken handyman types that helped them decide how to flip the house? lol 😂 😅 I mean who does that?, I have lived in my present house a 4 family for 25 years. I’m no plumber but even I can guess that doing stucco inside a shower pan is a really stupid idea.
It's to bad all inspections weren't as thorough as yours are! What people try to get away with and a lot of times they do is pathetic to say the least! But having a shady inspector on the job doesn't help the buyers!😞
Pretty bad. I was waiting for you to do the string on a set of keys and drag them over the floor tiles. There is no way all of those are bonded to the subfloor. Probably adds value to the buyer, easier to remove them.
My sister bought a house and she was new to the area and the homeowners recommended and inspector.
6 months later she realized that all of her plumbing was not up to code and she couldn't sue the inspector.
I trust no one
In 2001 we lived in a duplex that caught fire. We had a small space heater on in the middle of the day, I was sitting next to it, a noise came from the outlet. I didn't realize what had happened but just turned it off. Shortly after, a lady banged on my door to tell me the attic was on fire. The place went up fast. When inspectors came they discovered the landlord had done a little DIY wiring by cutting an extension cord and splicing wiring in the wall to the outlet. He got saddled with massive fines and code violations, he was forced to refund all our and our neighbor's rent for the time we had lived there (about 6 months for us), I don't know if an inspector would have found that issue since he hid it behind the wall but I have great appreciation for them because they are keeping tenants and neighbors safe. If that chimney falls on someone, it's going to severely injure or take them out, that homeowner has to get that fixed, it's a safety risk.
If that floor is ceramic tile, they didn’t leave any grout gaps. If it’s peel and stick, they were drunk.
😂😂😂
Not to mention a Stager look as much more appealing
Flippers like this give proper home renovation companies a bad image when they do a proper flip. Flipping a house and making a profit doesn't mean you have to do substandard work. Sadly appears the majority of the buying public has no idea about what is right and wrong in a home. Glad to see you doing a quality inspection. Their realtor should loose license as their job is to protect their client, not get a fast commission.
Omg that shower!!😂😂😂 the more i watch the worse it gets!😂
"Sponge granite" 😂😂😂 I used sponge granite until we got our kitchen redone. Looking at this house I don't think you even needed an inspection, it looked horrible!
That sponge marbel was absolutely stunning😂😂😂😂😂wow, people are soooo crazy!
Realtors quake with fear when Preston is on the case.
The water heater was big enough to supply that one hand sink with hot water! That was it!
Seriously?! Are they insane?
Yup! It's rated for one sink or a small RV
I've heard that just because something CAN BE DONE, in no way implies it SHOULD be done! That tiny instant water heater was NOT meant to be a whole house supply!
I've owned that exact water heater for a few years now. Mine is only set to 110 degrees F. I can fill my tub with near scalding water by just cutting back on the flow a tiny bit. They work very well
There was an electric water heater like that in a shed we stayed in, in Georgia (AirBNB). The hot water in the shower lasted maybe 1-2 minutes. I believe they're intended for a single point of use like beneath a sink!
Yup. 100% accurate.
@@Inspector_preston It was advertised as a cabin, but twas a shed.
@@Guillotines_For_Globalists I've ended up in a couple like that. One on Lake Fork for a bass fishing tourney. It was a damn pods container someone had modified into a bedroom for rent. Lol. People are insane.
I had family member that told me to install tile line that when I was in high school. They got mad when it didn't line up. This was after pointing out that the tiles weren't identical. I later learned that grout is supposed to go in between.
I love the ceiling in the garage.
I did an inspection with what must have been 100’ extension chord, coming out of an attached shed and then going back and forth across the entire garage ceiling, from wall to wall, about five times before plugging in to the opener. Human ingenuity is amazing
😂 😂 😂
Peel and stick tiles with pattern in the same direction.
that sponge counter top was ugly as hell, actually used a sponge to do it on their own. WOW!
Yes, too busy
Damn glad she took you!
We have a tankless hot water heater and it’s awesome. I hope to hell these people didn’t buy this bag of crap house…good lord what a mess!
That particular Rheem tankless water heater works very well. Some ppl don't know what they're talking about
Just like CY with his detailed inspections, they hate to see him coming. Even some fellow inspectors hate to see hom coming😉
Not me, he's a great inspector. I'd use him if I were buying a home for sure.
I know why as well😂😂 I’m a new subbie 🤗 and this was great info 👍🏾
Having been in construction for major builders, let me just say inspectors like Preston are worth their weight in gold. Yes, typically builders will repair anything reasonable called out on a punch list on new construction. First time buyers often purchase previously owned homes and are unlikely to have a large amount of resources for any major repairs. If you can't appreciate the value of a great home inspector, you are likely part of the reason a great home inspector is needed.
Thank you! 🙏
Totally agree
As someone who is currently looking to purchase another property, this is basically all I see these days.
The amount of homes I’ve passed over simply because a flipper got ahold of them and then tried to make repairs with zero knowledge and screwed things up worse is wild.
And the really sad thing is it’s abject laziness. That’s all it is. But now, it’s going to cost me more to repair what they half assed and most of the time it’s such a headache I pass on the property.
One of my favorites was a brand new water heater they installed. But they reused the cold intake and hot outlet from the old one. They also didn’t place the sediment trap which is odd because you figure if you’re gonna do it anyway you might as well bring it up to code.
But then they didn’t seal the flue pipe properly at the ceiling meaning they broke the fire barrier in the garage and that was after the CUT a new hole for the flue while leaving the old hole wide open.
I would have much rather walked in to an old water heater I knew I would have to replace instead of this slap job bullshit. Because those little screw jobs add up and it makes you wonder what other corners they cut.
During my last Real Estate purchase in California, not only did the realtor and the sellers commit disclosure fraud but also disclosure negligence, and the realtor kept backing down, defending her and her seller, and I was ready to drag her license and her reputation through the mud and sue the seller so watch out there.
At least they didn’t paint the carpet. Dave in Omaha
If I was a listing realtor, I would call you to do an inspection before I listed the property.
When a realtor represents a property like this it really damages their reputation. This is why I use a real estate attorney rather than an agent when buying properties. You get more for your money.
If the water heater is replaced either with a 33kW one or even a heat pump water tank it is sufficient. But overall it needs to be mandator that realtors must be liable for the houses they sell, that would stop the fraud with sub-par flipped houses immediateley...
Haven't seen you in a while. Missed you, Preston! You deserve "Sergeant" as a descriptive.
Man i wish youd have done my home inspection. Maybe you'd have foind the huge hole in the floor of one of my closets. Yes it was along an exterior wall. Water came in over years (well before I owned this place) around the sill plate, and ate the joists, and the sub floor. I had a straight shot to my basement and outside! I wasted so much in heating before I found the problem.
Here in Canada realtors are no different. Ours kept saying "oh this is a fair price for this home" and then would tells us some sob story about the owners and why we should give them asking price. They clearly want to keep the sales of homes as high as possible to keep the market in that inflated bubble zone so they make more money. Once you have a home inspected and also ask for comparable home prices the gig is up and you have all the cards in your favor to negotiate a lower price.
The floor looked liked a peel and stick
Flat no.. the house basically needs to be gutted and refinished! wtf!
You gotta give them credit…the shower pan stucco looks like it still had the correct slope to the drain.
Yeah, except the peeling latex paint will be tough to clean - lol
Because when you apply for a mortgage, they insist on an inspection and realtors know it. So, they recommend someone they know will give a favorable report so they can sell the home and get their commissions. I strongly suspect there's some kind of kick-back involved but I can't prove it. We foolishly went along with our realtor when we bought our first house, the inspector recommended by our realtor missed all kinds of crucial things that could have been very dangerous. There were at least a dozen visible problems, but he passed the home inspection wise anyway.
That’s not always true. I bought a 1925 stone house for $275,000. I put down $140,000. I bought the house as is. The lender didn’t ask/require an inspection. I waved it.
Never ever let them tell you who to use as your inspector. If they won't allow someone else then run away. The home is not for you.
@@outofthewildernesschannel waved? You mean waived?
What I would give to have had you do the inspection on my home 😭🙏🏻
That shower, OMG!
As a brick mason of over 35 years, a lot of that chimney is poor craftsmanship
"angry cord, so that's what it's called 😁
4:12 😂😂😂
This was an amazing house. 🤭
1:30 Tile grout is so "yesterday."
Gettem Preston 🤦♂️
That tile by the bathtub, it's like they used all the off-cuts. And the point of use water heater FOR THE WHOLE HOUSE? What were these people thinking?
$$$.
Buyer beware, always hire an inspector.
The reality is that some of you all would buy this place “as is” because of the “character” given by by the unqualified weekend warrior homeowner or the station wagon contractor that did most of these add-ons. Also it’s infuriating watching shady realtors that tend to act like some of our present day politicians and try to mask all of the bad things done to the home. Some of them could have long term effects to the next owners of that 🐖. BTW I believe that the sink used is a showroom floor model so designers or future new homeowners to look at and decide what to order ahead of time for when the interior has their final trades in the house for the COO.
The floor tiles all in same direction on floor
Ok the leaning chimney, it could have been that way since the start. (old homes nothing is plumb or square) The counters, did they say it was granite? What's the house price? The kitchen flooring could be lipstick on a pig and never a problem. But the shower pan and water heater are a complete no go. WRONG.
Chimneys are never out of plumb when masons build them new.
Them all being straight an not staggered
Flooring…..No staggered joints
No Joints off set or stagger set, and the grain should off set as well?
It seems to me that the beginning of the tile near the bullnose should be whole pieces instead of cut pieces, the cut pieces should have been used farther away from the eye to see.
They didn’t break or stagger the joints.😅😅😅( joints in the floor not the other kind)😊
You dont need an inspector to notice what you pointed out.
Any person with eyes can see this stuff.....
That’s a tear down.
I mean sure, the kitchen needs an update... wtf is going on with the shower though lol
That floor... is that tile? If so, where's the grout? Or is it that sticky back plastic? Not suitable for floors.
Serious question. Now that you have discovered serious defects must the owner now list these on the sellers disclosure?
They're supposed to, yes. Do they typically? No.
Floor tile looks like wall tile
This is half the rental properties in my city...
New sub…..awesomeness 💪👍
What did your client do after receiving your report? Did they run a mile?
Yup. They canceled the contract.
@Inspector_preston Glad to hear it!
Definatly a small water heater, I have the same brand an its excellent, however mine is 3 times that size and I live alone. If there was anyone else I would have gone even bigger. On demand water heaters are the way to go to save money unless you use a ton of hot water
The real question is, "What's under all the lipstick and mascara??? We all know it's really bad.
There is no grout around the tiles!
Tell them to RUN away !!!
That has to be an under sink water heater meant for one faucet! It has to be!!
Yup! 100%
100% unskilled DIY repair work on full display
Those are realtors who care only of their bag and not the needs of the clients if the seller has 💩 work or needs to repair then they should do it and show receipts transparency is paramount in general relating to all matters and if one is trying to get over on another then there will be a problem
How about the wood in bathroom, next to the tube. Huge crack in the wood.
lets see more!
Looks like the floor is uneven
What about the puddle at the back corner of the countertop?
Why would anyone hire an inspector to look at a shack?
Should the floor have grout?
Yep
no grout lines. Never use the seller's inspection person.
Run!
Oh look! A house that should sell for lot price.
This place was so bad, that I think an astute home shopper would have spotted at least half of those issues. But some folks are simply not attuned to electrical & mechanical things. ALWAYS get an inspection for any dwelling or vehicle, before purchase.
Ok as a granny I could spot all these flaws however this type of smoke and mirrors only makes me wonder were the sills bad and the roof rafters and deck neglected out of ignorance or cost?
Okay, I'm not a professional inspector, but I would condemn the place and tell them to rebuild the entire thing WITH a new foundation. That place is just wrong.
We've got a water heater like that at the warehouse I work in. It's connected to 220V and will barely fill the laundry sink under it. And that's running the hot water tap at half capacity.
So the person hiring you didn't notice these things....I would have never got that far as hiring an inspector. I would have said NO before it got to that. Unless of course the buyer was getting it at a ridiculously low price.
😮 Holy crap!
That's an electric tankless water heater, those things will never work up here in the north unless you're giving it 100 amps or more of power.
I had 3 20 amp circuits going to my tankless. But it was on a well, so low pressure and it calcified up and stopped working after a couple years, so my renters insisted on putting a regular tank water heater back in. I later learned I probably should have backflushed the tankless every 6 months to keep it working. (I removed the tank water heater in the first place because it was taking up half the master bedroom closet.)
We had one in northern WI. However it was in a heated and partially finished basement. Never had an issue.
I dont think the new home owner needed it inspected
Obviously, they dont care what shape it is in, or they would have never put an offef on that house.
America is weird when it comes to house building
A tube is closer to $8.
Looks like they used cuts to finish the floor
Condemn the place
No stagger in the tile. Wtf?
Floor not staggered.
Serious question: isn't that one of those tankless hot water systems?
Yes, but it is too small to heat the water for the whole house.
I have a larger tankless and can take a 20 minute shower easy. The one in the video is meant for that one hand sink and not a shower or more than one sink! Lord it’s cheap though.
This isn't a serious sale, is it?
Sponge Granite. Because it looks like it was painted with a Sponge?
Painted granite top😂
No way someone is wanting to buy that house?
Just to tear it down and build a new one on the valuable property.
Wow! Talk about a crappy job. Did they hire a series of drunken handyman types that helped them decide how to flip the house?
lol 😂 😅
I mean who does that?, I have lived in my present house a 4 family for 25 years. I’m no plumber but even I can guess that doing stucco inside a shower pan is a really stupid idea.
It's to bad all inspections weren't as thorough as yours are! What people try to get away with and a lot of times they do is pathetic to say the least! But having a shady inspector on the job doesn't help the buyers!😞
Pretty bad. I was waiting for you to do the string on a set of keys and drag them over the floor tiles. There is no way all of those are bonded to the subfloor. Probably adds value to the buyer, easier to remove them.
No grout lines
Crap on crap, cheap and low down.
🤯🤣🤣🤣
looks like a flip job