Originally Posted by
Pat Germain
I'm just telling you what happened. I saw it myself. I talked to the owners of the homes myself. It wasn't city inspectors. It was home inspectors hired by prospective buyers who saw the basements and said, "No bueno!". This was before the crazy housing market when people were buying houses with no inspection. The real estate agents advised nobody would by the houses if the basements weren't up to code; which they weren't.
You think they ripped out their basements for no reason? Huh? (Just being silly here.)
Again, I'll say BS. No home inspector can require anything. All they do is visual inspection and file a report with the person who hired them. If there was stuff pulled out, then there most probably was water intrusion and they pulled damaged drywall and studs. I've sold two homes, and the first one had an inspector that had about 50 junk items listed. I replace One Breaker outside and removed a hot water switch they didn't like. Everything else was fluff to prove they looked at it. The current home I paid for inspection just because it had chimney and a basement. He found nothing. I found several things since that he should have seen, but nothing of real concern. But it DOES totally depend upon the location. Here and in MS it doesn't matter. I've partially finished my basement since moving here, it already had bathroom and crap drop ceiling. Not worried a bit.
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