| Home Inspection And The Facts | | | | facts will disclose a deficiency, even if |
| | | | other obvious problems are not readily |
| While a home inspector looks for significant | | | | apparent. As an example, old knob and tube |
| issues and deficiencies, another part of the | | | | wiring (pre-1950's) is a safety concern that |
| job consists of providing basic factual | | | | makes a home harder or more costly to insure. |
| information to the client. Often, this | | | | Old galvanized steel pipes, used as supply |
| factual information, when put in perspective, | | | | pipes or for drain systems, are of such an |
| provides valuable insight into the condition | | | | age that they are currently past their design |
| of the home. | | | | lives. Whether these old steel pipes are |
| | | | rusted, leaking or in good condition at the |
| A home inspector provides facts to the | | | | time of the inspection, anyone buying a home |
| client. Sometimes these facts and | | | | with pipes of this vintage should be told |
| descriptions disclose obvious deficiencies at | | | | that the plumbing will need an upgrade in the |
| the lot or the home, such as leaking pipes. | | | | not too distant future. |
| Other times the facts might be as basic as | | | | |
| describing the materials used in the | | | | Any home inspector, who does not provide |
| construction of the home: the driveway is | | | | essential information on the systems, |
| gravel; the sidewalk is concrete; the furnace | | | | components and materials found at the home, |
| is new, propane and 80% efficient; the home | | | | is not a thorough professional and is not |
| has a septic tank; the water comes from a | | | | doing a quality job that serves the best |
| well; the shingles are architectural grade | | | | interests of his or her clients. |
| composition material and so forth. On other | | | | |
| occasions, the inspector might provide | | | | This article was produced by the writing team |
| interpretations of the facts, such as | | | | of Eric Badgley & Angee Gardner; |
| explaining why a certain deficiency is a | | | | specializing in Glacier Real Estate and |
| significant problem and not merely a trivial | | | | Bellingham Real Estate, along with Skagit |
| annoyance. | | | | County Home Inspector. Making sure buyers are |
| | | | protected. |
| It is not unusual to find that providing the | | | | |