Home Inspections are a CRUCIAL part of buying a home. We are currently working with a client who bought his first home a few years ago. One of the Real Estate agents involved suggested a home inspector, and not knowing any better our client trusted this home inspector to find anything of concern.
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| Exterior of Bathroom |
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| Existing Shower - Notice the sag of the shower floor? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Fast forward a few years and the homeowner starts noticing a sag in the shower floor. Something is going on right? We go out to look at things. Right off we think the shower pan is leaking, causing rot right beneath the shower. We start to demo the shower floor...and it keeps going, and going.
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| Whirlpool Tub and Shower - Gone |
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| Wood rot at exterior wall |
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| Wood rot at exterior wall from interior |
The entire bathroom ended up being demoed. After we found so much damaged we brought in a good Home Inspector and had him look through the rest of the house to see if anything else was missed. Turns out we are going to have to do the same thing in the living room where there is more wood rot.
Unexpected Renovations/Repairs are never any fun for anyone. When buying a home, or even if you've been living in your home for many years it may be a good idea to hire a good, thorough, trusted home inspector to go through the house and warn you of any potential problems. And anytime you notice something wrong, or a little 'off' in your house have it looked at right away. It's more cost efficient to fix a small problem in the beginning rather than ignore it and end up having to do major repairs!
We will keep you updated as this project progresses.
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