Inspector Not To Inspect
Oct/22/07 11:04 PM
Ok, the first problem that I’ve encountered is the
inspector that we booked to inspect the house.
When I envision a house inspector I envision Ethan
Hunt dressed in black and suspended upside down with
head lamps and various high tech tools sneaking up
into the darkest depths of the house’s foundation
without alerting even the smallest of spiders.
Instead... a portly gentleman, who could barely fit through the door let alone the meager crawl-space, showed up. I could tell by his spotless wardrobe that he had no intention of crawling up under the house. In fact he spent most of his time convincing me that I didn’t need an inspector at all. My guess is that his specialty was new home construction, and that since he didn’t want to inspect my home that no one else should either. He said that he would do it if I absolutely wanted him to, but that parts of my house would not be able to be inspected, due to the small size of the crawl-space. Hmmm.
I fussed about it a bit, and he told me that he “wasn’t hurting for business.” That he had plenty of other inspections that he could be doing. So if you are in Fayetteville Arkansas and you are looking for an inspector then apparently Don Parham of Ozark Home Inspection, LLC is covered up with business, so you might want to consider someone else.
Since then I’ve gotten recommendations from both my lender and my appraiser. So the advice that I give, is don’t call an inspector from the phonebook. Ask for a recommendation from your lender, ESPECIALLY if this is your first home.
Instead... a portly gentleman, who could barely fit through the door let alone the meager crawl-space, showed up. I could tell by his spotless wardrobe that he had no intention of crawling up under the house. In fact he spent most of his time convincing me that I didn’t need an inspector at all. My guess is that his specialty was new home construction, and that since he didn’t want to inspect my home that no one else should either. He said that he would do it if I absolutely wanted him to, but that parts of my house would not be able to be inspected, due to the small size of the crawl-space. Hmmm.
I fussed about it a bit, and he told me that he “wasn’t hurting for business.” That he had plenty of other inspections that he could be doing. So if you are in Fayetteville Arkansas and you are looking for an inspector then apparently Don Parham of Ozark Home Inspection, LLC is covered up with business, so you might want to consider someone else.
Since then I’ve gotten recommendations from both my lender and my appraiser. So the advice that I give, is don’t call an inspector from the phonebook. Ask for a recommendation from your lender, ESPECIALLY if this is your first home.