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Post Subject: House Inspections & WarrantiesPosted by zztop7 on: 2/5/2016

If you buy a used house, find an inspector who is also a qualified structural engineer. I do my own inspections because 95% of the inspectors are idiots.Once I have found the problems, that list is multiplied by 10. Now I know what the house future holds.
If you buy a new house you will probably get a ONE year warranty. You know why? Because the engineer cannot trust the architect, the architect cannot trust the general contractor, the general contractor cannot trust the subcontractors, the subcontractors cannot trust his employees, etc.
You will often hear real estate people & contractors proudly speak of "the house was built to code". CODE = MINIMAL ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS. You actually will not even get that. About the local municipal Housing Department Inspectors: I have never seen an inspector enter a crawl space or climb a ladder.
OK, so we know that the first & most important housing consideration is your location preference. Now for the second most important thing that you will never hear people talk about: THE FOUNDATION. It is easy in comparison to change or replace almost anything else. FOUNDATION, FOUNDATION, FOUNDATION.
Just my 2 cents,zz.

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