Housing Inspecters

They will never sign something like that. They even have disclaimers that they only report what they can see. If you something going on behind your walls you won't even know. The resident of the house we bought has such a cluttered attic space he missed the leak in the roof because he couldn't see it.

If you need an inspector for a new home hire your own. Never let the realtor pick one for you. In fact, I think it is against their ethics code to do so and can cost them their license. That is what a relator told me.

 

You should have gotten an inspector instead.

 

my guess is it will be hard to prove negligence given they generally don't drill holes in walls to get a look at plumbing.

then again, the plumber could be telling you this so he can make a ton of $$$ off you.

 

that would make sense if he were suggesting I replace it all, but he suggested living with it until it becomes a rental or I sell it

 

He should have told you to go back to the seller and ask for some money off the house due to the future repairs that needed to be made.

 

if you sell it, you'll have to sign a disclosure statement of the conditions components of the house...

It'll be hard to lie given you tore out the drywall and had a good look at the plumbing.

 

it works fine, just kills the pressure

The problem isn't the condition of the pipes, it's the layout and mix of types of pipe.

 

I hope you used a different engineer than the one you gave me a few months back. We used him. He invoiced me for $671 for 1 hour visit and a written report that said nothing that we didn't already know. He has returned ONE of my 24 phone calls and 4 faxes to his office. Yeah, good one.

 

he was reccomended to me, knowing what I know now I wouldn't have gave you his name