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Wasted $300 on a home inspection that missed everything
I paid $300 for a full home inspection on a 1950s house in Denver, and the guy didn't even catch that the main sewer line was collapsed. After I moved in, the basement flooded and it cost me $4,500 to fix. Anyone else had an inspector miss something big like that?
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grant.parker3mo ago
Man I feel your pain. $300 is basically the "I'll pretend to look at stuff" rate in Denver, I swear. Mine missed a cracked heat exchanger on a furnace that could've killed me. Had to drop another $800 on a new unit after I moved in and started smelling something weird. It's like they spend 20 minutes walking around and then write a generic report they copy paste from the last job. The sewer line thing is brutal though, $4500 for a collapse nobody caught is just insulting. Next time I'm paying for a separate sewer scope no matter what, even if the inspector says it's included. Learned that one the hard way too.
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aaronrobinson3mo ago
Grantparker nailed it with the sewer scope thing. I've been burned too - paid a guy $350 and he missed a leaky roof I found in the first rainstorm. Now I always tell people to hire a separate plumber and roofer to check those two things before closing, no matter what the inspector says.
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