Home Inspector for 100 year old home (Denver, Aurora: sale, new house, purchasing)

[carlap103]

Can any one recommend a home inspector that specializes in old homes in the Denver metro area? Also, any suggestions of items to look out for in an old house?

Thank you.

[Jerry Bckr]

Bryan Jones at Home Systems Data. 303-773-6102

[sumisu]

Hi - Thomas Recke has always a good job for my clients. Good luck!

Name Thomas Recke
Company Pillar To Post
E-mail Contact Thomas Recke (Pillar To Post)
Website Home Inspection in City of Aurora and portion of Centennial East of Parker Road by Pillar To Post
Office Phone (303) 337-6713
Fax (720) 863-0943
Address PO Box 470757, Aurora, CO, 80047
Description Pillar To Post is a professional home inspection company. We provide thorough and accurate home inspection reports. They are always printed and reviewed on-site and include color pictures. Call us!


Testimonials From My Clients:
“It is my pleasure to recommend Pillar to Post. I used the company both to inspect the house we were purchasing and to do an inspection on the house I was putting on the market. The inspection on the house to which we were moving reassured us that we had made the right decision. The in-depth information was extremely helpful. We still refer back to the packet when making decisions about updating the house. The checklist included is also very helpful. I chose to have Pillar to Post inspect the house I was selling in order to avoid any surprises during the sale. Because of this inspection, I was able to correct a few problems that might have slowed down the sale of the house. I have recommended the company to both family and friends, and I will continue to do so.

[kristenfromdenver]

My new house is over 100 years old in Cheeseman park area and this inspector did a great job, and his report has pictures and was emailed to me. This is who my realtor uses on all the houses he works with, including his own. His name is:

Girvan Kroesing
Advanced Inspections Inc
7691 E Cornell Ave
Denver DCO 80231
Office: 303-778-8980
Cell: 303-246-8682
g.kroesing@comcast.net

[steveindenver]

Also, any suggestions of items to look out for in an old house?

Generally any inspector will find the same things and I won't bore you with the list of things they will already be on the lookout for.

One thing you might (really do in my view) want to do that is beyond a normal inspection is have someone come out and scope the sewer line to look for any breaks, leaks, roots or other problems that you will inherit once you own the property.

[kristenfromdenver]

structural/foundation damage
old plumbing or electrical
sewers can cost up to 7000 to fix!
lead
asbestos

[steveindenver]

7 grand is if you are lucky, you often find lines running under existing structures when you stack on 100 years. Even at that 6 grand for a full run is a good quote with no obstacles for a sewer line.... been there, done that, many times more than it should have taken to learn the lesson.

[WilliamPacker]

Sewer lines suck. We lost our first accepted bid because the bank wouldn't help fix the line ($7,000 estimate). The house we actually got had a similar problem but since the sewer ran to the back of the house and was under dirt, the price to fix it was only about $2,000, which the homeowner agreed to fix.

Make sure to get a good inspector and if they tell you to get a structural engineer to check something out, do it. Especially on a house that old. We nearly bought a different house that the homeowner did some patch work on to make it appear there were no structural problems. The first inspector didn't catch it but the FHA appraiser forced up to get another opinion. We are very glad we did.