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Old 03-18-2019, 02:03 PM
 
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3. It is common to find things from prior reports they forgot to delete. One had a detailed analysis of the
3. A majority of inspectors seem to come from a single specialty trade. So if you get a former plumber, they know little to nothing about electrical work. (It is rare you get a true GC because any decent GC will make a lot more money being a GC than doing inspection reports, sometimes you might get a retired guy making a few bucks part time, that is your best bet I think).

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When we sold our last house the buyer's inspector was obsessed with the electrical. He checked every single outlet in the house (and broke one to boot). He missed a light in the upstairs bath that didn't work though. And he asked for something else, can't remember what, that two electricians told us was against code. The whole thing was really odd.
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