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Please don't try to be funny when you are inspecting my house. If the roof will cost about $200 to fix, don't initially tell me $800 just to see if it will upset me. If the mildew in the shower isn't mold, please just say so the first time, instead of trying to upset me by pretending it's worse than it is. You're here to inspect my home, you're being paid very well to do it, please retain your professionalism. I don't like having to ask you three or four times in order to get an honest answer, while you slyly try to wink at my husband because it's so funny.
Has anyone else had an experience like this with a home inspector? How common is it?
I haven't had that experience. We did just use a home inspector and he arrived at least 30 min early, so my husband missed out on some of the inspection. (attic and hot tub)
I would have to say something to your guy later, like "I love to recommend professional home inspectors to my friends and associates, but I found your conduct to be less than professional, so I might not be able to do so."
You got one of those guys who finds himself highly amusing. Definitely something wrong upstairs and I don't mean the attic <wink wink>
I would have been tempted to fix him with a no-nonsense look and query him about his professional credentials, and for the names of his 3 most recent clients for reference, just to let him know he wasn't impressing me in the right way.
Out here home inspectors can't quote repairs nor can they do work on any homes they inspect. Unless a home inspector is a general contractor who is active as a general contractor I don't see how they can possibly quote any repairs. Cost of materials changes constantly.
Please don't try to be funny when you are inspecting my house. If the roof will cost about $200 to fix, don't initially tell me $800 just to see if it will upset me. If the mildew in the shower isn't mold, please just say so the first time, instead of trying to upset me by pretending it's worse than it is. You're here to inspect my home, you're being paid very well to do it, please retain your professionalism. I don't like having to ask you three or four times in order to get an honest answer, while you slyly try to wink at my husband because it's so funny.
Has anyone else had an experience like this with a home inspector? How common is it?
Three words "Not very professional". I do try to lighten the mood a little when I see an anxious client, if I think it would help. But I certainly don't do it that way. It sounds more to me like the Inspector was trying a "Two-Step" and throwing in a lot of trash to hide what he/she wasn't telling you! Hopefully your written report was worth looking at and not an example of the same actions displayed on the site?
To answer the original question, not common at all that I am aware of! I have not heard of any of that type behavior here in the Dallas area yet.
Which is why sellers shouldn't be there for inspections. I actually have a bigger problem with them quoting repair prices at all rather than joking however inappropriate. The inspector inspects, the contractor quotes.
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