Chris was a very nice guy during the inspection. He seemed to have a lot of knowledge. We were very happy with him at first. The problems started once we moved into the house.
The first week we were in the house we noticed how tight the shower knobs were. My wife went to turn the shower on and the handle fell offer in her hands. As I inspected further, I noticed that the entire handle area needed to be replaced. This is not Chris's fault. It could have worked fine when he was there. The problem began in fixing this issue. There was of course no shut off valve for the bathroom, so we needed to shut off the main water. This would have been fine except the main shut off in the house did NOT WORK. It not only did not shut off the water to the house, but the valve was so corroded that the valve itself leaked. We called a plumber to fix the issue. While he was there he noticed several corroded valves in the span of 10 minutes. He was amazed that the plumbing passed inspection. There is an outside valve that was completely busted from a frozen pipe issue.
I was very disappointed after finding these issues, and emailed Chris asking why these were not found in the inspection. I was hoping he would notice his error and offer us some of the payment back. After-all, he didn't find what we hired him to find. Instead of responding to my non-aggressive email, I receive a letter from his lawyer several days later. The letter was aggressive and essentially told me that I was a liar, and Chris wasn't responsible for anything.
If your inspector is not looking to see if your main shut off works in the house and busted pipes, what in the world is he looking for?
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