A home inspection is only as good as the home inspector performs. A good
one is worth his/her weight in gold. A bad one really hurts you.
There's no one blanket answer. A good inspector will do all those things,
and more. A lousy one won't.
I would recommend finding one who is knowledgeable in rural farm houses and
such in the case you've described. They will be much more aware of the
types of problems you find out in the sticks and with old houses, as
compared to one who does new construction in the city. Different problems.
>From wells to old pipes and old wiring, chimney fires, etc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eugene D Abbondelo" <eabb@loc.gov>
To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>; <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] wells and such.
> Shoppers:
>
> I find this discussion very interesting. I'd like to ask a less technical
> question if I may:
>
> I live in a city and have public water and sewer;everything works fine.
> I've
> never owned a home not being so provided. My wife and I plan on retiring
> in
> about 3 years and moving to a rural area. When buying a house that is not
> on
> a public water/sewer supply is a normal house inspection going to cover
> the
> problems that have been brought up in this discussion (low
> pressure/capacity;
> type of pipe used, etc.) or do you really have to get a specialist in to
> check
> that specific aspect (water/sewer) of any house you're really interested
> in?
> Sounds like you could unknowingly inherit a poor system needing lots of
> money
> to fix. Simply turning the water on or flushing a toilet in an inspection
> may
> not be enough.
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