Has anyone here sued their home inspector?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would sue that sound like you have more than enough evidence.

Did you pick the inspector or did your realtor?

I picked the inspector but could not physically attend the inspection due to work so my realtor did.

You bought a 1920 house and did not go to the inspection?
This has to be your first home.

Even if I attended the inspection it would have made no difference as I would not be able to physically go with them under a crawl space. They provided a picture of new pex pipe which unfortunately only goes to a small section of a later bathroom addition.

In other words, the only pipes accessible to the inspector were replaced. The inspector can't tear up the walls to look at pipes.

No case, OP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would sue that sound like you have more than enough evidence.

Did you pick the inspector or did your realtor?

I picked the inspector but could not physically attend the inspection due to work so my realtor did.

You bought a 1920 house and did not go to the inspection?
This has to be your first home.

Even if I attended the inspection it would have made no difference as I would not be able to physically go with them under a crawl space. They provided a picture of new pex pipe which unfortunately only goes to a small section of a later bathroom addition.

In other words, the only pipes accessible to the inspector were replaced. The inspector can't tear up the walls to look at pipes.

No case, OP.

You seem to have a reading comprehension issue. The pipes that were accessible under the crawlspace with the exception of a new bathroom addition were all original galvanized pipes. The inspector was either incompetent or more likely reported that all pipes were new to get the sale to close. You can't even get proper home insurance on homes with old galvanized pipes if you report the home's condition honestly and will be dropped if they find out.

[Anonymous]

In my lifetime I have unfortunately come to realize that successfully suing someone even when all the evidence supports your complaint, is far from a slam dunk. The juice is hardly ever worth the squeeze.

Signed,
Person who got royally screwed by their scammer of a fake contractor but hey you can't get blood from a turnip so you just take it on the chin, and the wallet

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would sue that sound like you have more than enough evidence.

Did you pick the inspector or did your realtor?

I picked the inspector but could not physically attend the inspection due to work so my realtor did.

You bought a 1920 house and did not go to the inspection?
This has to be your first home.

Even if I attended the inspection it would have made no difference as I would not be able to physically go with them under a crawl space. They provided a picture of new pex pipe which unfortunately only goes to a small section of a later bathroom addition.

In other words, the only pipes accessible to the inspector were replaced. The inspector can't tear up the walls to look at pipes.

No case, OP.

You seem to have a reading comprehension issue. The pipes that were accessible under the crawlspace with the exception of a new bathroom addition were all original galvanized pipes. The inspector was either incompetent or more likely reported that all pipes were new to get the sale to close. You can't even get proper home insurance on homes with old galvanized pipes if you report the home's condition honestly and will be dropped if they find out.

Everything you say is wrong and you're an ass hole.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Will cost you more to litigate than you will win to repair most likely.

OP doesn’t have to actually litigate. A written demand letter could get the inspector to cough up some money, especially with attached letters from 3 plumbers on letterhead stating this was a grossly negligent inspection report that misstated facts about the pipes.

The inspector may not want to risk getting dragged into litigation either, remember anyone can sue (or threaten to) for anything. I think OP at least has a colorable claim to argue break of contract due to gross negligence. I mean the inspector didn’t just miss something or make a vague assertion that turned out not to be true, but actually made a demonstrably false statement about the condition of the house.

OP, I think it’s worth at least sending a letter with the plumbers’ attachments and see if you can scare some money out of him. Even if you don’t get all the repairs covered, maybe you can negotiate something.

Lol. Don't play lawyer.

I am a lawyer. But I’m not giving legal advice. My suggestion was based on life experience.

Real life isn’t governed by case law and court rulings. OP is free to write a letter with attachments from people in the plumbing industry accusing this inspector of doing a poor job. He may give her a bit of money to avoid getting dragged into some small claims court headache (he doesn’t know what she’s willing to file) or to avoid a bad online review or complaint with a state agency.

Do you actually think the majority of disputes in this country are handled by lawyers?

Perhaps you should stop playing lawyer by pretending everything has to be resolved like some 1L contracts case law.

Come on. OP needs to move on. If you're a lawyer, you've never litigated a case. I'd tell a friend to move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would sue that sound like you have more than enough evidence.

Did you pick the inspector or did your realtor?

I picked the inspector but could not physically attend the inspection due to work so my realtor did.

You bought a 1920 house and did not go to the inspection?
This has to be your first home.

Even if I attended the inspection it would have made no difference as I would not be able to physically go with them under a crawl space. They provided a picture of new pex pipe which unfortunately only goes to a small section of a later bathroom addition.

In other words, the only pipes accessible to the inspector were replaced. The inspector can't tear up the walls to look at pipes.

No case, OP.

You seem to have a reading comprehension issue. The pipes that were accessible under the crawlspace with the exception of a new bathroom addition were all original galvanized pipes. The inspector was either incompetent or more likely reported that all pipes were new to get the sale to close. You can't even get proper home insurance on homes with old galvanized pipes if you report the home's condition honestly and will be dropped if they find out.

Everything you say is wrong and you're an ass hole.

Clearly you are a very wise and mature person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my lifetime I have unfortunately come to realize that successfully suing someone even when all the evidence supports your complaint, is far from a slam dunk. The juice is hardly ever worth the squeeze.

Signed,
Person who got royally screwed by their scammer of a fake contractor but hey you can't get blood from a turnip so you just take it on the chin, and the wallet

It really depends on if they have money or not or more often the case active liability insurance with enough coverage. Suing deadbeats even if you're right will produce nothing. This home inspector should have an E & O insurance policy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would sue that sound like you have more than enough evidence.

Did you pick the inspector or did your realtor?

I picked the inspector but could not physically attend the inspection due to work so my realtor did.

You bought a 1920 house and did not go to the inspection?
This has to be your first home.

Even if I attended the inspection it would have made no difference as I would not be able to physically go with them under a crawl space. They provided a picture of new pex pipe which unfortunately only goes to a small section of a later bathroom addition.

In other words, the only pipes accessible to the inspector were replaced. The inspector can't tear up the walls to look at pipes.

No case, OP.

You seem to have a reading comprehension issue. The pipes that were accessible under the crawlspace with the exception of a new bathroom addition were all original galvanized pipes. The inspector was either incompetent or more likely reported that all pipes were new to get the sale to close. You can't even get proper home insurance on homes with old galvanized pipes if you report the home's condition honestly and will be dropped if they find out.

Everything you say is wrong and you're an ass hole.

Clearly you are a very wise and mature person.

The claim that "you can't even get proper home insurance on homes with old galvanized pipes" is patently false. Half the homes inside the beltway have galvanized pipes. So yah, I'll call out bull shit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would sue that sound like you have more than enough evidence.

Did you pick the inspector or did your realtor?

I picked the inspector but could not physically attend the inspection due to work so my realtor did.

You bought a 1920 house and did not go to the inspection?
This has to be your first home.

Even if I attended the inspection it would have made no difference as I would not be able to physically go with them under a crawl space. They provided a picture of new pex pipe which unfortunately only goes to a small section of a later bathroom addition.

In other words, the only pipes accessible to the inspector were replaced. The inspector can't tear up the walls to look at pipes.

No case, OP.

You seem to have a reading comprehension issue. The pipes that were accessible under the crawlspace with the exception of a new bathroom addition were all original galvanized pipes. The inspector was either incompetent or more likely reported that all pipes were new to get the sale to close. You can't even get proper home insurance on homes with old galvanized pipes if you report the home's condition honestly and will be dropped if they find out.

Everything you say is wrong and you're an ass hole.

Clearly you are a very wise and mature person.

The claim that "you can't even get proper home insurance on homes with old galvanized pipes" is patently false. Half the homes inside the beltway have galvanized pipes. So yah, I'll call out bull shit.

That issue has even been covered here on dcum back in 2017. It’s an insurance issue and insurers are even more picky now but you know best. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/680604.page" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/680604.page

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You should talk to your realtor who then needs to talk to the inspector.

Who hired the inspector? OP. This is business between the inspector and OP.

That OP allowed a realtor to represent OP during an inspection is OP's fatal mistake.

You're basically suggesting the inspector and realtor colluded to make the report sound fine when it wasn't to make the sale go through. That's fraud.

No. I'm suggesting the inspector works for OP who is paying the inspector. The legally binding contractual service agreement is between OP and inspector.

The realtor does not presently and has never had any business in this matter.

DCUM / Real Estate : Never delegate your responsibility to a real estate agent. Never.

[Anonymous]

Wish you well OP. What ticks me off is this forum pretends old houses are always so classy and McMansions are tacky. When the reality is old houses are money pits full of headaches.

[Anonymous]

I don’t get why buyer can’t get a flashlight and go into crawl space himself.

I sold a house with a crawl space. One young very inexperience buyer had issues with it and I asked what it was and he sent report.

His inspector shined a flashlight in a literally put in comments he did not enter and smelled some moldy smell and saw white pipe cover on one pipe that could be asbestos. He did not tear for mold or asbestos.

Next buyer a 60 year old man was like who cares. It is a crawl space.

But both reports clearly stated inspector did not go in crawl space.

in my case a few years early I did have issues with sewer pipe in crawl space. Roto rooter did a video we saw a section clogged. I cut out whole whole section replaced PVC in crawl space and problem solved. Was not end of world

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would sue that sound like you have more than enough evidence.

Did you pick the inspector or did your realtor?

I picked the inspector but could not physically attend the inspection due to work so my realtor did.

You bought a 1920 house and did not go to the inspection?
This has to be your first home.

Even if I attended the inspection it would have made no difference as I would not be able to physically go with them under a crawl space. They provided a picture of new pex pipe which unfortunately only goes to a small section of a later bathroom addition.

In other words, the only pipes accessible to the inspector were replaced. The inspector can't tear up the walls to look at pipes.

No case, OP.

You seem to have a reading comprehension issue. The pipes that were accessible under the crawlspace with the exception of a new bathroom addition were all original galvanized pipes. The inspector was either incompetent or more likely reported that all pipes were new to get the sale to close. You can't even get proper home insurance on homes with old galvanized pipes if you report the home's condition honestly and will be dropped if they find out.

Everything you say is wrong and you're an ass hole.

Clearly you are a very wise and mature person.

The claim that "you can't even get proper home insurance on homes with old galvanized pipes" is patently false. Half the homes inside the beltway have galvanized pipes. So yah, I'll call out bull shit.

That issue has even been covered here on dcum back in 2017. It’s an insurance issue and insurers are even more picky now but you know best. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/680604.page" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/680604.page

Given that I've had zero issues insuring homes with galvanized pipes, I'm pretty damn sure I know better than you.

[Anonymous]

In the future you can have a plumber do a separate plumbing inspection. We did this when we bought a house as is in Virginia.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would sue that sound like you have more than enough evidence.

Did you pick the inspector or did your realtor?

I picked the inspector but could not physically attend the inspection due to work so my realtor did.

You bought a 1920 house and did not go to the inspection?
This has to be your first home.

Even if I attended the inspection it would have made no difference as I would not be able to physically go with them under a crawl space. They provided a picture of new pex pipe which unfortunately only goes to a small section of a later bathroom addition.

In other words, the only pipes accessible to the inspector were replaced. The inspector can't tear up the walls to look at pipes.

No case, OP.

You seem to have a reading comprehension issue. The pipes that were accessible under the crawlspace with the exception of a new bathroom addition were all original galvanized pipes. The inspector was either incompetent or more likely reported that all pipes were new to get the sale to close. You can't even get proper home insurance on homes with old galvanized pipes if you report the home's condition honestly and will be dropped if they find out.

Everything you say is wrong and you're an ass hole.

Clearly you are a very wise and mature person.

The claim that "you can't even get proper home insurance on homes with old galvanized pipes" is patently false. Half the homes inside the beltway have galvanized pipes. So yah, I'll call out bull shit.

That issue has even been covered here on dcum back in 2017. It’s an insurance issue and insurers are even more picky now but you know best. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/680604.page" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/680604.page

Given that I've had zero issues insuring homes with galvanized pipes, I'm pretty damn sure I know better than you.

Have you actually told them they are galvanized? Read you exclusions.