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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, can you please give the name of your inspector? I want to use him/her also! Or at least can you let us know how a layperson might be able to spot something like a huge crack in the foundation?[/quote]

Our inspector is great, but if I blast his name on here, then I'll never be able to get another pre-inspection scheduled (we are still looking after losing a bid this weekend on a different house).  :wink:

One thing I truly appreciate is that he teaches as he goes around the house with us, so I always end up learning a lot and being able to spot things in future houses even if he isn't with us (although we still use him if we are seriously considering an offer). At least then I feel like spending $$ on all these inspections without a house to show for it still has value (aside from finding foundational cracks and running in the other direction!).

In this case, he pointed out a horizontal crack through the cinderblock in the basement that I might have just assumed was settling or not that important. I think the giveaway was that you could see it was caulked/patched/etc and the crack was still there, showing it was active and not just settling.[/quote]
How do you know if the current owners did the patching?
At any rate, you are talking about two different things. If the owners know and are not disclosing (if required to do so by law) the pre inspection is irrelevant. If it’s something they legitimately don’t know or an issue that comes up in a pre-inspection (which may or may not be accurate, remember), then It would be ridiculous to open yourself up to disclosure or liability by welcoming information from pre-inspections that you then have to disclose. And there’s no way to tell before receiving the information if it’s accurate or really an issue.  Better just to have a blanket policy not to get information from someone else’s inspection.[/quote]

This is a fair point. The last time this house sold was in 1992. I don't know if the sellers legitimately know about it or not, but it seems a bit suspicious to me based on how the listing agent was handling it. I sure hope buyers did their own due diligence and didn't forego a pre-inspection on this one.[/quote]

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