The HOUSE PROFESSOR

"The hole in the drain pipe in question was along the inside perimeter wall of the garage at floor level. Perimeter storage was present along this floor/wall area, and was duly noted in the "Restrictions during the Inspection" portion of the Inspection Report. This storage hid the view of the pipe hole. The Inspection Contract Agreement, clearly states that our Inspector will not move personal items. When a house is occupied & furnished, the opportunity for concealed issues to be present clearly exists. In the "Restricted Access" section of the Agreement it states that one should "interpret restricted access as a warning that this area or system or component has not been checked. Have such areas checked by a specialist when access permits". This Client failed to heed this warning. Houseprofessor also provides to each Client a "Pre-Settlement Walk-thru Guide and Check List", which should be performed just prior to "closing". Within this Guide we tell the Client they should take the opportunity of a vacant property to check those areas which were inaccessible due to stored items during the professional inspection. Houseprofessor also offered to perform the "Walk-thru Check List" for this Client and they declined the offer. We asked this Client to produce a copy of their completed Guide & Check List, but they failed to do so. In a now vacant garage even a layman would have seen a hole in the drain pipe the size of a "grapefruit", as described by this Client! Clearly, this Client once again did not heed our warnings to them. For the above reasons, Houseprofessor and Richard Giltz requests that "Angies List" remove this bitter and uncalled for negative review."