My experience was indirect. Adam was the inspector for a potential buyer of my house. I few items Adam called out that were brought to light for me turned out to be bogus and clearly shows that Adam does not know what he is doing. Firstly he said my roof was leaking into the attic, when i got home i went into the attic only to discover he stood 10 feet away from the "leak", zoomed in with his camera and took a picture of what turned out to be staining. Mind you I had a roofer come over this past weekend and inspect the roof and told me what I already knew, but what really blew my mind was the fact he stood 10 feet away instead of going over to said "leak" and inspecting it further. I know this because I had Masssaves blow in new insulation so one major component was missing in the attic, foot prints in the insulation going to the "leak". Secondly Adam said the oil tank was leaking on the top and bottom and possible corrosion on the bottom of the tank, funny thing was he never removed the access panel to the bottom and side of the tank to inspect it and to make matters worse he sent pictures which i included stating that he was unable to access the bottom of the tank! How are you going to say its leaking and corroded on the bottom but then say in your picture you were unable to access it? Third item Adam said the deck was not to code, well it took about 5 minutes on the old google to find the build date, permit number and inspection date for the deck, so guess it was actually up to code Adam. Now one of my favorites, Adam stated that the outdoor plug for the generator was un side down. It's a round plug so i'm not sure exactly how a circle all of a sudden has a top and bottom but who am I to argue i guess. Lastly Adam said the electrical panel was full and NEEDS a sub panel installed. I've lived here for 15 years had an electrician install a transfer switch and never been without power for more than 2 hours and NEVER overloaded a circuit once, you know why.....Cause I had a LICENSED ELECTRICIAN do all the work, not some meat head like Adam who took an online course and passed a test in 2 hours. The buyer backed out, now in all fairness he was not the only reason they backed out. Now you're probably thinking, ok so this guy is just bitter. I assure you I'm not bitter at Adam, hence why he got 2 stars instead of 1. I mean you only have to take a short online course pay a fee and pass a test in this state to be an inspector. We expect these people to be as qualified as a mason, electrician, plumber and carpenter, but the truth is they are none of those. I think Adam should be held accountable for the roof leak comment and the oil tank comment . I mean jeez Adam you couldn't take 4 to 5 more steps to the right to see if the roof was in fact leaking bro? Take better care of how you perform your job please.
***i will note Adam did take the time to get a hold of me about this so to his credit, it shows he does care. read more