BOTTONE HOME INSPECTIONS

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Andy Bottone showed up on time and on target at the home site. Introduced himself and explained how he was conducting the inspection. Basically outside-inside. He used a pair of binoculars for close inspection of the roof and exterior other hard to reach exterior places. He inspected exterior doors, windows, decking, guttering, and water flow. It was raining during the inspection. He captured notes via a recorder. Inside he inspected the electrical panel, wiring, plumbing, all faucets, tubs, showers, hot water heater and oil burning furnace. He was very thorough to explain the equipment he saw, the expected duration/life cycle of the equipment, balanced against the age of the home etc. He crawled into every nook and cranny, including the crawl spaces off the basement, and up into the attic to inspect the underside of the roof. From a service an inspection standpoint very knowledgeable. I am currently waiting on the written report due tomorrow.

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Joe and his son seemed nice and knowledgable at the inpection. The report was very, very vague and missed most of the important defects of the home. Within a 3-4 weeks of occupancy our chimney leaked ceiling to basement (cap cement needed $450), the ductwork spewed a rust plume from damages to furnace and all ductwork cleaned, ($500) the roof leaked so rain poured in bedrooms recessed lighting (14,000), the bulkhead is a and quot;tin canand quot; needs replacing (10,000) we use towels, the basement takes water from bulkhead and wall around it. Gutters helped (3,000) the basement window leaked and were tarred shut, the other windows were broken wood and corners cracked. There was no heat or air in sunroom just empty ducts not connected. The house had 200 watt bulbs in all recessed lighting (mass save replaced) the roof was not vented at all no ridge vents. Don't use this company. He said nothing of this in the report at ALL just wishy washy all it's good overall stuff. Please use Sherwood Inspectors we are moving from this money put and hired Sherwood to so new home.