GIBSON HOME INSPECTION

Description of Work: Skip Gibson did a home inspection for one of my clients. He was very professional and on time.

Description of Work: Skip Gibson performed a home inspection for us on a property we were anticipating buying. Please note: The property is on Cape Cod, MA, not in Indiana, as the address erroneously indicates.

Description of Work: Company provided service for buyer (I am seller). Seller provided me with a copy of the report, and withdrew from sale as result, citing reversal of intent to buy older home due to inspection results. Mine is an 1880 Georgian with later additions, totally restored by me in 2004/5. Report provided buyer was vague, and speculative. No photos were provided, exceedingly minor gigs were noted, no reference to over $400K restoration work. Inspector speculated on possible rainwater infiltration under crawlspace without entering same, and generally nit-picked; speculated as to insulation (it is insulated); suggested structural 'rot' in wooden support/frame elements (the only rot was in porch post exterior dressing due to errant underground sprinkler spray), described the grade as 'neutral to flat' and then proceeded to suggest re-grading to evade the non-existent water infiltration. Cited a 'loose' handle on a shower fixture, but did not note that the looseness was not the handle but the cover to the piping, and that it barely wiggled and had no effect on safety/usage on a $5000 Perrin & Rowe shower/tub fixture. These are a sample. If you want a full but fair report, with photos, with specifics, without vague speculation, suggest another inspection company. Realize I may sound like a disgruntled seller, but I have bought/sold 7 homes and have never seen a report so uneven, vague, and unhelpful to either side of the deal. In fact, the inspector may have violated his own stated qualifiers and written code of practice by engaging in speculation about areas not inspected. I suspect here are better firms out there; seek them out is my caution.