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40 Times Boston Home Inspectors Discovered Such Interesting Things, They Just Had To Take A Photo
Just like Alpha Alpha Structural, Inc. (previously here, here, and here), Boston Home Inspectors also rain on people's parades. Well, kinda. In a nice way.
"We are hired by the buyer of a property to inspect the exterior of the house, basement, and structure along with all of the home systems," James Brock of Boston Home Inspectors told Bored Panda. "We test all the outlets, appliances, windows, doors, and bathroom fixtures. We, both, look for items not installed properly or that may be deteriorated, defective, or have an item of concern. For example, a leak or unsafe conditions."
Besides looking for problems or issues, the company educates the buyer about the investment that they will be making. "We teach them how the various components in their new home work and what to expect for life expectancy and what to plan for future maintenance."
During the past 24 years, Boston Home Inspectors have seen quite a bit in their job. From crazy DIY solutions to years of neglect, they share pictures of their most interesting finds on social media. Here are some of the most popular ones.
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#1
Found The Cool House In The Neighborhood!
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#2
Well, Hello Now!
#3
When You Need Privacy!
#4
Another Room With A View!
#5
Just A Cool Set Of Stairs
#6
Kids, Please Grab The Oven Glove For Me
#7
Mother-In-Law Door
#8
Interesting
#9
Seriously?? I Know You Said It Wasn’t Finished Yet
Ty Stratton-Quirk 5 years ago
That's impressive. It takes years of work to teach a house how to use stilts.
#10
All Right, Put Back The Other Half Of The House
#11
With This Design You Can Multitask. Wash Dishes While You're On The Crapper
#12
This Was Sent To Me From Masong187!
#14
Found At Work Today!
#15
Now This Is A Basement We Can Party In!
#17
Wavy Deck! Imagine A Couple Of Cocktails
#18
Children And Drunks Are On Their Own!
#19
Would Love To Chat With Who Came Second!!
#20
Sometimes You Just Need A Little Edge!
#22
Kinda Close....for New Construction!
#23
Dryer Lint. The Cremated Remains Of Missing Socks
#24
Remember When???
#25
Timber!
#26
Seen Something Cool At An Inspection
#27
Day 3 Of 7! Mold Week
#29
Looks Like I’m Going To Have A ‘Fun-Gi’ Day! Ok I’ll Stick To Home Inspections And Leave The Comedy Alone
#31
I Have No Idea???
#32
Somebody Forgot To Change The Water Filter
#33
Hope The Rock Doesn’t Move!
#34
Who Left The Trx Out During The Home Inspection??
#35
More Water Is Going Up Than Down!
#38
Damn I Missed The Roof Party!
#39
Holy Duct! You Can’t Make This Stuff Up! Fire Waiting To Happen!
#40
When You Run Out Of Shims!
#41
When You Don’t Fit On Your Bike, Just Cut The Floor Joists!
#42
Well Now, This Is Not Good!
#43
Duct Tape Fixes Everything!
#44
This Listing Agent Said They Have The Furnace Serviced Every Year!
#45
New Construction Full Of Mold. See The Date On The Sheetrock 4/20
#46
Guess What’s Holding This Deck To The House...scary
#47
We Need To Start An Almost So Close Deck Building Club
#48
Osha Approved!
Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
If three threads are fine, four as well. If four are fine, five must also be OK. If five... etc.
#49
Much Easier Than A 3 Point Turn
Julia Atkinson 5 years ago
This is the kind of feature I'd expect to see in a Bond villain's lair
#50
May I Have A Scoop Of What’s In Attic Rafter Bay 1 And Bay 2 And Bay 3
#51
Help Wash Off The Electric Panel!
#52
Not As Worried About The Duct Taped Sewer Pipe As I Am About The Amount Of Beer Someone Drinks!
#53
Maybe Just Fill The Holes!
#54
Who Needs Handrails??
#55
Awful Lot Of Stairs For A Small Deck!
#57
Shocking!
#58
Measure Twice
Julia Atkinson 5 years ago
Someone's going to have fun picking their winter clothes out of the rubble when the house collapses
#59
Looking Up An Unlined Chimney Flue
#60
I Guess That Works!
#61
Not A Great Place To Hang Around!
#62
Good Thing They Only Live On The 1st Floor!
#63
Random...why???
#64
At Least This One Didn’t Come Running Out When I Opened The Door
#65
We Know Who’s Boss!
#66
Moon Landing In The Attic!
#67
Wonder Who’s Living In The Range Hood?
#68
It’s Not The Hole In The Roof That Bothers Me..it’s Who Shot The Arrow?
#69
Listing Sheet Did Say ‘Has A Deck’
#70
Why?
#71
Got My Cousin To Wire The Garage Lights!
#72
And The Homeowner Is Breathing This!!!
#74
Still Live And Still Working!
Kevin Camp 5 years ago
Buss fuses like these were never the problem, people being too cheap to replace a blown one and putting a penny under it to bypass a blown fuse were the problem.
#75
Wtf?
#76
When One Is Just Not Enough!
ComfyPanda 5 years ago
Ok. Is it just me, or do the things on the bottom look like those Lego pieces you put down for the Lego building foundation?!?!?!
#77
Yes Zip Ties Fix Everything!
#78
Missing Something?
#79
Not Sure What Was Going On Up Here??
#80
Short On Bricks??
#81
Clean Or Dirty Snacks?
#82
Wedges Under The Floor Joists Work
#83
Ceiling Fan???
#84
What A Cool Pic
#86
“I Made It Through The Rain”....well, Not Really!
#87
Let’s Make A Sweater!
#90
How Many Young Kids Know What This Is For?
#91
Nailed It!
#92
Oh, I’m Sure That Is Safe!
#93
Thank God For Home Depot!
#94
Found On Yesterday’s Inspection And Still Working!
#96
Ugh! Somebody’s Gotta Go In!
#97
Newly Renovated Laundry Room!
#98
Not Good
#99
Sometimes You Just Wonder Why?
CATMONSTER2018 5 years ago
Easily accessible from the window. Over the front door... I feel like the only time you would be able to use it would be an April 1st
#101
Adjustable Drain!
Jim Price 5 years ago
I once moved into a house to discover the kitchen plumbing was all new PVC pipe which was nice. Not one single piece had been glued together... some genius had pushed the pipes together and called it good enough, which was NOT nice. I reached for a bottle of cleanser, tapped against the U joint, and three pieces fell off. I had to use an overturned bucket to keep everything together while I looked into contacting the seller... who had vanished. Many other issues came to light very soon after.
#102
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!
#103
Well This Did Not Work Out Too Well!
Julia Atkinson 5 years ago (edited)
I see a cute little robot sticking its head through the wall and peering through the handrail
#104
Dangerously Close!
#106
Crushing It!
#107
So Sad
#108
Everybody Needs One Of These In Their Basement!
CATMONSTER2018 5 years ago
Is that one of those pipes where you pump it to draw water from the ground?
#109
The Key Is In The Lockbox!
#110
So Many Things Wrong! Should We Start With The ‘State Of Art’ Non Code Compliant Flue Pipe Or The Fact That The Expansion Tank Is Not A Water Heater?
M O'Connell 5 years ago
The only problem is the flue vent. Those look like the kind of silly notes realtors put on things, and they can't be expected to understand that the heating boiler also provides domestic hot water.
#111
...and You Said A Permit Was Issued?
#112
Scary!
Gyro Pilot 5 years ago
Left in place for character. Notice retro-added support from the posts on either side
#113
Can’t Wait Till The 3rd Cocktail!
#114
Yep, That Should Keep The Kids And Drunk Friends From Falling!
#115
Job Done!
Smitten Kitten 5 years ago
There was an attempt to secure it with a nail on the right hand side, but probably proved way too much work.
#116
Only In Southie! A South Boston Fire Escape
#117
It’s Frost Proof, Not Freeze Proof!
M O'Connell 5 years ago
I'm pretty sure someone ran something into it. When they freeze, they split the stem tube inside, not the outer casting. Ask me how I know...
#118
That Washing Machine Drain Pipe Almost Made It Into The Pan
ComfyPanda 5 years ago
Uh almost or "close" only counts with horse shoes and hand grenades people!!!
#119
Found The Mouse Hole!
#120
Service Technicians Nightmare! Wait Until The Furnace Needs To Be Replaced
#121
Where Do You Store Your Chairs, Ladder, Extra Bricks And Of Course Your Canoes?
#122
The Ice Maker That Keeps Giving!
#123
The Parties Will Have To Wait!
LynzCatastrophe 4 years ago
... this actually looks exactly like my parents house. Every little detail. Before we tore it down because it dropped from one of the support columns.
#124
When The Listing Agent Says The Seller Is A Contractor So You Shouldn’t Find Any Problems...
Damon Hill 5 years ago
Inspectors don't always look at work done by contractors because, well, they're supposed to be pros. I'm renovating a 1920 bungalow and the inspector actually inspects everything I do and if anything is off he tells me why and makes sure it's up to code or better. So far a couple extra nail guards has been the only issue.
#125
Mold Week. Day 1 Of 7
#126
Nothing Can Go Wrong With This!?!
#127
Well Now!
#128
Will Give You An “A” For Almost!
#129
Just Blowing Off A Little Steam!
M O'Connell 5 years ago
Somebody needs to check that the expansion tank has any air in it. That's a common root-cause of pressure-relief leakage.
#131
Love The Velcro Flap!
#132
Hmmm..mistake Or Intentional?
#133
Shouldn’t The Microwave Hood Be Installed Over The Stove?
#134
Set At A Height To Prevent Children And Pets From Interfering With The Door Closing!
#135
It’s A Nice They Are Using An Energy Saving Lightbulb
M O'Connell 5 years ago
K**b and tube! If it's any consolation, the fabric electrical tape suggests that splice was added-on 60 years ago.
#137
Well Now... I Thought I Was In The City!
Becky Klebe 5 years ago
Turkeys are everywhere year-round in Massachusetts, but usually in flocks. The ones in my city seem to know about crosswalks, too, oddly enough.
#138
When One Just Isn’t Enough!
Stephen Wild 5 years ago
That whole panel is a house fire waiting to happen. I see a number of issues besides the main one that would give me the heebie-jeebies....
#139
What Could Go Wrong?
#140
Where Are You Going With This One??
#141
Well, At Least They Used A Gfi
#142
Deck Building -101
#143
Can You Guess What This Is?
#144
Wonder What The Code Is?
#145
Guess What Somebody Forgot?
Mohsie Supposie 5 years ago
The shower pipe is probably built into the wall. I have seen that done many times. The shower head is obviously above, and not in the picture.
#146
Ready For The Riding Lawn Mower!
#147
Ugh!
Sara Hoffmann 5 years ago
This isn't scary. This is a truss system used by roofers for repairs.
#148
Now That’s Not Supposed To Happen!
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Gyro Pilot 5 years ago
Boston, USA is an older town, with housing stock that is also old and predates modern building standards, hence the state of decay as well as ridiculousness of some of the upgrades. Honestly though, the situation is the same across Europe where the stock is old/ survived the wars.
GFSTaylor 5 years ago
There are still building codes and laws in Europe, you know. I lived 30 years in a flat in the attic of a house from the 1880's. Everything was up to code and safer than the s**t in these photos.
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Lauren Caswell 5 years ago
Rough calculation, your 11.50pm is my 9.50pm Lol, it's perfect for evening scrolling!
Load More Replies... Gyro Pilot 5 years ago
Boston, USA is an older town, with housing stock that is also old and predates modern building standards, hence the state of decay as well as ridiculousness of some of the upgrades. Honestly though, the situation is the same across Europe where the stock is old/ survived the wars.
GFSTaylor 5 years ago
There are still building codes and laws in Europe, you know. I lived 30 years in a flat in the attic of a house from the 1880's. Everything was up to code and safer than the s**t in these photos.
Load More Replies... Lauren Caswell 5 years ago
Rough calculation, your 11.50pm is my 9.50pm Lol, it's perfect for evening scrolling!
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