In 2025, Lou Rubino inspected one home in Central Islip — one job, one written report, and the photographs below come from it. The report describes a ranch, about 70 years old.
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The report, as Lou wrote it up.
2025, a ranch, about 70 years old: 6 items flagged: 3 exterior; 2 rooms; 1 kitchen. As recorded: gable roof, architectural, seen from: ground; attic: no attic access and no storage house, gable vents, ridge vents and soffit vents ventilation; clapboard vinyl siding; concrete block foundation, 2 x 8 and 2 x 10 main wood beam x 3 floor framing, 4x4 wood columns and concrete block, crawlspace: crawled; hot water off the boiler; 100-amp circuit breakers (Crouse-Hinds), copper supply pipes, public water; double-hung and thermal/insulated windows, laminated t&g floors, laminate cabinets, quartz counters. Flagged, in Lou’s words: “Holes in siding right side, right rear and left side near gas meter”; “Both rear sheds need new roofs”; “Right rear shed built into stockade fence”; “Oven is missing second chrome steel shelf”; “No wood saddle installed for boiler utility closet”; “Safety item: Right front BR window lower sash does not stay up”; “LR right side window upper sash is cracked at lower corner”. Also noted: “Roof is a 30 year shingle with 1 layer between 5 and 10 years old”; “Whole house trap located in crawl space left rear”; “Whole house trap vent pipe needs inverted elbow, to prevent object from falling into pipe”; “Whole house water shut off valve in crawl space near front wall middle”; “Open junction boxes and exposed conductors in crawl space”; “Junction box, hanging from conductors, cover missing in crawl space left side near main beam”; “Panel is plastered into wall”; “Panel cover needs to be freed up for servicing of panel in case breakers need to be replaced”; “Safety Item: New smoke detector not installed on ceiling in living room”; “Condensing boilers need to be serviced every year to maintain warranty”; “No acid condensate filter installed”; “TPR valve emptying into crawl space”; “Pex heat piping in crawl space is not insulated and not secured to underside of floor”; “Main panel in right rear bedroom exterior wall”. On the day: 52°F, clear, damp ground, rain in the three days before; the house faces west. Not inspected that day: ceilings; clothes dryer; clothes dryer vent piping; clothes washer; insulation in attic; roof structure and attic; visible electric wiring in attic. Not present in this house: attic pulldown steps; barbecue gas supply; cooling and air handler equipment; food waste disposer; gas/lp firelogs and fireplaces; normal operating controls; pantry/closet doors; presence of installed cooling source in each room; solid fuel heating devices; steps, stairways, balconies and railings; sump pump; trash compactor; ventilation fans and thermostatic controls; windows.
“Flagged” is HomeGauge’s Repair or Replace mark, not a verdict on the house. See a complete report.
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The photograph is from Lou's own Central Islip inspection report, chosen because it shows a building component and nothing that identifies a property or an owner.
Median year built in zip 11722: 1969 (Suffolk County: 1970). Of 10,824 units, the 1960s built the most, 23%; 11% is from 2000 on. Next come the 1950s at 21% and the 1970s at 20%. An older house is not a worse house, but its wiring, plumbing and roof were installed under different rules and replaced piecemeal, which is what the inspection looks for. Lou’s reports here: 70 years old. (ACS)
51% utility gas, 32% fuel oil or kerosene; fuel oil 32% against 45% county-wide. NYSDEC logs 251 petroleum spills at private homes in Central Islip since 1986, 66 since 2015. 5 were logged in 2012, the year of Hurricane Sandy. Ask about a tank, and for closure papers. A tank can be buried in the yard or sit in the basement, and a removed one should come with paperwork. Buried tanks are outside the standards New York sets for a home inspection, so the seller’s answer matters. (ACS, NYSDEC)
67% detached houses, 14% attached single-family houses, 4% buildings of 10 to 19 units; 77% owner-occupied (Suffolk County: 82%). Detached houses dominate, so most inspections here run from the roof to the foundation of one building. (ACS)
Town of Islip: 70 basement tests, average 1.16 pCi/L, 3 at 4 or above (4%). Suffolk County: 8% of 576. First-floor tests there: 35, average 0.6. On the share at 4 or above, it ranks 7th of the county’s 10 towns and cities. The highest basement reading was 10.4 pCi/L. EPA’s action level is 4 pCi/L, and it advises testing every home whatever the area’s results. Radon testing is optional. (NYSDOH)
41 flood-insurance claims from zip 11722 since 1978, most in 1979 (18): 112th of the 189 zips on these pages. A claim count describes the zip, not the house. Flood zones follow the address. Check the address on FEMA’s map. (OpenFEMA)
The Town of Islip Building Division. Your attorney usually runs the search. The inspection reports the condition of what is there and flags work that typically needs a permit, such as a finished basement, a dormer or a moved panel, so you know what to ask about.
By median year built, fuel-oil share and owner-occupancy: Central Islip (zip 11722) 1969, 32%, 77%; Islip Terrace (zip 11752): built 1965, oil 41%, 87% owner-occupied; Hauppauge (zip 11788): built 1969, oil 30%, 84% owner-occupied; East Islip (zip 11730): built 1958, oil 50%, 85% owner-occupied. (ACS)
The New York State Uniform Code, the Suffolk County Water Authority and private wells, and the Sanitary Code rules on cesspools (no in-kind replacement since 2017) and I/A septic systems: county-wide, written once. They are the same for every town in Suffolk County, so they are set out there with their sources instead of on each page.
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Lou covers Long Island, the five boroughs and Westchester from his base in Wantagh, and the archive behind these pages shows where that work has actually concentrated.
Nearby towns Lou has inspected: Islip Terrace · Hauppauge · East Islip · Smithtown · Nesconset · Bay Shore · all 250 towns.
His Central Islip file goes back to 2025. Yours would not be the first.
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