In 2016, Lou Rubino inspected one home in Concord — one job, one written report, and the photographs below come from it. The report describes a ranch, about 66 years old.
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The report, as Lou wrote it up.
2016, a ranch, about 66 years old: 11 items flagged: 5 kitchen; 4 exterior; 1 roof, chimney and attic. As recorded: hip roof, 3-tab fiberglass and asphalt/fiberglass, seen from: walked roof, framed with 2 x 6 rafters; attic: attic hatch hallway, fiberglass and below insulation, gable vents, soffit vents and thermostatically controlled fan ventilation; brick full brick siding, chimney: brick; poured concrete foundation, 2 x 10 and 4"x 8" steel i beam floor framing, steel lally columns; forced air heat on gas, 50 gallon (2-3 people) gas (quick recovery) water heater (basement and utility room); 100-amp circuit breakers (General Electric), BX wiring, copper supply pipes, public water, air conditioner unit; double-hung, thermal/insulated and awning windows, hardwood t&g and tile floors, wood cabinets, laminate counters. Flagged, in Lou’s words: “Tree debris collecting on screened in patio roof”; “Large tree in yard is overhanging roof”; “Saddles under front and side doors have termite and water damage”; “Front stoop lower platform limestone stone tread is cracked and platform is pulling away from stoop”; “Front and side stoop railings are rusted and some end posts holes need to be filled up with anchoring cement”; “Front sidewalk trip hazard near left property line”; “Walkway from stoop to front walk trip hazard near driveway”; “Shed has bad water damage all sides”; “Out of level from settlement”; “Wall cabinet over microwave hits top of micro”; “GFCI Outlet to right of sink will not trip”; “Plastic dryer hose is dangerous”; “Hallway Floor out of level from settlement”; “Basement floor out of level from foundation settlement”; “Unable to open window from settlement”; “Cold air entering from left front corner near gas meter”. Also noted: “Water off to hose bibs, too cold to test”; “Basement doors hit frames do to settlement”; “Door hit frame from settlement”; “Shower head not connected”; “Exhaust fan not working and not exhausting to outside in attic”; “Two prong outlets are throughout house”; “Air filter completely clogged”. On the day: 30°F, clear, damp, frozen ground, no rain in the three days before; the house faces NE. Not inspected that day: plumbing water faucets. Not present in this house: food waste disposer; gas/lp firelogs and fireplaces; range hood; solid fuel heating devices; trash compactor; vapor retarders.
“Flagged” is HomeGauge’s Repair or Replace mark, not a verdict on the house. See a complete report.
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All three photographs are from Lou's own Concord inspection reports, chosen because they show a building component and nothing that identifies a property or an owner.
Median year built in zip 10305: 1974 (Staten Island: 1974). Of 16,850 units, 16% predates 1940; 17% is from 2000 on. Next come the 1960s at 16% and the 2000s at 14%. 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: 66 years old. (ACS)
81% utility gas, 10% electricity; fuel oil 4% against 4% county-wide. NYSDEC logs Staten Island home oil spills under the borough, not Concord. A tank is unlikely. An abandoned tank is most likely in a house that was converted from oil. Buried tanks are outside the standards New York sets for a home inspection, so the seller’s answer matters. (ACS, NYSDEC)
31% attached single-family houses, 24% detached houses, 20% two-unit buildings; 65% owner-occupied (Staten Island: 68%). Two- to four-unit buildings are 27%; a multi-family house means shared systems, separate meters and what each unit controls. (ACS)
Staten Island (reported by borough): 253 basement tests, average 1.38 pCi/L, 16 at 4 or above (6%). First-floor tests there: 64, average 1.19. The highest basement reading was 14.1 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)
3,604 flood-insurance claims from zip 10305 since 1978, most in 2012 (1,156): 3rd of the 189 zips on these pages. A claim count describes the zip, not the house; 2012 was the year of Hurricane Sandy. Flood zones follow the address. Check the address on FEMA’s map. (OpenFEMA)
The NYC Department of Buildings. Look the address up on BIS or DOB NOW. 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: Concord (zip 10305) 1974, 4%, 65%; Staten Island (zip 10304): built 1966, oil 4%, 49% owner-occupied; Bay Ridge (zip 11209): built 1938, oil 14%, 36% owner-occupied; Port Richmond (zip 10302): built 1952, oil 8%, 57% owner-occupied. (ACS)
The New York City Construction Codes, the NYC Department of Buildings records and NYC water and sewer: county-wide, written once. They are the same for every town in Staten Island, 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: Shore Acres · Staten Island · Bay Ridge · Port Richmond · Heartland Village · Meiers Corners · all 250 towns.
His Concord file goes back to 2016. Yours would not be the first.
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