Between 2017 and 2018, Lou Rubino inspected two homes in Deer Park — two jobs, each with a written report, and the photographs below come from them. The reports describe an expanded ranch and a ranch, from 57 to 59 years old.
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Lou’s two summaries flagged 24 items Repair or Replace, most for the exterior (9), roof, chimney and attic (7) and structure (4). Each report, newest first, as Lou wrote it up.
2018, an expanded ranch, about 59 years old: 15 items flagged: 6 exterior; 5 roof, chimney and attic; 3 kitchen. As recorded: gable roof, architectural and asphalt/fiberglass, seen from: walked, framed with 2 x 6 rafters; attic: pull down stairs, storage and light in attic, fiberglass and r-19 insulation, soffit vents, passive and whole house switch controlled fan ventilation; cement shingle cement-fiber siding, chimney: brick; poured concrete foundation, 2 x 8 and 3 1/2"x 6" steel i beam floor framing, steel lally columns; forced air heat on natural gas, 40 gallon (1-2 people) gas (quick recovery) water heater (basement and utility room); 100-amp circuit breakers (General Electric), romex wiring, copper supply pipes, public water, window AC; double-hung, thermal/insulated and awning windows, carpet, hardwood t&g and asphalt asbestos tile floors, wood cabinets, laminate counters. Flagged, in Lou’s words: “Left side chimney, flashing has a tear”; “Right side chimney, cement cap is cracked and seal broken around ceramic flue pipe”; “Left side chimney joints cracked and eroded, bricks broken, missing”; “Right side leader pipe needs pipe extension and elbow with splash block placed under elbow”; “Broken cement shingle in rear”; “Wrought iron railings front and side stoops, anchor holes need to be filled in with anchoring cement”; “Sidewalk to front stoop needs tp be filled in near first step”; “Front walk is cracked midway”; “Rear paver patio is uneven and brick border is cracked and loose brick”; “Soffit under front windows needs insulation”; “Soffit under rear canter-levered wall section needs insulation under soffit”; “Right side front fence is not connected at post left side”; “Left side casement window won't open”; “Outlets on both sides of sink are not GFCI protected”; “Not connected to back of machine lint all over rear wall in basement”; “Basement floor tile are of asphalt asbestos composition”; “Safety item: Basement stairs need balusters, outboard side”; “Fireplace damper is seized shut and damper adjustment rod bracket is loose”. Also noted: “Roof is in good condition at time of inspection”; “Washer and dryer outlet in basement needs a two receptacle outlet GFCI protected”; “Gas meters are not remote read”; “Meter have to be installed outside for remote reading”; “Caution breaker malfunction: Breaker for stove, exhaust fan and basement outlet right rear tripped but handle did not actuate”; “Many two prong outlets with open grounds throughout house”; “No filter in return register”; “Not tested too cold to operate without damaging compressors”. On the day: 55°F, clear, dry ground, no rain in the three days before; the house faces east. Not inspected that day: cooling and air handler equipment. Not present in this house: food waste disposer; gas/lp firelogs and fireplaces; instant hot water; insulation under floor system; microwave cooking equipment; operation of gfci; pantry/closet doors; presence of installed cooling source in each room; sump pump; vapor retarders; windows.
2017, a ranch, about 57 years old, a two-family house: 9 items flagged: 4 structure; 3 exterior; 2 roof, chimney and attic. As recorded: gable roof, architectural and asphalt/fiberglass, seen from: walked; attic: no storage, gable vents, ridge vents and soffit vents ventilation; clapboard vinyl siding, chimney: brick; masonry block foundation, 2 x 8 and 2 x 10 x 3 main wood beam floor framing, steel lally columns and supporting walls, crawlspace: crawled; circulating boiler and hydronic heat on gas, hot water off the boiler; (2) 100-amp service panel circuit breakers (Crouse-Hinds and Murray), romex wiring, copper supply pipes, public water, window AC; double-hung, thermal/insulated and awning windows, laminated t&g and hardwood t&g floors, wood cabinets, laminate counters. Flagged, in Lou’s words: “Cement chimney cap is cracked and edges worn thin”; “Left rear fascia board hanging”; “Right rear window screens missing”; “Left rear stoop railing is loose”; “Left rear stoop open joint along concrete platform”; “Rear stoop cement corner holding railing is loose”; “Rear stoop, railing top post brick cracked”; “Front stoop brick rollock course need pointing”; “Front stoop concrete platform has dropped in elevation, open joint”; “Front and rear wrought iron railings need paint”; “Right side window, won't stay up”; “Too long sagging in middle in basement”; “West master bedroom, right side window lock broken”; “East bedroom window fogged”; “In boiler room section of fire-proofing sheetrock missing from ceiling”; “In basement laminate (Pergo) flooring has water damage and is damp in some areas”; “Window fogged up both sashes”; “Hole in right side foundation, most likely from old oil fill pipe”; “No insulation between floor joists in all crawl spaces”; “Large east crawl space not ventilated, window covered with wood”. Also noted: “Gable vents & ridge vents”; “Care should be taken that only toilet paper and waste should be flushed into pump”; “No paper towels, wipes or sanitary napkins or pump will clog and flood basement”; “One in basement sewage ejection pump area”; “Romex cable laying on floor in basement sewage ejection pump area”; “Wires hanging out of junction box and light fixture hanging in sewage ejection pump area”; “Outlet box for sewage ejection pump cover is missing and not GFCI protected”; “Outlet in boiler utility room cover missing and not GFCI protected”; “Romex cable loose on wall in sewage ejection pump area”; “Many open ground outlets throughout house”. On the day: 73°F, light rain, wet ground, rain in the three days before; the house faces north. Not inspected that day: cooling and air handler equipment; insulation in attic; roof structure and attic; visible electric wiring in attic. Not present in this house: gas/lp firelogs and fireplaces; presence of installed cooling source in each room; solid fuel heating devices; 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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All three photographs are from Lou's own Deer Park inspection reports, chosen because they show a building component and nothing that identifies a property or an owner.
Median year built in zip 11729: 1963 (Suffolk County: 1970). Of 9,104 units, the 1950s built the most, 34%; 4% is from 2000 on. Next come the 1960s at 30% and the 1970s at 13%. 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: 57 to 59 years old. (ACS)
57% utility gas, 27% fuel oil or kerosene; fuel oil 27% against 45% county-wide. NYSDEC logs 188 petroleum spills at private homes in Deer Park since 1986, 60 since 2015. 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)
81% detached houses, 8% attached single-family houses; 85% owner-occupied (Suffolk County: 82%). Detached houses dominate, so most inspections here run from the roof to the foundation of one building. Lou’s jobs here included a two-family house. (ACS)
Town of Babylon: 60 basement tests, average 1.06 pCi/L, 1 at 4 or above (2%). Suffolk County: 8% of 576. First-floor tests there: 20, average 0.74. On the share at 4 or above, it ranks 8th of the county’s 10 towns and cities. The highest basement reading was 5.5 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)
68 flood-insurance claims from zip 11729 since 1978, most in 1979 (18): 86th 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 Babylon 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.
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: North Babylon · Wyandanch · Dix Hills · West Babylon · West Islip · Huntington Station · all 250 towns.
His Deer Park file goes back to 2017. Yours would not be the first.
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