Home inspector in Ditmas Park, NY

What the Ditmas Park reports found

Lou’s three summaries flagged 29 items Repair or Replace, most for the exterior (12), roof, chimney and attic (6) and rooms (5). Each report, newest first, as Lou wrote it up.

2023, a colonial, about 118 years old: 16 items flagged: 5 exterior; 5 rooms; 3 garage. As recorded: gable and flat roof, architectural and asphalt/fiberglass, seen from: ground, ladder and walked roof; attic: storage, closed cell foam insulation, ridge vents ventilation; asbestos cement shingle cement-asbestos fiber siding, chimney: brick; poured concrete foundation, 2 x 10 floor framing, wood piers and supporting walls, crawlspace: no access; 50 gallon (2-3 people) gas (quick recovery) water heater (basement and utility room); 250-amp circuit breakers (Eaton Main Panel), BX wiring, copper supply pipes, public water, heat pump forced air; casement, double-hung and single pane windows, hardwood t&g, ceramic tile and pine t & g 2nd floor floors, laminate and wood cabinets, terazzo counters. Flagged, in Lou’s words: “Right rear plumbing vent pipe is too short”; “No vents installed soffits or gables”; “Left side 2nd floor cement shingle is cracked below stained glass window”; “Hole near peak of right side dormer”; “Trim dry-rotted left side dormer near roof line”; “Left side of lower front roof trim needs paint”; “Broken cement shingle left rear near A/C heat pump, and excess yellow expandable foam”; “Broken cement shingle left rear near leader pipe clamp”; “Broken cement shingle near left rear flood light”; “Broken cement shingle right rear near upper leader pipe”; “Hole at right front upper corner of window trim”; “Hole in lattice, right side of front deck”; “Right rear outlet expandable foam protruding”. Also noted: “Only visible in storage area of attic and covered with foam insulation”; “Basement clothes dryer, flexible metal vent pipe not connected to vent”; “Basement laundry room two plumbing access panel covers missing”; “Most of foundation covered with sheetrock in basement”; “Old fuel fill pipe needs to be removed from foundation wall, right front”; “Main gas shut off valve in basement boiler room, right front corner”; “Main electric shut off switch in basement front wall, center closet”; “Basement sub panel in basement front wall, center closet”; “Radiator in dinning room where thermostat is located got hot first by 6 rungs”; “Living room, rear 2 rungs got hot”; “Balancing steam system can be done by changing the venting valves”; “Rule of thumb is smaller venting vales orifice closer to boiler and larger orifice further away from boiler”; “First floor Living Rm, Dinning Rm, and room behind kitchen no A/C”.

2017, a colonial, about 118 years old: 12 items flagged: 7 exterior; 4 roof, chimney and attic; 1 structure. As recorded: hip and flat roof, 3-tab fiberglass and asphalt/fiberglass, seen from: ladder, framed with 2 x 6 rafters; attic: door in attic wall, soffit vents and windows ventilation; clapboard and cement shingle cement-fiber and aluminum siding, chimney: brick; rock foundation, 3"x 9" and 4"x 10" main wood beams x 2 floor framing, brick piers and steel lally columns, crawlspace: from entry; steam boiler heat on natural gas, 75 gallon gas (quick recovery) water heater (basement, utility room and washer dryer room); 100-amp circuit breakers (Square D), BX wiring, lead supply pipes, public water; casement, double-hung and thermal/insulated windows, carpet, pine t & g and linoleum floors, wood cabinets, laminate counters. Flagged, in Lou’s words: “Roof has three layers of shingle”; “Top layer is over 25 years old and mineral is worn out”; “Front flat roof (balcony) is worn out”; “Rear flat roof mineral is worn”; “Lower eve roof sections are worn out”; “Original cedar shake roof should be stripped down to rafters and 3/4" plywood and roofing material installed”; “Left front leader pipe is berried in soil”; “Left side lower roof gutters full of leaves”; “Left side upper roof gutters full of leaves”; “Left rear leader pipe lower section is disconnected”; “Left side leader pipe empties near crawl space”; “Balcony roof drains are full of leaves”; “As seen in attic 2"x 6" rafters and furring strips with cedar shakes”. Also noted: “First and third floors are on same meter”; “BX cable hanging down in basement utility closet near gas meters and near main wood beam”; “Numerous outlets throughout house have open grounds and two prongs”; “Asbestos like cement on fittings in basement boiler room”; “Radiator in second floor right front room is tilted back”; “Radiators need to be balanced”.

2015, an apartment house, about 73 years old: 1 item flagged: 1 kitchen. As recorded: flat roof, asphalt/fiberglass, seen from: walked roof; attic: no storage, passive ventilation; brick full brick siding, chimney: brick; poured concrete foundation, rienforced concrete floor framing, conrete piers and supporting walls; hydronic heat on oil, hot water off the boiler; 60-amp circuit breakers (Cutler Hammer), BX wiring, cast iron supply pipes, public water, window AC; double-hung windows, hardwood t&g floors, laminate cabinets, laminate counters. Flagged, in Lou’s words: “Cabinets are hung with sheetrock screws”; “Door knob missing from left rear bedroom closet”. Also noted: “Compactor chute in common hallway closet”; “Left rear bedroom outlet and switch covers missing”; “Checked emergency lighting in hallway”; “Industrial Combustion oil gas combo burner”.

“Flagged” is HomeGauge’s Repair or Replace mark, not a verdict on the house. See a complete report.

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