In 2019, Lou Rubino inspected one home in East Quogue — one job, one written report, and the photographs below come from it. The report describes a ranch, about 39 years old.
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The report, as Lou wrote it up.
2019, a ranch, about 39 years old: 8 items flagged: 4 exterior; 3 roof, chimney and attic; 1 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, below and r-19 insulation, gable vents, soffit vents and passive ventilation; clapboard vinyl siding, chimney: PVC; masonry block foundation, 2 x 6 and 2"x 6" main beam x 3 floor framing, masonry block, crawlspace: crawled; forced air heat on gas, 30 gallon (small) electric water heater (closet to right of front entrance); 150-amp circuit breakers (Murray), romex wiring, copper supply pipes, public water, air conditioner unit; casement and thermal/insulated windows, carpet floors, laminate cabinets, laminate counters. Flagged, in Lou’s words: “Roof is about 25 years old worn and missing shingle in many places”; “Moss damage to roof aggregate in many places”; “Water leaking into attic air-handler from roof leak”; “Front gutter full of debris”; “Front bay window has dropped out of square and side casements unable to open”; “Asphalt driveway, cracks need to be filled and surface sealed”; “Drainage: Upon reinspection on 9/27/2019”; “Previously unknown drywell”; “Soil has since collapsed on left side of dry well in rear, about 20' off house”; “Concrete slab on top of drywell is about 4' in diameter”; “Bulkhead has hole in sheeting two piles to right of wooden deck”; “Water damage to sheeting near wooden deck left side”; “Pile tie back bolts are necked down from salt water rusting”; “Piles need caps to keep from splitting”; “Rear bulkhead deck needs paint or water proofing”; “Cave in left side corner of bulkhead soil washing into canal”; “Cave in at left side of bulkhead deck”; “Cave in at right side corner of bulkhead”; “Wooden bulkhead copping has water damage and nail heads are popping, causing trip hazard”. Also noted: “Water off, house winterized”; “Water off house winterized”; “Shower head laying on shelf”; “Safety item: GFCI outlet to right of sink did not trip”; “Main breaker under meter pan left rear exterior wall”; “Old baseboard and flush mount radiators need to be removed”. On the day: 60°F, clear, damp ground, rain in the three days before. Not inspected that day: dishwasher; hot water systems, controls, chimneys, flues and vents; plumbing drain and vent systems; plumbing water faucets; plumbing water supply faucets and fixtures. Not present in this house: basement windows; clothes dryer; clothes dryer vent piping; clothes washer; fence; food waste disposer; gas/lp firelogs and fireplaces; instant hot water; microwave cooking equipment; pantry/closet doors; solid fuel heating devices; 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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All three photographs are from Lou's own East Quogue inspection reports, chosen because they show a building component and nothing that identifies a property or an owner.
Median year built in zip 11942: 1981 (Suffolk County: 1970). Of 3,471 units, the 2000s built the most, 17%; 23% is from 2000 on. Next come the 1990s at 17% and the 1960s at 16%. 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: 39 years old. (ACS)
57% fuel oil or kerosene, 29% utility gas; fuel oil 57% against 45% county-wide. NYSDEC logs 90 petroleum spills at private homes in East Quogue since 1984, 37 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)
89% detached houses; 85% 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 Southampton: 24 basement tests, average 0.99 pCi/L, 0 at 4 or above (0%). Suffolk County: 8% of 576. First-floor tests there: 14, average 0.42. On the share at 4 or above, it ranks 10th of the county’s 10 towns and cities. The highest basement reading was 2.8 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)
407 flood-insurance claims from zip 11942 since 1978, most in 2012 (170): 39th 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 Town of Southampton Building & Zoning 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: East Quogue (zip 11942) 1981, 57%, 85%; Hampton Bays (zip 11946): built 1975, oil 64%, 78% owner-occupied; Westhampton Beach (zip 11978): built 1981, oil 55%, 85% owner-occupied; Riverhead (zip 11901): built 1979, oil 40%, 70% 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: Hampton Bays · Westhampton Beach · Riverhead · Speonk · Remsenburg · East Moriches · all 250 towns.
His East Quogue file goes back to 2019. Yours would not be the first.
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