In 2018, Lou Rubino inspected one home in Lake Success — one job, one written report, and the photographs below come from it. The report describes a colonial, about 59 years old.
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The report, as Lou wrote it up.
2018, a colonial, about 59 years old: 6 items flagged: 2 roof, chimney and attic; 2 exterior; 2 kitchen. As recorded: gable and hip roof, architectural, seen from: walked, framed with 2 x 8 rafters; attic: scuttle hole in closet, light in attic and no storage, fiberglass and r-19 insulation, gable vents and soffit vents ventilation; brick and clapboard vinyl and full brick siding, chimney: brick; poured concrete foundation, supporting walls; forced air heat on natural gas, 50 gallon (2-3 people) gas (quick recovery) water heater (basement and utility room); 200-amp circuit breakers (Siemens), romex wiring, copper supply pipes, public water, air conditioner unit; casement, thermal/insulated and double-hung windows, hardwood t&g and tile floors, wood cabinets, granite counters. Flagged, in Lou’s words: “Cement chimney cap and furnace flue are cracked”; “No rain caps on either flue pipe”; “Water is flowing out of gutter left front and down brickwork”; “Gutter is leaking left side rear”; “Gutter is leaking from left side front upper corner”; “Steel lentil iron over extension rear window is rust-jacking”; “Rear extension window, metal trim over brick rollock course is lifted”; “Front blue stone walkway last tread, loose and joints are cracked”; “Brick retaining wall right side of driveway is out of plumb from the push of hydraulic water pressure”; “Evergreen tree right front is overhanging roof and many needles are clogging gutters”; “Large tree left front needs to be trimmed of dead widow makers”; “Asphalt driveway has many cracks large and small”; “Granite counter is cracked over island”; “Basement storage room has asphalt asbestos tile on floor”; “Right side windows cranks missing”; “Sink back splash is loose”; “Vanity left side door handle is loose”. Also noted: “Roof has two layer of shingle”; “Shingle above attic fan open at joints”; “Outlet in furnace utility room is loose and not GFCI protected”; “Shower handle loose and stripped”; “Safety Item: Could not determine if jacuzzi is on a GFCI outlet”; “Shower doors are loose, no bottom bracket”; “Safety Item: Could not determine if doors are safety glass”; “Left side sink faucet handle loose stripped”; “Left side faucet handle hits back splash and not even with right side”; “Outside, right side front near gas meter”; “Many open ground and two prong outlets through out first floor”; “Sub panel in basement behind dryer”; “One filter is missing and others too small in basement air-handlers”; “Hole in return duct work in basement furnace utility room”; “Cover is hanging in second floor hallway ceiling for attic air handler filter”. On the day: 46°F, cloudy, wet ground, rain in the three days before; the house faces north. Not inspected that day: ceilings; floors; insulation under floor system; main water shut-off device; plumbing water faucets; ventilation fans and thermostatic controls; whole house trap. Not present in this house: food waste disposer; gas/lp firelogs and fireplaces; range hood; sump pump; trash compactor; vapor retarders; windows.
“Flagged” is HomeGauge’s Repair or Replace mark, not a verdict on the house. See a complete report.
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Both photographs are from Lou's own Lake Success inspection reports, chosen because they show a building component and nothing that identifies a property or an owner.
Median year built in zip 11020: 1954 (Nassau County: 1955). Of 1,893 units, the 1950s built the most, 37%; 6% is from 2000 on. Next come the pre-1940 houses at 24% and the 1940s 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: 59 years old. (ACS)
80% utility gas, 9% fuel oil or kerosene; fuel oil 9% against 28% county-wide. NYSDEC logs 47 petroleum spills at private homes in Lake Success since 1987, 8 since 2015. A gas conversion can leave a tank behind. 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)
91% detached houses, 6% buildings of 50 or more units; 86% owner-occupied (Nassau County: 82%). Detached houses dominate, so most inspections here run from the roof to the foundation of one building. (ACS)
Town of North Hempstead: 194 basement tests, average 1.65 pCi/L, 16 at 4 or above (8%). Nassau County: 6% of 837. First-floor tests there: 48, average 0.88. On the share at 4 or above, it ranks 3rd of the county’s 5 towns and cities. The highest basement reading was 7.5 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)
48 flood-insurance claims from zip 11020 since 1978: 102nd 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 Village of Lake Success Building Department. 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: Lake Success (zip 11020) 1954, 9%, 86%; Little Neck (zip 11362): built 1957, oil 16%, 77% owner-occupied; Great Neck (zip 11021): built 1955, oil 16%, 68% owner-occupied; Glen Oaks (zip 11004): built 1954, oil 21%, 69% owner-occupied. (ACS)
The New York State Uniform Code, groundwater from 46 public water systems, the county sewer-connection rule and the Article XI heating-oil tank closure program: county-wide, written once. They are the same for every town in Nassau County, so they are set out there with their sources instead of on each page.
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Nearby towns Lou has inspected: Little Neck · Douglaston · Great Neck · Kensington (Nassau) · Saddle Rock Estates · Glen Oaks · all 250 towns.
His Lake Success file goes back to 2018. Yours would not be the first.
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