In 2023, Lou Rubino inspected one home in Lido Beach — one job, one written report, and the photographs below come from it. The report describes an expanded cape, about 89 years old.
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The report, as Lou wrote it up.
2023, an expanded cape, about 89 years old: 9 items flagged: 2 roof, chimney and attic; 2 exterior; 2 garage. As recorded: gable roof, architectural, seen from: walked roof, framed with 2 x 6 rafters; attic: storage and light in attic, fiberglass, below and r-19 insulation, gable vents and soffit vents ventilation; clapboard aluminum siding, chimney: brick; concrete block foundation, 2 x 6 floor framing, wood piers and concrete block, crawlspace: crawled; 50 gallon (2-3 people) gas (quick recovery) water heater (utility room/laundry room); 150-amp circuit breakers (Murray), romex and BX wiring, copper supply pipes, public water, window AC; double-hung and thermal/insulated windows, hardwood t&g and ceramic tile floors, wood cabinets, granite counters. Flagged, in Lou’s words: “Insulation missing from between some ceiling joists in attic”; “Old TV antenna left in attic and cardboard boxes”; “Water damage to exterior cladding as seen from crawl space entrance to right of front entrance”; “Two doors at rear of garage are falling apart”; “Rear garage door, does not open”; “Cabinets are original, money can be saved by just replacing the doors, draws, tracks and face wood”; “Dining room plaster ceiling is cracked in many places”; “Window in room next to green house top sash won't stay up”. Also noted: “Roof is about 15 years old with one layer os shingle on roof”; “Balcony awning mounted on roof mechanism is badly rusted”; “Electric cable for awning motor is broke”; “Awning manual turn eye is seized”; “Brick retaining wall left rear is uneven and falling apart”; “Safety Item: Raised wood forms between concrete patio slabs are a trip hazard”; “Dead tree stumps around perimeter of house are an attractant for termites and carpenter ants”; “Door lift springs do have safety cable installed”; “Liftmaster 1/2 HP garage door unit, move than enough for good operation and door did reverse when safety beam obstructed”; “Flexible metal dryer piping”; “Washer does have stainless steel braided washer hoses”; “Plastic Vapor barrier needs to be placed over sand in all crawl spaces with possible instillation of french drain system with sump pumps”; “Termite bait canisters placed in ground around perimeter of house”; “Flue pipe for water heater does not vent through roof”; “Whole house gas shut off cock at left side rear exterior wall next to gas meter”; “Cover missing from junction box under kitchen floor”; “Old wires and BX cable in pit of whole house trap”; “Safety Item: In crawl space electrical cable rubbing on copper pipe, right rear”; “Below electric meter near front entrance”; “Slant Fin baseboard is very rusted in den”; “Copper heat pipes exposed in den on right side wall and under step have no insulation”; “Copper heat pipes in crawl space not insulated”; “Safety Item: In crawl space under den gas pipes and copper heat pipes berried in sand”. On the day: 45°F, cloudy, dry ground, rain in the three days before; the house faces west. Not present in this house: attic pulldown steps; cooling and air handler equipment; gas/lp firelogs and fireplaces; normal operating controls; pantry/closet doors; presence of installed cooling source in each room; sump pump; vapor retarders; 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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The photograph is from Lou's own Lido Beach inspection report, chosen because it shows a building component and nothing that identifies a property or an owner.
Median year built in zip 11561: 1958 (Nassau County: 1955). Of 18,442 units, 25% predates 1940; 8% is from 2000 on. Next come the 1950s at 21% and the 1960s at 19%. 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: 89 years old. (ACS)
72% utility gas, 14% electricity; fuel oil 10% against 28% county-wide. NYSDEC logs 56 petroleum spills at private homes in Lido Beach since 1989, 9 since 2015. 8 were logged in 2012, the year of Hurricane Sandy. 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)
43% detached houses, 21% buildings of 50 or more units, 18% two-unit buildings; 64% owner-occupied (Nassau County: 82%). Two- to four-unit buildings are 21%; a multi-family house means shared systems, separate meters and what each unit controls. (ACS)
Town of Hempstead: 401 basement tests, average 1.22 pCi/L, 11 at 4 or above (3%). Nassau County: 6% of 837. First-floor tests there: 124, average 0.62. On the share at 4 or above, it ranks 4th of the county’s 5 towns and cities. The highest basement reading was 8.3 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)
9,653 flood-insurance claims from zip 11561 since 1978, most in 2012 (6,539): 1st 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 Hempstead Building Department. Town of Hempstead hamlet; shares ZIP 11561 with the City of Long Beach, which has its own 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: Lido Beach (zip 11561) 1958, 10%, 64%; Island Park (zip 11558): built 1961, oil 11%, 64% owner-occupied; Point Lookout (zip 11569): built 1938, oil 7%, 85% owner-occupied; Lawrence (zip 11559): built 1963, oil 15%, 75% 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: Long Beach · Island Park · Oceanside · Point Lookout · Lawrence · Hewlett Harbor · all 250 towns.
His Lido Beach file goes back to 2023. Yours would not be the first.
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