In 2015, Lou Rubino inspected one home in Manorville — one job, one written report, and the photographs below come from it. The report describes a ranch, about 37 years old.
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The report, as Lou wrote it up.
2015, a ranch, about 37 years old: 14 items flagged: 5 roof, chimney and attic; 4 exterior; 4 structure. As recorded: gable roof, architectural, seen from: ladder, framed with 2 x 8 rafters; attic: pull down stairs, fiberglass and r-19 insulation, gable vents ventilation; wood shakes cedar siding, chimney: brick; poured concrete foundation, 2 x 8 floor framing, steel lally columns, crawlspace: crawled; 32 gallon (small) oil water heater (basement, right rear corner); 100-amp circuit breakers (Square D), romex wiring, copper supply pipes, public water, heat pump forced air; double-hung windows, wood, vinyl and tile floors, wood cabinets, laminate counters. Flagged, in Lou’s words: “Boiler chimney, bricks loose near top and open joints on side facing roof and cement cap is cracked”; “Fireplace chimney cement cap is cracked”; “Gable vents need screen to prevent insects, birds, mice and bats from entering attic”; “Leader right front of garage water is undermining garage apron”; “Leader pipe at right rear of garage is undermining slab”; “Leader pipe at right side of chimney elbow is falling off”; “Left front down spout is loose from leader pipe”; “Right front down spout is loose from leader pipe”; “Ceiling structure over hallway next to garage is not tied into apposing 2" x 6"”; “Insulation is missing from vertical panel next to stairs”; “Insulation missing from ceiling between bays near garage”; “Insulation missing from ceiling area over garage”; “Front storm door not sealing on left side”; “Steel basement bilco door is leaking and rusted through at left front and rear”; “Rear stoop, second step riser is cracked”; “Driveway has spider cracks and right side edge is crumbling”; “Asphalt walkway is cracked”; “The Height of the fence for a pool enclosure is specified for each town”; “Caution both doors do not auto reverse when met with resistance”; “Small bedroom left front blinds do not raise”. Also noted: “Laminate imitation wood finish”; “Caution: Basement steps left side stringer is cracked in two places”; “Door hits, frame out of square”; “Ceramic tile joint cracked at corners in shower”; “Fuel fill pipe and whistler located in rear to right of Bilco door”; “Oil shut off in basement right side bottom of fuel tank”; “Propane shut off outside right rear of garage above tanks”; “Main grounding cable is connected to water pipe above boiler. The accepted practice is to connect to water main as close to foundation as possible”; “Sub panel in basement left rear near crawl space entrance”. On the day: 32°F, snow, wet, frozen ground, rain in the three days before; the house faces south. Not inspected that day: microwave cooking equipment. Not present in this house: cooling and air handler equipment; food waste disposer; gas/lp firelogs and fireplaces; normal operating controls; plumbing water faucets; presence of installed cooling source in each room; sump pump; trash compactor; 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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All three photographs are from Lou's own Manorville inspection reports, chosen because they show a building component and nothing that identifies a property or an owner.
Median year built in zip 11949: 1993 (Suffolk County: 1970). Of 5,162 units, the 1990s built the most, 34%; 26% is from 2000 on. Next come the 2000s at 21% and the 1980s 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: 37 years old. (ACS)
51% utility gas, 36% fuel oil or kerosene; fuel oil 36% against 45% county-wide. NYSDEC logs 71 petroleum spills at private homes in Manorville since 1987, 24 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)
71% detached houses, 11% attached single-family houses, 7% buildings of 10 to 19 units; 87% 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 Brookhaven: 153 basement tests, average 1.79 pCi/L, 8 at 4 or above (5%). Suffolk County: 8% of 576. First-floor tests there: 85, average 0.79. On the share at 4 or above, it ranks 6th of the county’s 10 towns and cities. The highest basement reading was 15.6 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)
1 flood-insurance claim from zip 11949 since 1994: 189th 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 Brookhaven 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.
By median year built, fuel-oil share and owner-occupancy: Manorville (zip 11949) 1993, 36%, 87%; East Moriches (zip 11940): built 1979, oil 56%, 68% owner-occupied; Ridge (zip 11961): built 1979, oil 42%, 89% owner-occupied; Shirley (zip 11967): built 1975, oil 81%, 91% 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: East Moriches · Ridge · Shirley · Wading River · Speonk · Remsenburg · all 250 towns.
His Manorville file goes back to 2015. Yours would not be the first.
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