In 2019, Lou Rubino inspected one home in Schuylerville — one job, one written report, and the photographs below come from it. The report describes a colonial, about 99 years old.
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The report, as Lou wrote it up.
2019, a colonial, about 99 years old, a two-family house: 6 items flagged: 3 exterior; 2 structure; 1 roof, chimney and attic. As recorded: gable and flat roof, architectural and rubber membrane, seen from: ladder; attic: storage and light in attic, soffit vents ventilation; brick full brick siding, chimney: brick; rock foundation, 2 x 10 floor framing, supporting walls and wood columns, crawlspace: crawled; hydronic heat on gas, tankless gas (quick recovery) water heater (basement and utility room); (2) 100-amp service panel circuit breakers (Eaton), BX wiring, lead supply pipes, public water; double-hung and thermal/insulated windows, hardwood t&g and laminated t&g floors, laminate cabinets, quartz counters. Flagged, in Lou’s words: “Gutters are full of debris left side”; “Rear basement door is screwed shut”; “Rear bedroom door is an interior door, needs an exterior door and frame”; “Large Tree in yard is dead”; “Trees that have been dead for a long time are dangerous for loosing limbs in wind storms”; “Left side upper eve is open where rodents and birds can enter into attic”; “Right rear eve extension is missing”; “Not connected, with electrical or plumbing”; “Rear of stove hits gas pipe preventing push to wall”; “Stove top cooking grates are missing”; “Stove top is too low to counter”; “Bricks and old window frame in brick closet in rear of basement”; “May be remnants of brick chimney”; “Rate dropping in basement near crawl space entrance”; “Caution keep pests and children away from rat poison”. Also noted: “Water pressure very low at sink”; “GFCI outlet for small island won't trip”; “Lights over mirror do not work”; “Shower stall needs glass doors”; “Main panels in basement left front”; “Radiators on first floor not getting hot”; “Suspect lines are airbound”. On the day: 70°F, clear, damp ground, rain in the three days before; the house faces east. Not inspected that day: ceilings; fence; insulation in attic; plumbing water faucets; roof structure and attic; visible electric wiring in attic. Not present in this house: cooling and air handler equipment; gas/lp firelogs and fireplaces; outlets & fixtures; presence of installed cooling source in each room; solid fuel heating devices; sump pump; vapor retarders; ventilation fans and thermostatic controls.
“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 Schuylerville inspection reports, chosen because they show a building component and nothing that identifies a property or an owner.
Median year built in zip 10461: 1951 (Bronx: 1954). Of 20,418 units, 38% predates 1940; 9% is from 2000 on. Next come the 1950s at 14% and the 1960s at 14%. 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: 99 years old. (ACS)
51% utility gas, 29% fuel oil or kerosene; fuel oil 29% against 24% county-wide. NYSDEC logs Bronx home oil spills under the borough, not Schuylerville. 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)
22% two-unit buildings, 18% buildings of 50 or more units, 17% buildings of 3 or 4 units; 31% owner-occupied (Bronx: 20%). Two- to four-unit buildings are 39%; a multi-family house means shared systems, separate meters and what each unit controls. Lou’s jobs here included a two-family house. (ACS)
Bronx (reported by borough): 101 basement tests, average 1.73 pCi/L, 8 at 4 or above (8%). First-floor tests there: 43, average 1.13. The highest basement reading was 20.9 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)
33 flood-insurance claims from zip 10461 since 1979: 126th 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 NYC Department of Buildings. Look the address up on BIS or DOB NOW. 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: Schuylerville (zip 10461) 1951, 29%, 31%; Castle Hill (zip 10462): built 1944, oil 29%, 23% owner-occupied; Throgs Neck (zip 10465): built 1957, oil 16%, 56% owner-occupied; Crotona Park (zip 10460): built 1963, oil 23%, 11% owner-occupied. (ACS)
The New York City Construction Codes, the NYC Department of Buildings records and NYC water and sewer: county-wide, written once. They are the same for every town in Bronx, so they are set out there with their sources instead of on each page.
Lou quotes the actual property, not a flat rate — what drives the price is size, age and what is included. The written report arrives the same day as a rule; a large or complex house can run to the next morning. Call or text 516-330-3870.
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: Morris Park · Pelham Bay · Castle Hill · Throgs Neck · Edgewater · Crotona Park · all 250 towns.
His Schuylerville file goes back to 2019. Yours would not be the first.
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