In 2016, Lou Rubino inspected one home in Williston Park — one job, one written report, and the photographs below come from it. The report describes a cape.
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The report, as Lou wrote it up.
2016, a cape, over 50 years old: 7 items flagged: 3 exterior; 2 garage; 1 roof, chimney and attic. As recorded: gable roof, architectural, seen from: ground; attic: no storage, gable vents and soffit vents ventilation; brick and cement stucco full brick and stucco siding, chimney: brick; poured concrete foundation, 3"x 8" floor framing, steel lally columns and steel screw jacks; steam boiler heat on gas, 40 gallon (1-2 people) gas (quick recovery) water heater (utility closet); 100-amp circuit breakers (General Electric), romex and BX wiring, lead supply pipes, public water; double-hung windows, hardwood t&g and carpet floors, wood and laminate cabinets, laminate counters. Flagged, in Lou’s words: “Gutter and leader pipe missing from left side of garage”; “Leader pipe missing from right rear of garage”; “Some holes in brick joints and joints showing signs of erosion”; “Driveway side cement stains on brick wall”; “No weep holes noted in first course of brick”; “Front steps bluestone treads are loose. Water getting behind treads”; “Slate flagging on platform and patio are all loose”; “Brick cheek wall cracked left side”; “Brick loose for step risers”; “Right side railing is loose”; “Caution Trip Hazard: Front sidewalk raised from tree roots”; “Driveway concrete is spalled from salt damage”; “Vegetation growing against left side of garage damaging fascia board”; “Right side entry door has water damage at bottom to frame and door”; “Left side door glass broken”; “Left side door lift spring is broken”; “No safety wires in door springs”; “Door handle missing from closet first floor hallway”; “Screw jacks placed under main steel beam in rear section of basement on wood floor”; “Do not think they are needed main is sistered by 6 each 2"x 12" joists”. Also noted: “Collar ties were removed from roof and rear wall replaced with full window and front wall has large atrium window”; “Outlet to left of stove open ground”; “Outlet near sink not GFCI protected”; “Not connected at time of inspection”; “Outlets to right of sink not GFCI protected”; “Outlet in basement rear room rear wall open ground”; “Outlet is not GFCI protected and open ground”; “Jucuzzi tube is not GFCI protected”; “Outlet in garage is not GFCI protected”; “Main panel in basement left rear”. On the day: 62°F, clear, windy, gusts, damp ground, rain in the three days before; the house faces east. Not inspected that day: cooling and air handler equipment; insulation in attic; roof structure and attic; visible electric wiring in attic. Not present in this house: gas/lp firelogs and fireplaces; insulation under floor system; 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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All three photographs are from Lou's own Williston Park inspection reports, chosen because they show a building component and nothing that identifies a property or an owner.
Median year built in zip 11596: 1942 (Nassau County: 1955). Of 3,450 units, 46% predates 1940; 3% is from 2000 on. Next come the 1940s at 16% and the 1950s 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. (ACS)
81% utility gas, 13% fuel oil or kerosene; fuel oil 13% against 28% county-wide. NYSDEC logs 47 petroleum spills at private homes in Williston Park since 1991, 10 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)
80% detached houses, 8% buildings of 50 or more units, 7% two-unit buildings; 83% 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)
12 flood-insurance claims from zip 11596 since 1979, most in 1983 (3): 167th 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 Williston Park 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: Williston Park (zip 11596) 1942, 13%, 83%; Mineola (zip 11501): built 1954, oil 21%, 66% owner-occupied; Roslyn Heights (zip 11577): built 1954, oil 22%, 93% owner-occupied; Carle Place (zip 11514): built 1954, oil 19%, 76% 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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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: Mineola · Roslyn Heights · Carle Place · Manhasset Hills · Garden City · Garden City South · all 250 towns.
His Williston Park file goes back to 2016. Yours would not be the first.
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