In 2020, Lou Rubino inspected one home in Wyandanch — one job, one written report, and the photographs below come from it. The report describes a ranch, about 80 years old.
Rated 4.9 on Google as of November 2026 · U.S. Army veteran owned · NY licence #16000039568 · 516-330-3870
The report, as Lou wrote it up.
2020, a ranch, about 80 years old: 11 items flagged: 6 exterior; 3 roof, chimney and attic; 2 kitchen. As recorded: gable roof, architectural and asphalt/fiberglass, seen from: walked, framed with 2 x 4 rafters; attic: light in attic, no storage and attic hatch in right rear bed room, soffit vents and passive ventilation; clapboard vinyl siding, chimney: metal flue pipe; poured concrete slab foundation, slab floor framing, supporting walls; hydronic heat on oil, hot water off the boiler; 100-amp circuit breakers (Westinghouse), romex wiring, copper supply pipes, public water; double-hung, thermal/insulated and sliders windows, laminated t&g floors, laminate cabinets, quartz counters. Flagged, in Lou’s words: “Lower left front roof was not re-shingled”; “No shingle caps installed on peaks”; “Left rear roof section incomplete and shingle started from top instead of from bottom”; “Tree debris all over around section of roof”; “Hole in siding right side at end of soffit”; “Hole in siding left side upper near lower roof line”; “Siding loose right rear upper”; “Right rear siding has weed wacker damage”; “In attic, holes in rear wall”; “Left rear corner trim is loose”; “Left side exterior storm door hinge is damaged, door latch is missing and door hilts saddle”; “Left side main door latch plate not installed”; “Front concrete steps and platform are cracked and holes”; “Front wood stoop railing is out of plumb”; “Front asphalt driveway needs masonry border, to prevent edges from cracking and breaking off”; “Safety Item: Dead tree branches hanging over left side of house”; “Left rear vinyl soffit cover is loose and right side vinyl soffit cover not installed”; “Rear stockade fence sections have holes and slats missing”; “Front wood stockade fence not straight and sections laying over”; “Left side large mound of leaves against foundation”. Also noted: “Right rear bedroom, window next to utility closet, upper and lower sash won't stay up and left side lock broken”; “Safety Item: Boiler utility closet does not have fire resistant sheetrock”; “Next to rear exterior wall”; “Burner is equiped with fuel shut down solenoid”; “Left side bedroom baseboard sections are too far apart to use seam kits”; “No corner kits in stalled for baseboard”; “No radiator section installed left side rear”; “Living room corner kit not installed in sheet metal”. On the day: 48°F, light rain, wet ground, rain in the three days before; the house faces north. Not inspected that day: plumbing drain and vent systems; plumbing drain, waste and vent systems; plumbing water supply and distribution systems and fixtures; plumbing water supply faucets and fixtures. Not present in this house: basement windows; clothes dryer; clothes dryer vent piping; clothes washer; columns or piers; cooling and air handler equipment; dishwasher; food waste disposer; gas meter; gas/lp firelogs and fireplaces; instant hot water; insulation under floor system; microwave cooking equipment; normal operating controls; pantry/closet doors; plumbing water faucets; presence of installed cooling source in each room; refrigerator; sewage ejection pump; solid fuel heating devices; trash compactor; vapor retarders; ventilation fans and thermostatic controls; window; windows.
“Flagged” is HomeGauge’s Repair or Replace mark, not a verdict on the house. See a complete report.
Related: The Suffolk County page · What an inspection costs · Schedule an inspection.
Both photographs are from Lou's own Wyandanch inspection reports, chosen because they show a building component and nothing that identifies a property or an owner.
Town of Babylon: 60 basement tests, average 1.06 pCi/L, 1 at 4 or above (2%). Suffolk County: 8% of 576. First-floor tests there: 20, average 0.74. On the share at 4 or above, it ranks 8th of the county’s 10 towns and cities. The highest basement reading was 5.5 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)
14 flood-insurance claims from zip 11798 since 1978, most in 1979 (5): 164th 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 Babylon 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.
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.
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: Melville · West Babylon · Deer Park · North Babylon · Old Bethpage · Dix Hills · all 250 towns.
His Wyandanch file goes back to 2020. Yours would not be the first.
Not sure yet? Read what New York requires of your inspector or see a real report.