QUESTION - about Home Inspection Reports

[tmoffitt (Taylor Moffitt, CMI)]

@rwatt

I stated the question at both the beginning and the end of the Original Post.
It appears I need to get completely off topic, and explain because no one is actually answering the question and instead it is like being in a room full of bullies.
I have a client that I work for who was selling her home, and purchasing another home. She had asked me to do a Home Inspection to assist her obtaining a loan, and I told her that I was not certified yet, and would not do it. She later asked me look at her Home Inspection Report and the new home that she is purchasing. That is how I noticed that the Home Inspector was had put that he is “Certified” and had only put minor cosmetic issues on his report, and left all of the major items off of the report. I had noticed that he was not certified when I had looked to see what his membership fees to the organization he belongs to, as well as their training and I looked to see how they listed their Inspectors. Anyhow… As I will soon be doing Home Inspections myself, and I do not feel that a lot of minor issues are relevant.
The question I believe was do you feel that I should list every minor issue? Including a crappy interior paint job. A stain on the carpet. A poor patch job. A small hole in the wall possibly cause by moving out. Things that are “cosmetic”. Thank you.

I am pretty sure I answered your question as it pertains to me in the second post. Of course that is just how I do it and you need to make a desicion for yourself on this matter. It will define alot about how you inspect and how your reports look.

[mrodney (Michael Rodney)]

@sstanczyk

You are making a decision for your client about “what is” and “what isn’t” important to them. What may seem insignificant to you may be a greater issue for your client. There could be hundreds of items you deem to be unworthy of comment, but when added together, could cause great time and money expenditures for your client. Don’t you feel your client is entitled to that information?

Yes, agreed. Focus on the significant issues and those small issues that are indicators of something that may be significant later on. However, the small issues in their totality (that is too many of them) may be seen as significant. This is also true if the small issues are in places that the client does not normally see, then yes you might want to mention them.