The dishwasher is not personal property, the washer and dryer are.
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It could be considered part of it but certainly not the main thrust of analyzing any individual system.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve tested the range, and had the breaker for the range trip.
Multiple instances of improper Heating in a dryer, improper lint line for a dryer, no lint line for a dryer, termination in an attic, and the list goes on for that.
Washing machines where there was a low flow into the machine, no hot water, hot and cold reversed, which wasn’t the hoses, several times it’s been in the wall.
On one home in particular, the entire house was plumbed backwards.
I’m not telling anyone to inspect appliances or not inspect appliances. How anyone runs their business is up to them.
What I told all of my clients was I will do my best to inspect every switch, receptacle, door, window, every system in this house that you may ever use, and some that you may never use. Mainly, because I would want to know… if I were buying this house.
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In Florida it’s laid out in the contract. More often than not, the washer, dryer, refrigerator, are included as part of the sale.
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No problem, charge accordingly 
I did, that’s why I’m retired:grin:
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Makes no difference… that’s akin to purchasing these items from a yard sale and expecting the Home Inspector to figure out if they operate as intended!
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No, it’s akin to, the items were on the property, they’re being sold with the property, and they get inspected, just like everything else on the property. I’m pretty sure that’s the job I was hired to do.
in wv almost every sale includes the appliances such as range, dishwasher, hot water tank, and hvac, but excludes washers and dryers. since they are excluded mostly, it specifically states in the state law that washers and dryers are excluded since they are not built in. i would have thought that it was similar everywhere and that a home inspection only inspected the home and not things that are brought into the home without being an installed component of the home.
it must suck for folks living in areas where it’s common to leave them with the home to move to an area where it’s not. you’d have to buy new ones. at least going the other way you could have a spare.
We have had relatives that lived here and moved to california. They weren’t really happy about spending five grand to replace the appliances that they didn’t get! LOL
Again, it’s required in Florida.
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I never run the washer but sometimes I’ll run the dryer to check the dryer vent on older homes.
Often when clients have a specific request like this they know something they’re not telling you. They’re testing you…So I always try to pay attention to what they say…
Perhaps there is a definition for household appliances in your SoP? How many blenders, coffee makers and counter top microwaves have you inspected?
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I’m not seeing that.
I guess it goes to the “inspectors professional judgement” 
Zero.
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Whole house vacuums are excluded though.
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I always checked them. Always ran the hot tubs too. Then I would tell the clients that I did test them, and also that more than likely those two items you’re never going to use!
Here was the tool I would use to test the Central Vacuums
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More often than not?
Because it happens doesn’t make it real property. It doesn’t make it real property. Personal property is listed as personal property included in the sale.
Personal property is an add-on to the real estate Sales contract. If personal property is not listed in the real estate contract and it doesn’t work, the seller is not required to fix or repair it.
Are you not getting the point?
It’s not about whether you inspect them or not, it’s that you do not realize if somebody tries to make you reimburse something that doesn’t work, and it’s not in the scope of your work, you don’t know that you’re not responsible and may end up doing something stupid.
If somebody leaves a phone on the charger sitting on the kitchen counter top, do you inspect it? It’s connected to the house?
It is you who isn’t getting the point. In Florida it’s a requirement. And that’s the end of this conversation.
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Caught this on an inspection last week when the clothes washer was draining. Kitchen sink with excessive gurgling. Could hear it across the home. Suspected poor or missing venting.
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