The Scope and Purpose of This Inspection Report

Purpose of the Commercial Purchase Walkthrough (A Limited Scope Inspection)

This limited scope inspection is a visual survey and a basic performance evaluation of the systems and components of the building exterior, mechanical systems, and a representative sampling of units/rooms. It provides information regarding the general condition of the plumbing, electrical, roofing, exterior, HVAC, and mechanical systems at the time the inspection was conducted. It is important that you carefully read ALL of the information in this report. Feel free to ask the inspector to clarify any items or comments that are unclear.

The inspector IS NOT required to:

• identify all potential hazards;
• turn on decommissioned equipment, systems, or utilities;
• climb over obstacles, move furnishings or stored items;
• prioritize or emphasize the importance of one deficiency over another;
• provide follow-up services to verify that proper repairs have been made;
• Provide commentary on systems that require a specialty designation.

Responsibility of the Client

While items identified as Concern, Repair, Maintenance, or Due Diligence in this inspection report DO NOT obligate any party to make repairs or take other actions, in the event that any further evaluations are needed, it is the responsibility of the client to obtain further evaluations and/or cost estimates from qualified service professionals regarding any items so classified. It is recommended that any further evaluations and/or cost estimates take place as soon as feasibly possible after delivery of the report, to mitigate any potential issues or ongoing damage.

Please Note: Evaluations performed by service professionals in response to items reported as Concern, Repair, Maintenance, or Due Diligence on the report may lead to the discovery of additional deficiencies that were not present, visible, or accessible at the time of the inspection. Any repairs made after the date of the inspection may render information contained in this report obsolete or invalid.

Report Limitations

This report is provided for the sole benefit of the client named and is based on observations made by the named inspector on the date the inspection was performed (indicated above).

ONLY those items specifically noted as being inspected on the report were inspected.

This inspection IS NOT:

• a technically exhaustive inspection of the structure, its systems, or its components and may not reveal all deficiencies;
• an inspection to verify compliance with any building codes;
• an inspection to verify compliance with manufacturer's installation instructions for any system or component and DOES NOT imply insurability or warrantability of the structure or its components.

NOTICE CONCERNING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, DEFICIENCIES, AND CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS

Conditions may be present in the home that did not violate building codes or common practices in effect when the home was constructed but are considered hazardous by today's standards. Such conditions that were part of the home prior to the adoption of any current codes prohibiting them may not be required to be updated to meet current code requirements. However, if it can be reasonably determined that they are present at the time of the inspection, the potential for injury or property loss from these conditions is significant enough to require inspectors to report them as items of Concern, Repair, Maintenance, or Due Diligence. Examples of such hazardous conditions include:

• malfunctioning, improperly installed, or missing ground fault circuit protection (GFCI) devices and arc-fault (AFCI) devices;
• ordinary glass in locations where modern construction requirements call for safety glass;
• malfunctioning or lack of fire safety features such as smoke alarms, fire-rated doors in certain locations, and functional emergency escape and rescue openings in bedrooms;
• malfunctioning or missing carbon monoxide alarms;
• excessive spacing between balusters on stairways and guard rails;
• improperly installed appliances;
• improperly installed or defective safety devices;
• lack of electrical bonding and grounding; and
• lack of bonding on gas piping, including corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST).

Please Note: items identified as Concern, Repair, Maintenance, or Due Diligence in an inspection report DO NOT obligate any party to make repairs or take other actions. The decision to correct a hazard or any deficiency identified in an inspection report is left up to the party in legal control of the property.

How to Read This Report

Getting the Information to You

This report is designed to deliver important and technical information in a way that is easy for anyone to access and understand. If you are in a hurry, you can take a quick look at our "Summary Page” and quickly get critical information for important decision making. However, we strongly recommend that you take the time to read the full Report, which potentially includes digital photographs, diagrams, descriptions, videos, and links to additional information that do not show up in the summary.

The best way to get the layers of information that are presented in this report is to read your report online, which will allow you to expand your learning about your house. You will notice some words or series of words highlighted in blue and underlined – clicking on these will provide you with a link to additional information.

This report can also be printed on paper or to a PDF document.

Chapters and Sections

This report is divided into chapters that parcel the property into logical inspection components. Each chapter is broken into sections that relate to a specific system or component of the home. You can navigate between chapters with the click of a button on the left side margin.

Most sections will contain some descriptive information done in black font. Observation narrative, done in colored boxes, will be included if a system or component is found to be significantly deficient in some way or if we wish to provide helpful additional information about the system or the scope of our inspection. If a system or component of the home was deemed to be in satisfactory or serviceable condition, there may be no narrative observation comments in that section and it may simply say “tested,” or “inspected.”

Observation Labels

All narrative observations are colored, numbered and labeled to help you find, refer to, and understand the severity of the observation. Observation colors and labels used in this report are:

• Repair:
  Repair and urgent maintenance items noted during inspection. Please note that some repair items can be quite expensive to correct. Items identified in this category should be dealt with in a timely manner (less than 6 months) or they will likely turn into items of concern.
• Maintenance:
  These are routine items that are less urgent than repairs, and also don't pose an immediate safety risk. Maintenance items that get ignored WILL turn into items of repair or concern... Maintenance items should be addressed within the next 12-24 months.
• Due Diligence:
  Observations on items that are outside the scope of a general home inspection and require further investigation on your part to determine the severity and/or urgency of potential issues.
• Monitor:
  Items that do not currently appear to require action, but should be watched to see if action may be needed in the future.
• Informational:
  Detailed description of various aspects of the property noted during the inspection. Generally good stuff to know.

Summary Page

The Summary Page is designed as a bulleted overview of all the time sensitive observations noted during inspection. This helpful overview is not a substitution for reading the entire inspection report. The entire report must be read to get a complete understanding of this inspection report as the Summary Page does not include photographs, photo captions, or informational comments.