What Your Connecticut Home Inspection Should Cover

Siding : Look for dents or buckling

Foundations : Look for cracks or water seepage

Exterior Brick : Look for cracked bricks or mortar pulling away from bricks

Insulation : Look for condition, adequate rating for climate (the higher the R value, the more effective the insulation is)

Doors and Windows : Look for loose or tight fits, condition of locks, condition of weatherstripping

Roof : Look for age, conditions of flashing, pooling water, buckled shingles, or loose gutters and downspouts

Ceilings, walls, and moldings : Look for loose pieces, dry wall that is pulling away.

Porch/Deck : Loose railings or step, rot

Electrical : Look for condition of fuse box/circuit breakers, number of outlets in each room

Plumbing : Look for poor water pressure, banging pipes, rust spots or corrosion that indicate leaks, sufficient insulation

Water Heater : Look for age, size adequate for house, speed of recovery, energy rating.

Furnace/Air Conditioning : Look for age, energy rating. Furnaces are rated by annual fuel utilization efficiency; the higher the rating, the lower your fuel costs. However, other factors such as payback period and other operating costs, such as electricity to operate motors.

Garage : Look for exterior in good repair; condition of floor-cracks, stains, etc.; condition of door mechanism.

Basement : Look for water leakage, musty smell.

Attic : Look for adequate ventilation, water leaks from roof.

Septic Tanks (if applicable) : Adequate absorption field capacity for the percolation rate in your area and the size of your family.

Driveways/Sidewalks : Look for cracks, heaving pavement, crumbling near edges, stains.

 

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