Sep 18, 2019 | Home Inspections, Horror Stories, Property Practitioners Bill
In response to last years announcement that the Property Practitioners Bill has been passed by Parliament, Eric Bell, CEO of Inspect-a-Home and Executive Director of InterNACHI South Africa, says they fully endorses the idea that the home inspection industry should be...
Oct 1, 2017 | Buying Property, Horror Stories
There’s a huge risk in relying on a seller to disclose that a property has structural problems, as many consumers have discovered after moving in. If the roof is found to be riddled with borers (insects that damage wood), or the patio floods whenever it rains,...
May 15, 2016 | Horror Stories
Roof inspection findings: A lady from Fourways in Johannesburg, recently widowed with two young children, purchased a house and could not understand why the roof was sagging. She called in Inspect-A-Home and after a thorough examination we found that the house had...
May 5, 2016 | Horror Stories
Roof cavity inspection findings: Recently we inspected a house in Westville where the roof cavity had over 30 paint tins and old buckets all collecting water from the roof leaking badly. The owner had thrown sawdust 50mm thick over the entire ceiling to catch all the...
Feb 22, 2016 | Building Disputes, Horror Stories
A couple had a brand new multi storey home built in Cotswold Downs estate in Hillcrest. During the build process they realized that the builder was not building according to good building practice. The couple also noticed that the house was not being built according...
Feb 12, 2016 | Home Inspections, Horror Stories
We often come across damp issues which occur only after building alterations have been done. Here are some common causes for damp that we have found in some of our inspections. When changes are made to a building the Damp Proof Course (often abbreviated to DPC – a...
