150 Funny And Unbelievable Things That Boston Home Inspectors Have Seen On The Job Over The Past 24 Years
Just like Alpha Alpha Structural, Inc. (previously here, here, and here), Boston Home Inspectors also rain on people's parades. Well, kinda. In a nice way.
"We are hired by the buyer of a property to inspect the exterior of the house, basement, and structure along with all of the home systems," James Brock of Boston Home Inspectors told Bored Panda. "We test all the outlets, appliances, windows, doors, and bathroom fixtures. We, both, look for items not installed properly or that may be deteriorated, defective, or have an item of concern. For example, a leak or unsafe conditions."
Besides looking for problems or issues, the company educates the buyer about the investment that they will be making. "We teach them how the various components in their new home work and what to expect for life expectancy and what to plan for future maintenance."
During the past 24 years, Boston Home Inspectors have seen quite a bit in their job. From crazy DIY solutions to years of neglect, they share pictures of their most interesting finds on social media. Here are some of the most popular ones.
#1 Interesting
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#2 When You Need Privacy!
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#3 Almost!
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#4 More Water Is Going Up Than Down!
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#5 Another Room With A View!
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#6 Kids, Please Grab The Oven Glove For Me
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#7 Seriously?? I Know You Said It Wasn’t Finished Yet
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#8 Just A Cool Set Of Stairs
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#9 Hmmmm
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#10 Mother-In-Law Door
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#11 Kinda Close....for New Construction!
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#12 Wavy Deck! Imagine A Couple Of Cocktails
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#13 Damn I Missed The Roof Party!
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#14 This Was Sent To Me From Masong187!
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#15 Somebody Forgot To Change The Water Filter
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#16 Remember When???
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#17 Looks Like I’m Going To Have A ‘Fun-Gi’ Day! Ok I’ll Stick To Home Inspections And Leave The Comedy Alone
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#18 With This Design You Can Multitask. Wash Dishes While You're On The Crapper
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#19 Who Left The Trx Out During The Home Inspection??
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#20 Almost!
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#21 Clean Or Dirty Snacks?
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#22 Why Bother??
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#23 Now This Is A Basement We Can Party In!
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#24 Children And Drunks Are On Their Own!
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#25 Sometimes You Just Need A Little Edge!
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#26 All Right, Put Back The Other Half Of The House
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#27 Shouldn’t The Microwave Hood Be Installed Over The Stove?
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#28 When You Run Out Of Shims!
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#29 Timber!
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#30 We Know Who’s Boss!
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#31 Found The Cool House In The Neighborhood!
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#32 Missing Something?
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#33 I Have No Idea???
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#34 The Key Is In The Lockbox!
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#35 Looking Up An Unlined Chimney Flue
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#36 Two Sketchy Deck Pics
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#37 Random...why???
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#38 Everybody Needs One Of These In Their Basement!
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#39 May I Have A Scoop Of What’s In Attic Rafter Bay 1 And Bay 2 And Bay 3
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#40 Holy Duct! You Can’t Make This Stuff Up! Fire Waiting To Happen!
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#41 Not A Great Place To Hang Around!
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#42 I Guess That Works!
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#43 Osha Approved!
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#44 Not As Worried About The Duct Taped Sewer Pipe As I Am About The Amount Of Beer Someone Drinks!
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#45 At Least This One Didn’t Come Running Out When I Opened The Door
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#46 Ceiling Fan???
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#47 Yes Zip Ties Fix Everything!
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#48 Measure Twice
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#49 Nailed It!
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#50 Not Sure What Was Going On Up Here??
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#51 Hope The Rock Doesn’t Move!
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#52 Well Now, This Is Not Good!
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#53 What A Cool Pic
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#54 Found At Work Today!
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#55 Now That’s Hot!
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#56 Stairway To Nowhere
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#57 I Bet The Tree Will Win!
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#58 Guess What Somebody Forgot?
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#59 Well This Did Not Work Out Too Well!
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#60 Listing Sheet Did Say ‘Has A Deck’
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#61 Moon Landing In The Attic!
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#62 Well That Works!
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#63 Well, Hello Now!
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#64 Who Needs Handrails??
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#65 Awful Lot Of Stairs For A Small Deck!
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#66 Crushing It!
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#67 Dryer Lint. The Cremated Remains Of Missing Socks
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#68 We Need To Start An Almost So Close Deck Building Club
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#69 Would Love To Chat With Who Came Second!!
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#70 Help Wash Off The Electric Panel!
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#71 And The Homeowner Is Breathing This!!!
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#72 Shocking!
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#73 Service Technicians Nightmare! Wait Until The Furnace Needs To Be Replaced
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#74 Where Do You Store Your Chairs, Ladder, Extra Bricks And Of Course Your Canoes?
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#75 Sometimes You Just Wonder Why?
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#76 Found The Dryer Vent!
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#77 Well, At Least They Used A Gfi
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#78 When You Don’t Fit On Your Bike, Just Cut The Floor Joists!
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#79 Ugh!
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#80 Maybe Just Fill The Holes!
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#81 Day 3 Of 7! Mold Week
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#82 Wonder Who’s Living In The Range Hood?
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#83 Good Thing They Only Live On The 1st Floor!
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#84 Oh, I’m Sure That Is Safe!
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#85 Adjustable Drain!
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#86 Job Done!
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#87 Duct Tape Fixes Everything!
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#88 Hmmm..mistake Or Intentional?
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#89 This Listing Agent Said They Have The Furnace Serviced Every Year!
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#90 “I Made It Through The Rain”....well, Not Really!
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#91 Set At A Height To Prevent Children And Pets From Interfering With The Door Closing!
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#92 You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!
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#93 New Construction Full Of Mold. See The Date On The Sheetrock 4/20
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#94 The Ice Maker That Keeps Giving!
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#95 Well Now... I Thought I Was In The City!
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#96 Can’t Wait Till The 3rd Cocktail!
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#97 How Many Young Kids Know What This Is For?
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#98 Well Now!
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#99 Ready For The Riding Lawn Mower!
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#100 Not Good
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#101 So Dangerous!
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#102 So Sad
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#103 Where Are You Going With This One??
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#104 Found The Mouse Hole!
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#105 Deck Building -101
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#106 So Many Things Wrong! Should We Start With The ‘State Of Art’ Non Code Compliant Flue Pipe Or The Fact That The Expansion Tank Is Not A Water Heater?
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#107 It’s Not The Hole In The Roof That Bothers Me..it’s Who Shot The Arrow?
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#108 Thank God For Home Depot!
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#109 Well Shit! He Wins
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#110 Still Live And Still Working!
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#111 It’s A Nice They Are Using An Energy Saving Lightbulb
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#112 Found On Yesterday’s Inspection And Still Working!
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#113 Nailed It!!
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#114 Only In Southie! A South Boston Fire Escape
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#115 Wonder What The Code Is?
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#116 Guess What’s Holding This Deck To The House...scary
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#117 Seen Something Cool At An Inspection
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#118 So Much For Clearance! The Maintenance Guy Will Love This
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#119 Now That’s Not Supposed To Happen!
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#120 Let’s Make A Sweater!
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#121 Well Now
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#122 Wedges Under The Floor Joists Work
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#123 ...and You Said A Permit Was Issued?
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#124 Well Now!
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#125 Nailed It!
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#126 Dangerously Close!
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#127 The Parties Will Have To Wait!
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#128 Can You Guess What This Is?
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#129 When The Listing Agent Says The Seller Is A Contractor So You Shouldn’t Find Any Problems...
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#130 It’s Frost Proof, Not Freeze Proof!
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#131 Mold Week. Day 1 Of 7
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#132 Scary!
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#133 Almost...
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#134 Ugh! Somebody’s Gotta Go In!
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#135 Wtf?
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#136 That Washing Machine Drain Pipe Almost Made It Into The Pan
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#137 Nothing Can Go Wrong With This!?!
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#138 Found The Water Meter!
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#139 When One Is Just Not Enough!
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#140 When One Just Isn’t Enough!
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#141 Newly Renovated Laundry Room!
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#142 Will Give You An “A” For Almost!
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#143 Yep, That Should Keep The Kids And Drunk Friends From Falling!
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#144 Much Easier Than A 3 Point Turn
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#145 Short On Bricks??
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#146 Got My Cousin To Wire The Garage Lights!
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#147 Why?
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#148 Just Blowing Off A Little Steam!
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#149 What Could Go Wrong?
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#150 Love The Velcro Flap!
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