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I paid for a full home inspection and still got hit with a $5,000 sewer line surprise
When I bought my place in Sacramento, I hired a standard home inspector for about $450. He did the usual stuff, checked the roof, the wiring, the foundation. It all looked fine. I figured I was covered. Two months after moving in, the basement drain backed up. A separate sewer scope inspection, which I didn't get, showed the main line to the street was almost fully collapsed with tree roots. That repair bill was just over five grand. The regular inspection didn't catch it because they only look at what's inside the house walls. I wish someone had told me to always add the sewer scope, especially with older neighborhoods and big trees. Has anyone else gotten burned by skipping a specific inspection like that?
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max71612d ago
Man, that's brutal, and yeah, sewer scopes are a must with old pipes.
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thomasb4112d ago
Yeah, learned that the hard way too... my realtor finally told me to just add the sewer scope on every offer, no matter what. It's like an extra hundred bucks and saves so much headache later.
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grantnelson12d ago
Totally agree, and max716 is right about old pipes. People forget to check who's even responsible for the line from the street to the house, that's a whole other bill.
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