Poor old lady...

[pmassie]

Well,.....should have double check the address...Yep...wrong house......

So i arrived on location an hour early as always, and start before every one gets here. Get all of my stuff out , open the PC and GO... about 45 min into the inspection, this sweet old lady (about 80 y.o.) comes out

-Hello!? (she said)

so i walk toward her , ready to shake hands and indroduce myself.

-Hello , I'm Patrick , the home inspector, i hope you din't mind , i already started with the outside....

She said (in a very confuse tone):
-Ho...ok....i don't understand...i have been living here for 45 year...

I explained to her that my client was coming in a few minutes and if she had any questions i,ll be more than happy to answer them.

again , in a very confused tone..

-What?? , i'm moving?!!?? i didn't know i was moving?!!

i paused for a few second...started to get confused myself.......than i look up at the numbers next to the door....''25''....i was supposed to be at ''27''.....

sH**, WRONG ADDRESS....................(said to myself...)

Told her that is was my mystake , i had the wrong address, she smiled and gave me a cookie....

i will remember this one for a long time.......loll

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Just wait until you show up at "Road", "Place", "Street", "Court", etc... and you are supposed to be on "Lane" !!!

[James F. McKee]

was the cookie any good?

[pmassie]

oreo..hummmmmm

[Jae Williams]

It's people like that who make living fun.



...or is it the oreo cookie???

[James F. McKee]

its the cookies Jae...

[pmassie]

she was a very sweet lady ! big smiles

[Yuri Olhovsky]

Originally Posted by pmassie

So i arrived on location an hour early as always, and start before every one gets here. Get all of my stuff out , open the PC and GO... about 45 min into the inspection, this sweet old lady (about 80 y.o.) comes out

You had to introduce yourself to the homeowner first and then start your inspection. Could save you a lot of time

[pmassie]

Originally Posted by yolhovsky

You had to introduce yourself to the homeowner first and then start your inspection. Could save you a lot of time

yeah but.my client told me no one was there...so in my mind a was alone..loll

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Originally Posted by pmassie

yeah but.my client told me no one was there...so in my mind a was alone..loll

I always knock/ring the bell... just in case (fair warning)

[James F. McKee]

Originally Posted by jjonas

I always knock/ring the bell... just in case (fair warning)

good advice Jeff...i've never given it much thought before...

[Yuri Olhovsky]

Originally Posted by jjonas

I always knock/ring the bell... just in case (fair warning)

And that BTW what you suppose to do always. Otherwise - it is trespassing. Seriously. Remember, this is not your house.

[ROBERT W. NEWLAND, JR.]

Hey Patrick, I actually inspected the "wrong" house (I posted situation here)

[William R. DeVries, CMHI]

An hour early is a bit much, most you should need is 15 mins knock on the door to state your here and what your business is, then prepare your tools and laptop if the case should be, walk around the home to fimilar your self with the layout and when the clients arrive meet and greet walk them in setup mini office and begin with client.
Running around will only make you do it a second time for free and it cuts in to the bottom line of your profit, now your 2 1/2 hour inspection just became 3 1/2 hours and your footing the first hour for free.
Never get ahead of your clients so that you've completed half the inspection prior to there arrival, they may think you smoked them and there getting half of what they paid for.
some food for thought

imho

[Wayne B. Wilson]

I always know on the door, they will shoot here .