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Are you "persistent?" (Is that a Crown?)

     What does it mean to be persistent?  Mr. Webster defines persistence as:  "continuing without change in function or structure."

      Inspectors often have to be persistent as they move through the various components of a home----especially in crawl spaces.  We have to ignore and avoid the many obstacles in our path to get to what the home is really about.  While what we do is largely a "visual" inspection---sometime we must be persistent to get to where we can actually see what is going on.

      I think as human beings we let the baggage we carry around with us limit our true potential for persistence.  Some turn it into its Dark Cousin-----Stubbornness.  What I am talking about----is more like simply doing what it takes to get the job done----with no "AGENDA."  There really is no "reason" to it.  Stubbornness is much closer to doing something out of spite----and since there is an "agenda"----perhaps should not be done at all.

      At today's inspection I witnessed the most incredible example of persistence that I think I have ever seen.  It is equivalent to the old fairy tale about the boy that was ordered to take off his hat when the King passed by.  Every time he took off his hat another one appeared in its place more beautiful than the last.  He was sent to the tower for his insolence.  But, he truly did respect the King (even though the King didn't deserve it) so he continued to take off his hat on every step all the way to the top---each one more beautiful than the last----until when he finally gets to the top of the tower his hat becomes a crown. 

      So here is my picture of persistence----and it leads to a very different "crown."

 

 

amazing tree

Charles Buell

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21 comments • Charles Buell, Seattle Home Inspector • August 12 2008 09:57AM

Big Brother----is watching!

     I think most inspectors are used to having someone look over their shoulder during the inspection.  I know that in some areas the buyer isn't around until the end of the inspection, but in my area it is common for the buyer to be at the inspection the whole time.  I actually encourage them to be there the whole time.  It is certainly "easier" to do the inspection without anyone there, but in terms of better understanding the needs of the buyer and to establish a "relationship" with the buyer it is better in my opinion to have them around the whole time.  This also prevents having to "repeat" the inspection at the end or leaving something out of a "summary" at the end.  It also gives them a better understanding of the Inspection Report is saying.  At any rate this is my approach.

     I also think it is a good idea to do the inspection as if you were on candid camera because you just never know who might be watching.  I have found enough hidden cameras on inspections to know what is possible.

     HOWEVER

     I think this is one guy I don't need watching over my shoulder on the inspection-----fortunately he wasn't very "mobile," and was most likely pre-occupied with his own "bad hair day."

Man in a tree

 

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25 comments • Charles Buell, Seattle Home Inspector • August 08 2008 12:59PM