Eye Spy
Home Inspection, Inc.
80 Old Brook Road
Dix Hills, N.Y. 11746

Email Mike
Phone: 631-275-5999
Fax: 516-740-5841
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Welcome to Eye Spy Home Inspections

Eye Spy Home Inspection Inc. is a locally owned and operated company serving Nassau and Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. I have been living on Long Island my entire life and have an excellent understanding of the type of homes, topography and common problems associated with our climate and building practices.  Eye Spy Home Inspection is not a cookie cutter franchise but an owner operated company dedicated to their clients and neighbors.

What Really Matters

Buying a home? The process can be stressful.  A home inspection is supposed to give you peace of mind, but often has the opposite effect.  You will be asked to absorb a lot of information in a short time.  This often includes a written report, checklist, photographs, environmental reports and what the inspector himself says during the inspection.  All this combined with the seller's disclosure and what you notice yourself makes the experience even more overwhelming.  What should you do?

Relax.  Most of your inspection will be maintenance recommendations, life expectancies and minor imperfections. These are nice to know about.  However, the issues that really matter will fall into four categories:

  1. Major defects.  An example of this would be a structural failure.
  2. Things that lead to major defects.  A small roof-flashing leak, for example.
  3. Things that may hinder your ability to finance, legally occupy or insure the home.
  4. Safety hazards, such as an exposed, live buss bar at the electric panel.

Anything in these categories should be addressed.  Often a serious problem can be corrected inexpensively to protect both life and property (especially in categories 2 and 4).

Most sellers are honest and are often surprised to learn of defects uncovered during an inspection.  Realize that sellers are under no obligation to repair everything mentioned in the report.  No home is perfect.  Keep things in perspective.  Do not kill your deal over things that do not matter.  It is inappropriate to demand that a seller address deferred maintenance, conditions already listed on the seller's disclosure or nit-picky items.

Michael Shain
Eye Spy Home Inspection, Inc.

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