Each inspection below is shared as it was delivered: the findings, the counts and the photographs, with names, addresses and report numbers removed.
Frederick County, Maryland. A garage fire door that would not close on its own, stairs with gaps on every tread, a range hood installed out of line and an attic access painted shut. Every one of them photographed and handed to the builder before settlement.
102
Findings
22
Stair and rail items
21
Kitchen and dining
Frederick County, Maryland. Four distribution panels, three decks, a reinforced foundation and a roof at the end of its life. Our buyers walked into settlement knowing every one of them.
104
Findings
9
Safety hazards
6
Major concerns
Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Two safety hazards, a roof the builder had already patched with caulk, and a kitchen with 18 items of its own. The house had never been lived in. Our buyers handed the builder the list before they signed.
86
Findings
2
Safety hazards
18
Kitchen items
Frederick County, Maryland. Headers bowing above two windows, a coupling already rusting on the fire sprinkler line, and every window in the house recaulked but never painted. Seventy-nine items the builder had missed, documented before our buyer signed.
79
Findings
2
Bowed headers
26
Exterior items
Every Century report is confidential and prepared exclusively for the client who ordered it. Before an inspection appears here, buyer and seller names, street address, report number and identifying photographs are removed.
Every property gets the same standard of report, whether it’s new construction or a log home with three outbuildings.
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