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The exact year makes every age in your report more precise, so it is the answer we would rather have. Don't know the exact year? Choose a range instead — we will treat that as a range, not as a guess at a year.
is not inside the range you picked. Change whichever one is wrong — we will not choose for you.
Your ZIP does more work here than anything else you will type. It sets your climate, it tells us what people build on in your area — basement, slab or crawlspace — and it decides which regional risks the report raises: wind and surge on the Gulf, defensible space in the West, hail on the front range, seismic on the coast. Without it we say nothing about any of those rather than guess, and the report is noticeably thinner.
✓ Set from your location — adjust if it's off.
A long-time owner has seen this home through several seasonal cycles. A recent buyer hasn't — and we weight what you tell us accordingly.
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A few of these we do ask for — your report reasons from them, and not sure is a fine answer. Everything else is optional. For some of the optional ones there is a sensible typical value for a , and we may use it — labelled as an assumption, not a fact about your home. The rest simply stay unknown, and your report says so rather than guessing.
Every field is optional. Anything you leave blank stays unknown unless the listing or a document you attach says otherwise — on this path your report works only from what you provide, never from typical values.
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Add or correct any details below — these supplement the preset, and anything you leave blank stays as the preset value.
We treat your firsthand notes as real signal — more reliable than the listing itself.
Have an appraisal, a listing, or a second inspection? Attach them too. Tell us what each one is — we read each type differently, and an appraisal is used for its description of the home only, never its valuation.
Its age at purchase plus the years you've owned it is close enough.
A pump without one stops in the outage that arrives with the storm — which is why we ask rather than assume.
A brick front with vinyl on the sides is a normal house, and the two carry completely different maintenance budgets — tuckpointing is not siding. Recording it as "mixed" said it was complicated and lost which was which.
Water escaping from a pipe, fixture, or appliance.
Seepage, damp walls, water at the foundation, or rain driven in around a window or door. Usually a drainage or envelope problem rather than a plumbing one.
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Have an appraisal, a listing, or a second inspection? Attach them too. Tell us what each one is — we read each type differently, and an appraisal is used for its description of the home only, never its valuation.
You're under contract, so time and access are the constraints that matter. These two answers tell us how much of both you have.
All fields optional — answer what you know.
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Tap anything your home has. These are the things that quietly cost money — the questions above can't ask about every one, and skipping this costs you nothing.
Anything worth adding about these? One line each, all optional.
You live here. We wrote the questions, and no set of questions covers every house. If something is off — a sound, a smell, a stain, a spot that has changed — tell us.
Describe what you observe, not what you think it is. "A brown ring on the ceiling under the upstairs bath" tells us far more than "a roof leak" — the ring is a fact, and several different things cause it. We will tell you what it could be, which possibilities the evidence actually separates, and what would settle the rest.
What keeps weather out of your home. All fields optional — answer what you know.
Associations differ enormously — some townhome owners own their roof outright, some do not. Telling us which items are not yours keeps the report from handing you work that belongs to someone else. Skip it if you are unsure; we will say so rather than guess.
If you are not certain, say so — we will treat the boundary as unconfirmed and tell you to check it, rather than quietly assuming the work is yours.
Common on townhomes and additions — a pitched roof over the living space and a flat one over a porch, dormer, or extension. They age on different schedules, and the shorter-lived one usually sets the timeline.
Age alone says little. A roof that has been recoated or partly replaced is a different asset from one that never has.
Asked separately from gutter condition because it is a different problem with a different fix. Water released at the foundation is one of the most common causes of a wet basement, and among the cheapest to rule out — an extension costs almost nothing.
Staining below the roofline is the earliest interior sign of a membrane or flashing issue.
This is the signal, not the pump. "After every storm" and "never seen it move" are the same equipment carrying completely different risk.
A sump pump is needed most during heavy storms, which are also when the power is most likely to go out. A battery backup covers that overlap.
A brick front with vinyl on the sides is a normal house, and the two carry completely different maintenance budgets — tuckpointing is not siding. Recording it as "mixed" said it was complicated and lost which was which.
The pattern says more than the width. Stair-step cracking follows mortar joints in brick or block; a vertical crack in poured concrete is a different thing again.
The systems that keep your home comfortable and dry. All fields optional — answer what you know.
Why age matters: furnaces and A/C units have predictable service lives, so age is the single best signal for whether to plan a replacement — no guesswork needed. Check the label on the unit, or estimate.
This changes almost everything downstream — a boiler has no filters to change, a heat pump is serviced on a different schedule than a furnace, and mini-splits are cleaned rather than serviced.
Two zones, or an addition or finished attic served on its own. They are almost never the same age, and the younger one hides the older one.
Lint-restricted vents are a common and preventable fire risk. If you haven't had yours cleaned in the past year, choose "Due for cleaning."
Tank heaters average 10–15 years; the install date is usually printed on the tank’s label. This one number drives most water-heater planning.
A sacrificial rod inside your tank that prevents corrosion — most homeowners have never replaced it. If unsure, choose "Never / unknown."
In a condo, minutes matter during a leak — knowing where your shutoff is may be the most useful thing you can know in advance.
Water escaping from a pipe, fixture, or appliance — inside the system.
A different problem from a leak — seepage, damp walls, water at the foundation, or wind-driven rain around a window or door. Often drainage or envelope rather than plumbing.
The single most useful detail — it usually points straight at the cause.
Check exposed pipes near the water heater: amber metal = copper, colored plastic = PEX, gray threaded steel = galvanized.
Usually larger. White or black plastic = PVC/ABS; heavy dark metal = cast iron.
The pipe running from the house to the street or septic tank. Most homeowners have never thought about it, and it is among the most expensive plumbing repairs a home can need. Standard homeowners insurance often does not cover repair of a deteriorated line; optional service-line coverage may. If you do not know, say so; that is a useful answer here.
A repaired supply line and a repaired foundation are not the same repair, and they do not carry the same risk of returning.
Age and condition of major appliances and life-safety equipment. All fields optional — answer what you know.
These are replace-on-failure appliances — there is no maintenance schedule to give you, so the only thing worth knowing is roughly which ones are near the end. Six separate age dropdowns were asking that six times over.
Look behind the washer. A woven metal sleeve = stainless braided. A smooth rubber tube = rubber hose. Rubber hoses can fail suddenly and flood a room.
The brand is on the panel door or the label inside. Two brands have a documented history of breakers failing to trip — this is one of the few things worth knowing by name.
Common in garages, additions, and detached structures. It matters because the brands worth knowing about are just as hazardous in a subpanel as in a main one.
Walls, bathrooms, floors, and windows. All fields optional — answer what you know.
Cracked grout lets water behind tile — a $20 regrout now can prevent a wall repair later.
Almost every home is more than one. "Mixed" recorded that and lost which.
A fogged pane is a failed seal inside the glass; a draught is the frame or the weatherstrip. Different repairs at different prices, and a home can have both.
Age alone reads as condition. "Some replaced" is the commonest answer, and a single age band cannot say it.
Deck, garage, air quality — then you're done. All fields optional — answer what you know.
Most outdoor spaces are more than one thing — a wood deck off the back and a paver patio below it age and cost very differently.
Applies across everything you picked above — a deck and a patio can have different problems, and one dropdown could only describe one of them.
A bathroom usually means ventilation. A basement or crawlspace usually means water. Different problem, different trade, different urgency.
Tap anything your home has. These are the things that quietly cost money — the questions above can't ask about every one, and skipping this costs you nothing.
Anything worth adding about these? One line each, all optional.
You live here. We wrote the questions, and no set of questions covers every house. If something is off — a sound, a smell, a stain, a spot that has changed — tell us.
Describe what you observe, not what you think it is. "A brown ring on the ceiling under the upstairs bath" tells us far more than "a roof leak" — the ring is a fact, and several different things cause it. We will tell you what it could be, which possibilities the evidence actually separates, and what would settle the rest.