Miller Home Inspection Services LLC

NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN'S "FULL TIME " INSPECTOR


P.O. Box 327, Chetek, Wisconsin 54728
Phone 715-924-3659
Toll Free 866-781-2212
Fax 715-924-2139
             

                           
YOU NEED TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

CODE OR HOME INSPECTION

CODE INSPECTIONS

Code inspections are inspections which are done by a Wisconsin State Licensed "Code Inspector" who is appointed by your township to monitor each step of the building process on newly remodeled homes. You have no choice in who will be your Code Inspector on your new construction or remodel.


A code inspection is designed to assure that proper material have been used and proper workmanship has taken place on all new or newly remodeled homes.It must be remembered that "meeting code" is minimum, so another way of saying this is; "A Code Inspector" will assure you that at the very least, the minimum allowable quality product and materials have been used, and the least, the allowable quality workmanship has taken place on a newly constructed of newly remodeled property. UDC {Uniform Dwelling Code} Inspections have been required in Wisconsin in all counties since January, 2005.


Prior to this, UDC inspections were not required in the majority of northern Wisconsin Counties and many of the rest of the Counties.

What you also need to know about "code" is that existing homes do not require "code" inspections when they are being sold. Code requirements change as time goes by, and they change often. "Code" is also not retro-active. Code Inspections do not pertain to existing home. A Home built in 1965 or even 1995 will not meet today's code, and is not required to meet todays code. It only has to had to meet code for the time in which it was built. It is anyone's guess what that might have been.

Recently a movement was taking place to require that all homes being put on the market be brought up to current code prior to their sale. this turned out to be cost prohibitive for home owners {or sellers} and completely unrealistic. the idea was trashed.

HOME INSPECTIONS


The definition of a Home Inspection is as follows; A "Home Inspection" is an objective professional, visual analysis of the condition of a property, by a State Licensed Home Inspector.


Home Inspections cannot by law be structurally intrusive or technically exhaustive, but they will help to make an informed decision by determining whether there are any major defects in the systems or structure in order to prevent any insurmountable financial burdens later on. A home inspection is NOT a"CODE" inspection, or a guarantee, but rather a  'SNAP-SHOT IN TIME' showing you the condition of the property at the time of the inspection.This is the type of Inspection that is referred to in the "Offer to Purchase" when buying a property.

Brian G. Miller
Registered with the State of Wisconsin
Dept. of Regulation and Licensing
Home Inspector No 126-106

To view the Wisconsin State Regulations go to the link below:

www.legis.state.wi.us/statues/stat0440.pdf

view pages 34-37