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It seems like common sense that open electrical boxes are a fire hazard but as home inspectors we see them all the time.

Los Angeles based home buyers, real estate professionals, and other related professionals should consider coming to the Homebuyers Fair this Saturday and Sunday at the LA Convention Center. LaRocca Inspections will be there educating buyers on the Home Inspection process and giving out informatio...

The electrical wires in this photo were live. If anyone would have touched them they would have been for a nasty surprise. Definitely a safety hazard. Good thing they had a home inspection!

Under this house we found water that was coming from a plumbing leak. You can see it in the background.  Additionally this post is leaning and has shifted off its base.  It is not even attached to the base and will fall out soon.

In this area, this type of drain pipe is not per code as it will not drain well.  Things get caught in the ridges and it blocks up. This was creative... but in the end it just backed up the waste water.

Looks like we lost the corner of the roofing material; this roof was obviously leaking in the corner and the inspector had no trouble finding the source of the leak.

I always recommend to have a licensed contractor do the work and to ensure that additions are permitted...  Otherwise it may end up looking like this.

Here's a photo of a bee hive we found on an inspection recently. Not exactly what someone would want to find under their new deck! Not such a "sweet deal" after all!

What you see here are old heating ducts, covered in asbestos that we found in the attic of a house we were inspecting. They had been disconnected by a tradesperson when he installed a new furnace. Asbestos has been found to be a potential cancer-causing agent and is regulated in its use by the fe...

If your drain line is a little short then why not just use the top of the water bottle... HA! Some of the things we see on inspections! www.LaRoccaInspect.com