You have to Crawl before you Walk in the Basement

As a home inspector you know after many years to expect the unexpected, and even though you may have seen the same odd problem before, you just did not think you would see it a gain. But my good friends in Georgia, Bill And Janet, AKA Scully and Mulder have sent me pictures of a home they inspected that proves you can see this stuff over and over.

This house started out as a house with a crawl space, that’s right someone thought a basement would be a better idea. Don’t get me wrong, this conversion can be done correctly. But undermining the foundation of a house is never a good idea, even if you do add some non-standard support post.