A couple from Northern Europe decided to buy a house

A couple from Northern Europe decided to buy a house.

As is customary in their country, they hired a respected surveyor based on a recommendation. He inspected the house and the plot, took photos, noted that everything looked fine a normal house with no serious issues and delivered a nicely formatted report.

With that, the buyers confidently signed the final deed and moved in.Just a month later, they heard about me and decided to invite me, not because something seemed wrong, but just to make sure everything was really okay.

At first glance, the house looked fine, built in 2009, renovated in 2023. But after five minutes of inspection, I realized that black mold was hiding behind the drywall, there were drainage problems in the bathrooms, and the decks were leaking. The house was practically saturated with moisture and most of the problems were completely hidden.

The owners were shocked. Their confidence, based on the inspector's report, was shattered. And this wasn’t about cosmetic flaws, the issues affected health, materials, and structural integrity. I had to uncover dozens of risk zones and explain why a standard inspection couldn’t detect any of them.

A surveyor is a general construction specialist. He typically doesn’t have in-depth knowledge in building physics, moisture behavior, or ventilation, and doesn’t use advanced diagnostic tools to look for hidden problems. His job is to describe what’s visible. But what’s behind the walls, under the finishes, in the air, or inside construction details, that remains out of sight.

This case is not an exception, it’s a typical one.

A quick walk-through “with a flashlight and a camera” cannot replace an engineering diagnosis backed by measurements, instruments, and a deep understanding of building dynamics.

That second inspection saved this family from serious health risks.Now they not only know what needs fixing, they also know exactly how to do it, reliably and permanently.