$1,000,000 dollar home, FAILS INSPECTION. Buyer walks.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- THIS HOUSE IS ON THE MARKET, AND THE BUYER WALKED AWAY FROM THE DEAL. THIS MILLION DOLLAR HOME FAILED INSPECTION. Sorry comments where turned off. Now you can comment.
That patchwork will not work.
Do the job right. Build a real wall and proper draining.
A true waste of time.
I wouldn't pay you for anything
Absolutely. The guy has no sound understanding of how to "tank" a building to prevent water intrusion.
Absolutely. The guy has no sound understanding of how to "tank" a building to prevent water intrusion. Having said that the house is poorly constructed with not a great deal of trade skills evident.
Putting lipstick on a pig
Its still a pig
A mazed you posted your “FIX”. Says a lot about your quality of work and knowledge
My thoughts as well…
You did not fix the problem with the retaining wall, you just created another problem......
No disrespect but you need another line of work. This is not how to fix a severe drainage problem.
Thinking the same. This is a very cheap way to take care of what will be a serious problem. His repair cannot be meant to be permanent.
@@CalebNorris16so what should have been done? I have my ideas, but i want to hear you guys’ take on it. I agree w your assessment btw.
@@cathiwim He would need to hire a civil engineer. The engineer will do a study. He will figure out how much water in cubic feet/second. He would either design a swale with erosion control to reroute the overland flow to an acceptable low spot, existing wash, creek or possibly a retention basin. He might use storm drain pipe instead of a swale, and he would need to size it accordingly. He might possibly use Storm Tech instead of a retention pond. The surrounding existing topography needs to be considered also. A swale with rip rap and a retention pond is the most likely solution.
To many close neighbors would never buy it
The end of the video he explained the situation, wasn’t built right to begin with. Between you and I for a man who calls himself a handyman this guy did an outstanding job. Maybe you can afford to tear down a house you’re selling 😂 most can’t
The right way to fix the water that was drilling a hole next to the wall was not to plug the wall. The right way to fix this would have been to extend the wall straight without the turn to let the water flow straight
down the hill. By only plugging the hole, the water will find its way around the hole and drill a new hole next to the plug.
I wrote 2 lengthy comments explaining the exact same thing so hopefully he will read them and fix it, but my guess is he will not do either.
the water showed you where it wants to go by washing out the dirt. To fix that you put 2 bags of cement to plug the hole. Did you fix the problem? No. The problem is the water wants to go in the straightest downhill path but you cemented that path so it will just wash away the dirt right on the side of your cement plug and do the exact same thing again in 1 or 2 yrs.
To fix it you have to dig out all of the dirt in the path of the downspout all the way to the hole that that the water made and you plugged. Make it at least 12" deep and 24" wide. Put a waterproof paper inside the drain field with enough of the paper to wrap over the top of the 3/4" limestone you put inside of it, then with the paper wrapped over the top of the limestone you can put dirt or mulch on top. Then where your landscaping timbers are making a dirt retaining wall for the water, dig out all the dirt and put cinder block all the way down to the lowest part where the water washed out, and paint on a waterproof sealer and put a 5" pipe to drain that area going straight back downhill underground and make your way to the side of the property and exit the pipe on the side of property where you will not use since it will always be wet/soft there.
yeah just put a drainage pipe or two if its really that much water. He has the slope to make the water run downward away in the backyard lol, i was waiting for there to be a large hill directly behind the house that was sending water into the house.
I don't think that concrete plug is gonna stop mother nature's water. I suspect the water will just carve around it again. Might it have been better, since you'd already dug down, to put in a drain connected to that other gutter drain?
Don't do handyman videos because you don't solve problems.
@really2345 Best comment on this thread.
Geez us people ! I’ve built homes for 44 years . What a cobbled up mess of a fix ! Just get a mini excavator and extend the retaining wall Take out the mess of rocks and plugs yada yada yada. These people that get hired to repair these jobs are ten times worse than the builder ! I’ve seen this my whole career. Let me guess ? This guy used to sell cars ? Now he’s a professional ??? Yep. I’ve seen this so many times.
im no inspector ...but thats the first thing i thought should be done
And, how much would that cost?, you don't live in the real world do you?.
Water is still going to seep through what u did. U just slowed it down.
I was think that too, this is not a good fix.
I love how he blames the terrain as the problem lol. I live in the foothills of Appalachia and we look at the terrain and say ok how are we going to move this water? Maybe the problem is YOU worked on that house two years ago. Putting that “plug” in there was bulls$&t! You’re just screwing someone from fixing it right. Love how people make videos and are absolutely oblivious to their own lack of skills.
He didn't build this house lol
That was the stupidest way to fix that water issue, all they had to do was put in a french drain to divert the water but they tried to block the water instead? You can't block water like that...
Dude I know I'm so excited to show this to my dad he's a general contractor 😅
That is a piss poor construction job, at least the parts you're showing. No offense intended, but what you've done isn't going to fix the issue either. I'll bet good money that concrete wall wasn't properly waterproofed. Why they used wood in that place is beyond me.
Nothing against you personally but this video is a joke. First of all you never should have accepted this job because the issues were far worse than what a handyman can fix. All you did was put a bandaid on the issues. Probably not all your fault because the customer (homeowner) did not want to spend the money to hire a full fledged contractor that had real equipment and knowledge necessary to fix the issues more permanently. I was a home inspector for several years. I hated the job because no matter how well I inspected and reported, the real estate agents always knew “contractors” that could fix the issues on the cheap. The real estate industry is commingled with home builder associations. Every realtor has a cousin Eddy handyman who needs some beer money. In all my reports I would state my observations, list implications and recommend that a qualified contractor evaluate and fix accordingly. I would verbally express to my clients to hire the contractor and not let the seller or seller’s agent hire the “contractor”. As a home inspector you can only do so much. Needless to say I got out of the real estate home inspection business. The whole system needs torn down and replaced with a new system.
I totally agree with you. My father is a general contractor and I learned so much from him. Watched him build our house as a child with my mom. I can't wait to show him this lol he's gonna be horrified
I don't get the point of his fix. Waste of concrete to me. Would have more sense to put a drain than to build a dam.
Since this video is pre-Covid I'd assume that this is a $2,000,000 home now ;P
😂😂
looks like you couldve installed a drain pipe at that retaining wall. that plug youre doing isnt gonna work
not to mention it seems like the retaining wooden wall seems to be straight on soil, i haven't noticed if OP mentionned reinforcing the wooden wall, but if not, water will likely hit the plug, move a little further, and start to erode the soil under the wooden wall and you likely end up with the same issue but moved further. These rocks may retain a bit, but i would be surprised if it holds.
So instead of digging a trench, adding drain tile and doing it properly... you did it the crack addict way.... now the problem is still there, just moved over a bit from the original problem spot...LOL On a Million dollar home, Id fire you on the spot.
Wow, remove the timbers at the bottom, extend the block wall to end of patio, only one block with good mortar and a top. Then french drain from front to end of patio. Water should run 'along wall; and out into yard. Sorry, but the concrete and stone you put in the corner of block/timbers, just causes water to back up a bit farther from the wall. Good effort, but temporary at best. Nice house, but $1M? No.
Yes, this is the proper solution.
Gotta be honest your "patchwork" is a large part of what us wrong with real estate. Quick cosmetic fixes to hid problems so the next idiot buying the house doesn't see the signs of years of water damage in the foundation.
Built wrong, fixed wrong. Don't buy a house the builder or handyman touched.
Exactly. He put all that concrete into a hole without addressing the drainage issue. What a moron. "That oughta work." Ummm, nope.
I would have considered removing the wood retaining wall and give the water a better path and then regraded.The wood is acting like a damn.
First thought from the street,- 'A Million Dollars For That Shack?!😲'.......😂
Yes 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000 dollars. LOL
You could barely get a condo where I live for 1m. The price isn’t the problem, it’s the poor construction technique. They should properly fix it with a high quality contractor. I’d dig out the entire foundation and properly waterproof the wall. Then put in a French drain. The stairs would be complete demo. Re footer the entire area under the stairs and completely rebuild it. The water in the backyard is going to reform a new hole next to your cement plug. The upper area needs a commercial quality vault drain to the lower area and away from the house. The subterranean CMU foundation is wacky. I would have poured solid cement walls above final grade. This is why a decent, liveable house is 5m, not 1m.
I literally laughed out loud when I saw that mess of a “retaining wall” plug job. Holy 💩
regrade the land so a river of water isn’t directed at the house.water should never run towards or alongside the home. Then need to put in a full weeping tile drainage system and waterproof the basement foundation at the very least.
He doesn't know how... that's why he didn't do it. Or isn't capable with the tools he has... He knows what he did isn't proper.
This is what happens when you hire an incompetent contractor!
This guy doesn't have the slightest clue what the hell he's doing. The water comes off the driveway down towards the basement and it was coming out right behind that retaining wall so he puts concrete in there and rebar well that's all fine and dandy but the water is just going to move a little bit more over and wash the rest of it out
That's exactly what I thought 😂😂😂 the water is literally just going to go down right next to the concrete and make a new path through the dirt 🤡 b r u h
Walking away from this money pit was a great decision by the potential buyers. 👏
You temporary fix will never last.
That entire retaining wall needs to be concrete down to lowest grade.
This and adding some drainage.
I was shocked it must be a temporary fix ?
Yeah, no. That drainage fix will not work. They need to hire an actual contractor...
A Home Inspector does not pass/fail a home. An inspector just has findings, and now the buyer can walk away, renegotiate or purchase at sale price. A house can fail an inspection due to lender guidelines.
Wouldn’t a drain make more sense? Provide a path for the runoff to follow.
Never buy a house that slopes down from driveway.
water needs a place to go, why not your basement 🤣🤣👌👌
Bet if you go back to that house today your plug has been washed out/bypassed
Nope it's still good.
@@tnoel374 send a picture to prove it
Job security.....keep getting call back to fix the same thing. See ya next year.
I hope they didnt pay you too much for that water drainage problem, there are much better solutions than that
You sir, just cobbled up a drainage problem...
Why did you patch this? Your fix is only going to hold temporarily. The whole thing needs to be pulled out and rebuilt correctly.
Yes I agree but the home owner wanted cheap fix, I gave that to her. She happy, no more mud on the concrete.
@@tnoel374 she wont be happy when it fails
@@tnoel374 I'm sure you've got enough work. Should have said "No, I won't do it and compromise my name". And who would put a wooden retaining wall in that spot? The original builder should get a financial "dope slap".
Who inspects that crap?
There was a wooden retaining wall?!? I saw 3 pieces of treated lumber lol. I didn't see any wall!@@mrcryptozoic817
Big huge house, poorly built. Sounds familiar
I'm surprised people are buying million dollar homes with cmu block foundations. Only cheap houses in my area have cmu foundations.
I don't get contractors cutting corners to build something they can't sell. If you are going to build a million dollar home, get it right.
Where is the million dollar home? I didn't see one in the video.
@@omegaplumbing Well... you know what they say. Sucker born every minute!
That gutter is like 50$ to fix, also that job you did on the retaining was is not gonna fix the issue at all, hopefully you didn't charge them for that. The steps aren't that big of a deal either, the only thing that is a big deal is the basement. Wish you would have shown the inside as well.
Good job filling that hole w concrete, but the bad news is that the water will work around that, and will need to build a larger plug later. No such thing as a failed inspection, btw. Every house can "fail" an inspection LOL. Installing a drain and pipe under the foot of front steps will divert the water out of the front area. A pain to do but should work.
Man I'm glad you make this video, if my friends in the Raleigh-Durham ever tell me they're going to be using You as a contractor I'll tell him not to, because you definitely don't know what you're doing. The minute you bragged about how you repaired that retaining wall I knew you had no clue what you were doing and then when you got to the water around the porch and the steps I knew you didn't know what you were doing then. This is beyond your scope of skills I do agree this house has plenty of problems but a Mr fix it handyman is not going to fix them This house needs some serious work, but the repair job you did with that little retaining wall is going to cause it to fail.
She hired him to do what he does. It seems it is to mitigate the damaging factors right now. He has a ton more sense than whomever bought this disaster waiting to happen.
@@matthewronson5218 okay then you hire him to come work on your house
French drain along retaining wall to move water away. That was a waste of concrete.
$1 million doesn’t get you much anymore.
you rigged a rigged job,it would have been simple to just remove the tie wall,build a hardscape wall to continue the block wall along the concrete slab,or just put a large grate where you dug down and did that shady work and the larger grate would catch the water and vrun the water down the slope in the yard,much easier and professional fix then what you did and would be a 100% fix and look a 1000 times better
Hire a real expert, not a handyman.
The only real fix is to put a ditch around the house to drain the water away from the house. I have a friend who had a simular issue. You cut a drainage channel in the concrete in front of the garage, and remove the dirt down below the foundation all along the wall, totally remove the concrete steps putting wooden steps OVER where the water drains away. It is likely the house is built on LANDFIL and the whole thing can slide down in the gulch below the house. All this you did is money wasteing rip off.
So you didn't fix it? You just poured concrete in the hole? The problem isn't the hole, the problem is that there is no where for the water to go. You did not change that, so now you will have A new hole next to the concrete you poured in there.
I know im late to this convo 3 years late... but for some reason this video was recommended to me By the YTube God's im assuming bcuz I love watching house contractor fails but my friend.....that job you did on that gorgeous house is jank AF & ugly ASF their could of been many other nethods you could of used if you consulted an irrigation specialist.
true. need a real drainage /sealing/ grading/ retaining wall specialty company. pricey but done right with a warranty.
I'm sure he charged the owner a ton of money while explaining his 180 pounds of concrete story to them. It sounds way slicker than a couple $6 bags of quickcrete from home depot.
Water will Always take the path of least resistance, therefore creating an easier path, that is capable of remaining for the life of the house, is the way to go. Plugging a route just ensures it will divert somewhere else, that might be even worse. Someone forgot(?) to install a good perimeter drain, or keep it flushed or modified properly when changes were made? They want a $ Mil, then "Reasonable" money needs to be invested in Proper repairs. At this point, just patching could make them liable for damages later. Tear the steps out and provide support for the new (sinking is also a drainage issue) so a French drain to deal with all the water, Gutter person rents a manlift. Required digging WILL mess with the Landscaping. Owner does what's needed or Reduces the Asking Price to compensate, unless a "Live One" shows up, which IS possible.
Correction: "This house WAS a million dollar home..."
😂😂😂
Some sucker actually bought the house a year later.
Via Zillow:
$950,000 Sold on 01/11/21
JFC...
Here's what's going on with steps. They are built not on solid footing, that suppose to go beyond freezing point. So the water saturation of the soil gets frozen, then expanded under the steps. Then when thawing starts, water start sipping further in these openings, caring away some of the bed soil under the step.
Thus when it opens and hollows some of it, the weight of the steps goes to move down by it's gravity, goes also sideway to the separation off the main stoop, that looks like built on the proper foundation.
It's a common mistake, when people neglect about digging down to lay down a proper foundation.
People think: oh, who cares, it's just steps, no foundation needed.
Maybe yes, but then you have to dig down anyway to lay lots of gravel down beyond the freezing point, to drain the water to avoid shifting.
Freeze has tremendous power to move soil and whatever is on it. So, when you build any attached structure or even posts for a deck, or building a masonry post for property entry, - you must go as much down as you can, right to the hard blue clay and further, if you have deeper freezing point in your area. You need to lay the footing even wider than for a house, rebars extended to the trunk of a post, or a stem wall for a structure all way to the top.
Because these forces of water and soil to freeze - will move your structure, and money will be wasted for whatever built on the top.
For retaining walls, you should also consider the french type of drainage. The taller the wall - the wider should be backing, constructed with gravel with fines, when each course of four rows of blocks should be tight up with geo grid mesh, serving as "deadman" to hold the blocks. You have to have series of these layers with this strong mesh, that pinched through with blocks.
Lots of retaining walls are failing because people naively think, that blocks are holding the dirt, when they are mostly serve as a veneer. Everything does what is behind them, the mass of stone, sand particles compacted every 8 inch by a plate compactor, and all of it connected by geo grid mesh.
In old times you could avoid this procedures, if you would build the wall in pyramid shape (if you see it in cross section), so that back fill of dirt wouldn't have mass on the bottom. The pyramid shape makes wall strong.
Water will find its way around the other side of that concrete, that wall should have been continuous the whole way
Dude, you should be embarrassed putting something like this out for public display. It's a million dollar home, in your words, not some quickie mobile home fix.
i would of just extended the concrete wall out further. Those rocks stuck into the concrete look like shit.
Yep. Makes no sense that the retaining wall was built short.
Totally agree, this handyman is actually proud of this mess that solved nothing.
Almost all water related. Very frustrating to the owners as they try to bale out.
Don't stop showing less handy man video's it's good to show buyers what to look for to help buyers for getting ripped off thanks
Will do my friend.
A real retailing wall needs to be built with proper drainage below footing level, and pulled out to daylight on the slope out back.
Got alot of balls posting this lol
Let's see some of your work, sport.
You made a patch and not a very good one. All of that should have been remove and properly graded, new drainage and aggregate for the draining and then redid the retaining wall past the patio.
Wow this is insane that this is how you actually think this will work. Got a water leak? just dump concrete in a hole and some rebar and your good. You are taking these people on a ride they are not gonna like. Wasting these people’s hard earned money. You give construction contractors who do things the right way a bad name.
No they don’t give them a bad name cause they aren’t contractors…they are scammers and that’s why if you’re a rich person having a house built, you can’t just use the cheapest bids every time and it’s their fault for not checking reviews and getting reputable companies…
@@fadex-pubgmobile6507 i disagree, how can someone know whether a company is reputable or not? How can they check reviews if there are no reviews to begin with? What if it's a new company? Didnt all companies start out somewhere?
So stop victim blaming. It's not the fault of the buyer; it's the fault of bad people doing bad things to others. Your comment is stupid
@@felixchien1664 interviews, word of mouth, knowledge of the subject... you just lack the proper tools to do it yourself/time. This wasn't how you fix the problems. French drain the basement, regrade the place he plugged that hole... Lol at a concrete plug and wood "retaining" wall.
@@brandonfreeman6517 umm, im not sure if you read my comment in full context. Im responding to FADEX saying "it's their fault for not checking reviews and getting reputable companies..."
Im saying that's just victim blaming. The people that got screwed over didnt do anything wrong; this is just bad people doing bad things that affect innocent people....
Good for the would-be buyers to walk away. Nice to see not everyone are fools.
The water is gonna seep thru your concrete pour over time.
Yeah he fixed nothing with all that concrete. I'm sure he got paid though.
You should try to sell them om the idea of using some of that wire mesh used in hole in back to fix roof gutter torn up by fallen tree. Lol. Patch it up with a little Quick Cret.
I've seen sinking concrete/stairs like this before. Soil not compacted underneath and/or steps too heavy. 4" of concrete + flagstone on top is plenty. It's horrifying how far down heavy concrete will sink on top of a non-compacted base. I believe it's called settling. Rip them out, do over. Will be cheaper than a crew and their pumper solution.
-youtube Certified Stair Guy
This is like watching the contractor before a Holmes inspection.
You can see the grade run towards the house easily, 1st problem. Gotta tear it out and redo the grading fam, you cant get away from it especially with those circumstances.
this just needs a proper drain design, maybe a sump collector at the lowest part of the yard, unless there is a discharge option. Small issues, ask for a fix or a small discount.
First thing that I spotted right of the gate was tiny little gutters all around the house. If you open the I.B.C. It has a chart which shows the rainfall and gutter size. Just about 95% of the land East of the Mississippi requires 5 and mostly 6 inch gutters to handle the watershed.
French drains as someone else said.
Non existent code enforcement to boot.
Will your work stand up for a year or will the next repair man make a video of your work failing inspection.
They need a French drain system around the property.
The top of the basement wall is below grade. Seriously, how can you mess that up?
As a construction guy... things like this makes me sick to my stomach.. just do the job right the first time and make it right don’t half ass it. When you half ass things Then you get a million dollar pile of shit
That's a Mr Fix It repair alright. Waste of time and money. That retaining wall needs to go and the new one very strong and higher than it is now all the way into the backyard. Than remove all the dirt that's around the back entrance so water naturally drains into that deep backyard and not the back entrance. Then I would remove those back stairs pour a pad for the new stairs so there not sitting in wet dirt. Can't believe that all passed inspection back in the day.
What in the heck did you do with that water drainage issue? You should have added a chanel grating system that emptied off to either the right of the wood retaining wall or went down near that drainage area near the stairs. That is not a good job.
This might be an ok job for an home owner to DIY it, but why not just install a drain right there in the corner since the plumbing is there already and build out the concrete wall?
That’s not going to work😂 I think you need to reconfigure this
Needs to be re graded or else no matter what u do problems will persist
Perimeter drain needed
I can't believe the original building inspector passed this house, considering the soil being graded towards the house and above the foundation. Unbelievable. That is guaranteed to cause problems. I think the owner could sue the builder for that.
Gotta call Mike Holmes
"It's all gotta come down"... 😂
@@richlp "EVERYTHING" 😆 🤣 😂
Your handyman videos are usually very interesting. Your prepper videos are very boring. Stick with a handyman videos
Thanks Randy for that input.
Thats not going to work. Continue the rock wall past the stairs and seal the wall with tar and water proofing.
Not even a pretty house! Crazy roofline. Dormers that aren’t proportional. Cheap windows.
We’re building homes to fall apart in 15-20 years. Total builder grade trash.
My house is 100 years and still standing.
But these turds will tell you this is the best there is, it'll last longer than Rome, bullshitbullshitbullshit to get your signature on a contract and the money 🤑. Phuqers.
Top of your Foundation wall is below grade.... wonder why the basement leaks...
No probs. Take 100k off the price and I’ll take it. I’ll get it fixed correctly by professionals.
Wow, what shoddy building. Slap it up and charge as much as someone is willing to pay to keep up with the Joneses.
Cute house but doesn't look like a million dollar one to me. Maybe $650K tops.
It's a million dollars. The realtor boosted the price. So they can get their cut first. Imagine a 20% down payment 200k down payment. Plus no refund. 😅😅
Not even 650k...with all the problems it has. Cost 200k just to fix the problems.
In Maryland, a home as such is easily 1 million.
This would be about $3.5m just north of Toronto.
Off course the water will find the way underneath this wooden "barrier". Amazingly poor work I have to say. Where did you think the water would go after you "fixed" the problem?
First 180 pounds of cement not
250 pound rock not
Wire mess and a bag of rocks more likely
Smart buyer to walk away ever heard of a fresco drain mr fix it all!!!
Regarding the giant cement plug/retaining wall issue. Where do you see the water going after it hits that plug?
Around the plug and keep eroding the ground, the guy didn’t fix jack!
Very fixable problems...silly fixes
Subdivision homes are usually built like shit regardless of the price.
Mickey Mouse Handyman go back to home depot
You provided a plug for the retaining wall. Did you create a path for actual drainage for that same water?
Main problem with this unit is that it never should have been permitted without adequate foundation drainage requirements for construction. During initial construction there should have been a water barrier / water seal coat, placed all along the foundation wall. Then a drain tile should have been placed all along the bottom with fall all around the building. Finally, there should have been a drain rock placed in the remaining trench, to within 4" of the top.
Because this wasn't done, the building is falling down the hill. That is what you see at the entry steps. the steps haven't fallen, the structure had pulled away from them. Were we to view inside the structure we would see multiple stress fractures at every corner of every wall, in particular the bearing / structural walls.
I'd also hazard a guess that the foundation was sized correctly for the soil in the summer, and a test wasn't made during the winter or rainy season. Due to this the foundations are likely undersized and or not properly secured to the hill side. We can do this with deadmen or pilings, but it needs to be done.
All together, because they didn't invest an extra $30k during construction, it's going to take around $250k - $300k to repair. VERY ROUGH estimate, conducted off this video alone, without so much as the structures size, weight, or soil report. Frankly, with all this damage, and the questionable ability to repair the cause of it at this point, I'd recommend knocking it down and starting fresh. I once had someone try to sell me a similar home. I asked what they were thinking of paying me to take it.
Good comment and your right on all points.
You're right. It's a damn shame. Could have been a beautiful, well built house. Clearly the builders are either criminals or idiots. I'd demolish and build new. I couldn't even sleep at night if I sold someone that house.