the cheap plastic crap has started to become a deterrent for me when looking at houses of all price points. So many of them are installed incorrectly where I live, I've seen lots that are leaking into the space under the shower, or they aren't draining properly, among other damage.
Tiles and grout give you multiple fail points if installed incorrectly. Also leaves you with more crevices to clean. Additionally many full tile showers/bathrooms in many houses are 10s, yes, 10s, of thousands of dollars to be professionally installed. Literally in the process of building in the midwest, and had discussions with the vendor for bathroom installs who stated he had multiple $20-30k bathroom jobs active. Obviously that's not tile alone. If money is no hinderance then fine, go buy your tile showers. Personally, love a 42" wide shower/tub with a curved shower rod for maximum space instead of a tiny little shower box, corralled in by vertical glass. You see plastic/cheap. I see easy to clean, maintain, and in 15-20 years when the kids are out of the house, I can remodel into something more stylish/refined.
What’s great about these ones is you’re breaking down the process on how to fight these unethical cheapskates. Short vids are great cause you’re in and out but what’s nice with these longer format is the breakdown and info on how to resolve the problems. My grandfather was a builder and he would be horrified to see the things you find.
I purchased a home built in the 80s and had to renovated pretty much everything in it. I went through so much with electrician, Plummers, roofers, painters, every contractor that I dealt with left something behind and never came back to finish the ones that finish the job never came back to fix what they did wrong. I have PTSD from that experience. Having said all of that I want to thank you for doing what you do to help those homeowners. You have impacted their lives way more than you can imagine. Thank you for all you do! Much much respect to you sr.!
As a health inspector (REHS) in just a state over from you. I really do appreciate you, you inspire me to be better as a health and safety inspector everyday. My dad was a electrician his whole life; he never did sloppy work and ran his teams with integrity and professionality. Thank You CY love your work.
They keep breaking the shower enclosures because they keep having general labors doing the work that should be done by experienced tradesman to save on labor costs.
By hiring cheap, often illegal labour, they have the excuse to pay them even less. This is bad for everyone involved, even the illegal immigrants... except the builder, if they are allowed to get away with it.
PSA: Refrain from saying "illegal immigrant". Including the word 'immigrant' is a subliminal trick to insinuate they've already emigrated, which they have not. The legally correct definition is "illegal alien". Spread the word.
True, but then you got the builders paying the craftsman more, and charging the clients more. The builders definitely aren't going to eat the extra costs, and well...this is America, so, they don't have to.
DONT LET THE HATERS GET TO YOU.. I work in construction Most of my jobs are fixing other peoples crappy work like the things you point out in your videos, no attention to detail. they dont care if it will last or if a shower is watertight, I take my time and I am proud of my work. my customers are happy and they tell so many friends and family.
Plumber here, those shower units are made by Sterling. The packaging that those units come in are weak as 💩. They tend to be a little delicate also. Almost 1/3 of the units shipped are already damaged before they are even installed! I would consider these units to be builder grade. I personally would rather have a full custom tiled shower with a quality door, bench, and niches. Doesn’t add that much cost to a brand new home.
I was looking for a new shower because my house was built with a Sterling Shower. I looked at Home Depot and at Lowes. All of the display Sterling showers were broken and cracked.
A full tile shower with glass doors and a niche doesn't cost that much more than a fiberglass enclosure? 😂 it's only a 10-15,000 dollar difference, no biggie😂
@@jrobmccoy my company would typically charge $12,000 for a full custom shower. $6,000 for a cheap builder grade shower. These are remodeling prices, not new construction prices. So, if you are starting out with a clean slate, it would actually be less. Either way, worst case scenario, it would cost you $6,000 more for a shower that will easily last 40 years vs. a shower that will last 20. Pay now, or pay later, choice is yours. Sorry, this comment was aimed at HarryDirtay.
@@jrobmccoy These can be used on cheaper homes. The homes they're building out in AZ are $300-400k range. $10k x 2 bathrooms is nearly an extra 10% on top of the $300k. If I had the choice of paying $300k or $320k on 2 identical homes with the only difference being what the shower is made of, I'd go for the $300k home and so would most people. Most people don't actually care for tile showers. As long as it looks decent and works, that's all they need.
My house was built in 1900. A very small craftsman. Over the last three years I’ve updated it. The workmanship in the original house was wonderful. Whatever updates they did since then were a little shotty. But still absolutely nothing like these new houses. I think people need to not dismiss the old houses. Yes, a lot of them take some work, but when you have good bones, at least you have a nice foundation to start with. These new houses don’t seem to have any foundation at all.
I wouldn't buy a home less than 40 years old, or even older. My home is 1963 and I can hardly drive a nail in the main floor joist when I'm down in the basement. The wood is that solid. I always wonder why people do not scrap (save) the old lumber in houses that get torn down? I know they do for old barns but why not older homes?
@@bertroost1675 some places this happens....when the Gates Estate (Xanadu 2.0) was being built Gates was sourcing 2nd hand materials from all over the Puget Sound area
its a double edge sword. this implies complicated structures and windy documents are required for anything and everything, that you and I know are mostly BS and meaningless if there is ethics. where there's no ethics and workmanship, then the rest is just trust. it cost money and time to take anything to court, this is in addition to the stress and anxiety.
@@cyfyhomeinspections 6k views in 4 hours. You seem to be growing pull. More videos would get that pull, though it's a grind on top of your full time job. Aren't you fighting a defamation case on top of that too? I imagine you would need to hire it out to a talented individual or small team to get that content out there quickly enough. You're doing great work! Keep it up.
The problem is these are all big corporate companies and they don't care about quality, just how fast they can sell the houses and have an army of lawyers and money to throw around.
I have learned a lot from watching Cy’s videos, biggest is never trust a multi billion dollar home builder! It’s good for Cy, but sad that he has to make all this money off bad builders.
Thank you for living with integrity, honesty, professionalism!!!! I never could have imagined that the consumer could be so ripped off by builders and inspectors! You’re a super hero!!!!👏👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Can't say thank you enough for your care in detail and genuinity! Our home here in AZ is very depressing, poor build quality. Wish I knew about you before!
I’ve worked for a few big contractors, building inspector jobs are often highly valued and dispersed due to the opportunity for huge under the table bribes. The impact on the buyers is a non factor, you are the mark. I worked on a nightclub remodel in Kansas City in the 70’s, complete gut job, lots of neon lighting and early electronics, new kitchen and bathrooms, literally dozens of subs on site every day. I got stuck with night watchman because the outfit was out of Texas and I was drinking buddies with the owners son, so I had more trust somehow 😂. You could see the place from I-70, a beehive with contractors trucks fighting for space. I’d seen inspectors driving by but thought nothing of it, it was a big, complicated job but I knew I’d never seen one on site, and that’s just not how it works. I thought they must have already gotten their cut and were leaving us alone. But, one morning there was a knock on the door and a committee waiting for me. They had an hour or so to wander the site before anyone turned up for work, and told me we didn’t have permit one, the city hadn’t even been informed that there was work being done. I was floored at the audacity of my boss, how irresponsible it was considering the investment. But. Work stopped for two days. My drinking buddy told me $15,000.00 had been literally put into a grocery store paper bag and handed to a bagman. Work began immediately, subs were even okay with it, they didn’t have to do any permit work, no reporting requirements for anything, and they got paid for the two days. What I finally realized was that there was no paperwork, no attorneys involved in the permitting process, it was a system with a lot of advantages for builders. But it came to me later that the inspectors waited until work had reached a certain stage, driving by multiple times, until they knew tons of money had been spent and they were ripe for the picking. A good education. So, I really appreciate your work, its importance is so much underrated.
I love these videos. Although I am not a home buyer, nor do I live in Arizona, but I LOVE these long form videos. Please do more of these when you have time!! I know you are busting these builders and making sure people get the homes they paid for, but please, we LOVE the longer content!!
My Wife and I are getting ready to start looking for our Dream Home. I am so thankful for your channel, it has educated me on things to look for as I start looking for a new home in Barry County MI.
I'm a former resident of Terrace Oaks by Meritage Homes, and my experience with this builder was highly disappointing. They demonstrated a blatant disregard for quality and customer satisfaction. During the development of my former neighborhood, Meritage Homes neglected to include adequate drainage for the entire area. As a result, many residents, including myself, had to either rely on Meritage or hire third-party contractors to install pop-up drains in their yards. One of my neighbors experienced severe flooding issues, with a retaining wall creating a waterfall effect in their backyard every time it rained. Another neighbor's back porch would frequently flood, with water even entering their home on multiple occasions.
I purchased a home built in the 80s and had to renovated pretty much everything in it. I went through so much with electrician, Plummers, roofers, painters, every contractor that I dealt with left something behind and never came back to finish the ones that finish the job never came back to fix what they did wrong. I have PTSD from that experience. Having said all of that I want to thank you for doing what you do to help those homeowners. You have impacted their lives way more than you can imagine. Thank you for all you do! Much much respect to you sr.!
Retired AZ contractor here. I like this guy! That said, I recently installed a prefab shower for myself and it SUCKED. I made it work but the whole design was crap and it took forever to install. In the olden days the one piece units were pretty bulletproof but they had to be installed early in the framing phase and were of course more subject to damage. This kind of product should be engineered and designed with Ikea like specifications for the lock together components. That would make thiese kinds of problems disappear.
We moved around a lot as a kid. Always into brand new tract homes. My dad would visit the sites regularly to inspect the work himself and then have it fixed. I think that it helped that he was catching the problems while they were still easy and relatively cheap to fix. But still, he shouldn't have had to do the homebuilder's job for them.
Loving it!!! The average person would have given up. You are really a hero. Impeccable integrity. Keep the videos going. I tell EVERYONE about you. Love you Cy ❤❤❤❤.
If they were an honest builder and an inspector caught something one of the builders workers did they’d likely be thankful. It protects you and let’s you deal with the problem. It’s only dishonest builders trying to con people that get mad.
GOD BLESS YOU SIR... YOU ARE SUCH A BLESSING TO HOMEOWNERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT U DO AND THE VIDEO'S 😊 BE BLESSED... I know u r making A LOT of builders MAD but they should be accountable for NOT doing the jobs right the 1ST time. Can't find the WORDS to express my appreciation for you.
That is exactly what happened to my ex husband with DR Horton in Hawaii. I had to fix it they refused under warranty. Come to find out the whole neighborhood had the same issue. Just last week I found out my home here in Anderson Ca was built by DR Horton in 2007 and both my tub and shower were cracked and damaged because of no support under them. When my neighbor told me who the builder was and that she had both tub and shower replaced with mold just five years into living in the home I started looking closer at things. It seems they not only installed broken tubs and showers but install them wrong in many of their subdivisions. I have also found no J boxes and wires coming straight out of the wall attached to fixtures. Granted my home is 17 yrs old but it shows you how long their deceptive practices have been going on.
keep going Cy. I have been a tradesman for over 25 years. You highlight what I have said is a problem for a least 10 or 15 of them. I literally moved across the country to return to the one builder I had worked for that actually does shit the right way no matter what. We are not perfect. But I would welcome an inspector like you. Anything you did find, my company would jump right to fixing it correctly. But chances are, the big boss will see it first and it will already be fixed before any inspector has a chance.
When the governing body cannot even spell "caulk" correctly, it tells you all you need to know. Between your videos and some of the others I see on social media, the lack of care and gross incompetence of some builders you showcase is absolutely staggering. I'm the installation manager for a company that does more industrial type construction. In my field, millimetres count and sloppy ethics can cost lives. I couldn't imagine delivering a product to a customer with such substandard workmanship. It really is refreshing to honest people like yourself that upholds their integrity to do things right. I can only imagine how discouraging it must be to be constantly battling these dicks. Keep fighting the good fight.
After watching your videos, im actually more confident I could build a better house than one I buy. And if I ever do, I would surely hire you to inspect it at multiple steps to ensure I haven’t made any mistakes.
I know this story makes great content, but you are good man for going over there and helping even though she went with another inspector. It's tough to give away time especially when it relates to your skills and expertise and the fact that in general our personal time seems to evaporate so quickly these days.
loved the long form video. You got a brain on you, hence why you can do what you do. Much love man. Im the same way. I belong to an org, we rent a local church for our affairs, every time i bring up an issue to the church they never fix it and cheap it out. Or they fix it cheaply. Im gonna stop pointing ish out. They have had a gas leak for going on 15 weeks now from a new install changeout double combi boilers. wall hung.
Love the work you do, and love even more how mad the homebuilders get trying to get away with their substandard work done by inept trades that they don't oversee. They want to do 'business as usual' which you're catching and making them fix, THEN they're going the legal route to try to silence you. Funny how if they just took care of business the first time, you'd be OUT of business. lol
Thanks for being an honest inspector. I’ve been in HVAC for 24 years and the quality of work I see out there is so subpar that it’s hard to not think someone is getting paid off to sign off on these homes. I think they should mandate that you can’t hang furnaces and air handlers by chain strap to the unit. I think it should be industry standard to use all thread and see channel now I’m hearing that it’s no longer code to have to use an emergency drain pan if you have, a float switch and then I see people flat plating not using Plenums As well as not using a transition between the furnace and the coil, there’s no way that should pass an inspection. Another thing I see almost 80% maybe more of the zone systems I come across are not installed correctly mostly on new home builds
Sterling showers and tubs are a quality product that rarely get installed correctly. Over the years we have been made to install mortar under Sterling tubs, felt pads, caulk the corners. The issue is storage. If you were to go to Ferguson or Farnsworth Wholesale, you will find Sterling tubs and showers stacked 10 high in the rain and desert heat. In busted up boxes and blown around in the wind. Custom homes are the worst in many cases. As a Licensed Plumber, I find the fact that I can hire 200 guys that are untrained to plumb houses work as journeymen in the field and sell this as professional plumbing. I personally believe that cheap labor = cheap work. And it's not even cheap anymore. Paying 600K for a 200K home that is a POS has got to be upsetting to say the least.
@@chipcook6646 Nothing against unions, but that doesn't mean much. There are unlicensed plumbers that could plumb circles around a pipefitter. There are also pipefitters that could plumb circles around unlicensed guys. Let's not get too far out ther sir.
CY, I love that you do this. I can't believe these builders even argue with you anymore. They should just do what you say otherwise they get murdered on social media. The cost-benefit makes 0 sense as a business owner.
The owner who lost the complaint pushed the expert's analysis when they should've focused on the facts which is what I guess the ROC is more interested in. You're doing great work in creating public awareness and I'm not even in the same continent as you ..hehe, watching from the UK. Keep the great work.
I moved out of the Valley and to Northern Arizona last year. I wish Cy could've inspected the home I purchased. The inspector said the master bath shower was in working order. In fact the 24 y/o shower was leaking under the pan. It was a crap builder-grade shower that I don't think was ever installed correctly. The first time I took a shower in it I noticed rough caulking on the seams. Then the floor went squish squish under my feet and sewage oozed up. Then the showerhead pipe fell out of the wall. Needless to say, I'm almost $30K poorer, but I have a beautiful new master bathroom.
Dude just the fact that you help someone out for free when you didn't have to speak volumes about your character. My brother says he knows you cuz he lived out there. You are seriously helping out a lot of people by putting these videos out. My parents got completely screwed on a half million dollar house out in the middle of nowhere. You could have made several videos on their house keep up the good work brother
We have a home in this community by the other builder. We also had a problem with the shower in the guest bathroom. From the beginning it was yellow and it squeaked terribly when we stepped in it. We asked about it and they sent a cleaning crew. The tub was yellow again pretty much the next day and of course squeaky/loud AF. We complained again. Finally at the almost one year check, they came, looked at it, and someone slipped and told me that the tub was yellow due to sun rot and not installed right. The builder did finally replace it but like why so much back and forth!? It was frustrating. We also had a problem in the same bathroom with a toilet leak, turned out the toilet was installed incorrectly. We found out because we put the Clorox blue tabs in the bowl. So the little leak showed blue lol. Otherwise we would have probably thought it was water from showering since it was still a very small leak. Thankfully for this issue they didn’t fight it and fixed it right away. But they had to break the bathroom floor and it was a 3 day job. Why do they do crap work to begin with? SMH. I’m always happy to see your videos pop up here or on IG reels/tiktok. You sure put them all in their place. lol
I love how you used a friendly reminder that you are a well-viewed Content Creator on TH-cam with your inspection media to send off. Showing them that "Hey, all this is public, so if you don't fix it, the public will have your head."
Of course you beat them all they have is denyel, lies and bad homes>>> but you have UNDENIABLE TRUTH, VIDEOS AND WORK ETHICS/ LIFE ETHICS 😮😂😂 KEEP UP THE GOOD ETHICAL WORK THEIR LIES CANT TOUCH YOU 😂😂😂❤❤❤
I don't do this full time. If they are breaking showers they need to SLOW down and do it right. We did a job at retirement home we had to replace three showers one was a custom fit. The other two were those four piece units. We had some fitment issues but instead of forcing it we addressed and and made adjustments it got the fitment correct. I don't know if it is youthful exuberance and doing it as fast as they can or developer setting unrealistic timelines. The group I work with are older 50+ and not doing the same thing all the time and ATD about our work.
Cy i commend you to sticking to The Right Standard and also encouraging the owners to force these rip off builders to deliver what they charge for and promise. I'm pretty sure the model homes don't have there obvious defects and neither should all the other customers. Slow it down and build them right !
I went and checked my shower because it leaks around the seal and yup its broken. I had this home inspected before I bought it and the inspector was crap. There is a outside faucet that leaks also. I am having to cover all the repairs myself because this home wasn't new when I bought it.
Million dollar homes and they are installing the cheapest plastic trash ever. I have seen 200k and 300k homes with full tile showers.
I was wondering about that myself. You'll never catch me installing cheap plastic garbage in my homes....
the cheap plastic crap has started to become a deterrent for me when looking at houses of all price points. So many of them are installed incorrectly where I live, I've seen lots that are leaking into the space under the shower, or they aren't draining properly, among other damage.
Makes perfect sense that they'd be cutting corners in both materials and workmanship. What a goddamned joke. lol
Tiles and grout give you multiple fail points if installed incorrectly. Also leaves you with more crevices to clean.
Additionally many full tile showers/bathrooms in many houses are 10s, yes, 10s, of thousands of dollars to be professionally installed.
Literally in the process of building in the midwest, and had discussions with the vendor for bathroom installs who stated he had multiple $20-30k bathroom jobs active. Obviously that's not tile alone.
If money is no hinderance then fine, go buy your tile showers.
Personally, love a 42" wide shower/tub with a curved shower rod for maximum space instead of a tiny little shower box, corralled in by vertical glass.
You see plastic/cheap. I see easy to clean, maintain, and in 15-20 years when the kids are out of the house, I can remodel into something more stylish/refined.
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There's only one Cy - but America needs more people like you 😎
Yes and No! The builders NEED to have More Pride and Efficacy in their work!!!!
Straight up we do
I wish I could upvote this more than once.
Anyone know anyone like CY in las vegas area 🙏 thank you
Came here to say the same.
HAHAHAHA OMG this guy is amazing. Arizona builders NEED a guy like this keeping them honest.
Love seeing longer videos Cy. Love to see these more frequently.
Not nearly as many people watch the full vids as they do the shorts.
@@ChuckWoodThis is the first longer video I got notification for. I didn't know he did longer ones.
Need to get more people to watch them. 2k views is nothing compared to the 90 mil views
What’s great about these ones is you’re breaking down the process on how to fight these unethical cheapskates.
Short vids are great cause you’re in and out but what’s nice with these longer format is the breakdown and info on how to resolve the problems.
My grandfather was a builder and he would be horrified to see the things you find.
I need full 90 min episodes 😂😂
In a world where it seems like everyone is ripping you off and a person doesn't know who to trust, thank you for your hard work.
The city should also be held responsible for allowing this to continue
Its them that should be ensuring all homes are built to spec. Sue them all, drive the bad ones out of business.
We need thousands of inspectors like this honest man covering the states
I'm so glad we had a trusted builder (family friend) build our house five years ago. We have had NO problems.
I purchased a home built in the 80s and had to renovated pretty much everything in it. I went through so much with electrician, Plummers, roofers, painters, every contractor that I dealt with left something behind and never came back to finish the ones that finish the job never came back to fix what they did wrong. I have PTSD from that experience. Having said all of that I want to thank you for doing what you do to help those homeowners. You have impacted their lives way more than you can imagine. Thank you for all you do! Much much respect to you sr.!
As a health inspector (REHS) in just a state over from you. I really do appreciate you, you inspire me to be better as a health and safety inspector everyday. My dad was a electrician his whole life; he never did sloppy work and ran his teams with integrity and professionality. Thank You CY love your work.
They keep breaking the shower enclosures because they keep having general labors doing the work that should be done by experienced tradesman to save on labor costs.
What happened to hiring skilled craftsman? They are too busy hiring non citizens to save money ??!! 😢
By hiring cheap, often illegal labour, they have the excuse to pay them even less. This is bad for everyone involved, even the illegal immigrants... except the builder, if they are allowed to get away with it.
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PSA: Refrain from saying "illegal immigrant". Including the word 'immigrant' is a subliminal trick to insinuate they've already emigrated, which they have not. The legally correct definition is "illegal alien". Spread the word.
True, but then you got the builders paying the craftsman more, and charging the clients more. The builders definitely aren't going to eat the extra costs, and well...this is America, so, they don't have to.
DONT LET THE HATERS GET TO YOU.. I work in construction Most of my jobs are fixing other peoples crappy work like the things you point out in your videos, no attention to detail. they dont care if it will last or if a shower is watertight, I take my time and I am proud of my work. my customers are happy and they tell so many friends and family.
People like you restore my faith in humanity ✅ ty Cy 😎
He ain't pay worth nothing. That's why he gets chitty work.
Plumber here, those shower units are made by Sterling. The packaging that those units come in are weak as 💩. They tend to be a little delicate also. Almost 1/3 of the units shipped are already damaged before they are even installed! I would consider these units to be builder grade. I personally would rather have a full custom tiled shower with a quality door, bench, and niches. Doesn’t add that much cost to a brand new home.
I was looking for a new shower because my house was built with a Sterling Shower. I looked at Home Depot and at Lowes. All of the display Sterling showers were broken and cracked.
A full tile shower with glass doors and a niche doesn't cost that much more than a fiberglass enclosure? 😂 it's only a 10-15,000 dollar difference, no biggie😂
@@HarryDirtay when these homes cost $1M, a tile shower bring the home cost up to $1,010,000.00.
Basically still $1M dollars.
@@jrobmccoy my company would typically charge $12,000 for a full custom shower. $6,000 for a cheap builder grade shower. These are remodeling prices, not new construction prices. So, if you are starting out with a clean slate, it would actually be less. Either way, worst case scenario, it would cost you $6,000 more for a shower that will easily last 40 years vs. a shower that will last 20. Pay now, or pay later, choice is yours. Sorry, this comment was aimed at HarryDirtay.
@@jrobmccoy These can be used on cheaper homes. The homes they're building out in AZ are $300-400k range. $10k x 2 bathrooms is nearly an extra 10% on top of the $300k. If I had the choice of paying $300k or $320k on 2 identical homes with the only difference being what the shower is made of, I'd go for the $300k home and so would most people. Most people don't actually care for tile showers. As long as it looks decent and works, that's all they need.
My house was built in 1900. A very small craftsman. Over the last three years I’ve updated it. The workmanship in the original house was wonderful. Whatever updates they did since then were a little shotty. But still absolutely nothing like these new houses. I think people need to not dismiss the old houses. Yes, a lot of them take some work, but when you have good bones, at least you have a nice foundation to start with. These new houses don’t seem to have any foundation at all.
^shoddy
Todays Cracker Box Homes are built by penny pinching Hack and Slash Contractors!
I wouldn't buy a home less than 40 years old, or even older. My home is 1963 and I can hardly drive a nail in the main floor joist when I'm down in the basement. The wood is that solid. I always wonder why people do not scrap (save) the old lumber in houses that get torn down? I know they do for old barns but why not older homes?
@@bertroost1675 some places this happens....when the Gates Estate (Xanadu 2.0) was being built Gates was sourcing 2nd hand materials from all over the Puget Sound area
Ask any attorney if "wording matters" and they will tell you that Yes, wording is extremely important and wording does matter.
its a double edge sword. this implies complicated structures and windy documents are required for anything and everything, that you and I know are mostly BS and meaningless if there is ethics. where there's no ethics and workmanship, then the rest is just trust. it cost money and time to take anything to court, this is in addition to the stress and anxiety.
Especially when dealing with lazy bureaucrats that just want to sit at their desk and draw a check.
I will give up my Oxford comma when they pry it from my cold dead hands.
At first didn't really like this guy. Now he is a freaking hero.
Cy, you are an American Hero. Period.
Please do more long form videos like these!!!!!
Need more views. People just don't watch them...
@@cyfyhomeinspections 6k views in 4 hours. You seem to be growing pull. More videos would get that pull, though it's a grind on top of your full time job. Aren't you fighting a defamation case on top of that too? I imagine you would need to hire it out to a talented individual or small team to get that content out there quickly enough. You're doing great work! Keep it up.
I remember a day so long ago when these builders and contractors actually took pride in their work and building a house people want to live in.
The problem is these are all big corporate companies and they don't care about quality, just how fast they can sell the houses and have an army of lawyers and money to throw around.
@@SilvaDreams which is why many people are looking at older houses or buying land and putting their own house built.
Living in Canada 🇨🇦 yet bingeing on these videos 😊
The attention to detail to find these important flaws is impressive.
This never gets old.
I’m sure it does for cy lol
@@Special1Guy 🤣
Amen!!! But isn't sad that these videos exist?
I have learned a lot from watching Cy’s videos, biggest is never trust a multi billion dollar home builder! It’s good for Cy, but sad that he has to make all this money off bad builders.
CY you are a genius, Master inspector.
I'm not american, let alone Arizonian, but you're a gosh darn hero. Godspeed.
You are fantastic! I wish we had guys like you everywhere.
Thank you for living with integrity, honesty, professionalism!!!! I never could have imagined that the consumer could be so ripped off by builders and inspectors! You’re a super hero!!!!👏👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Can't say thank you enough for your care in detail and genuinity! Our home here in AZ is very depressing, poor build quality. Wish I knew about you before!
I’ve worked for a few big contractors, building inspector jobs are often highly valued and dispersed due to the opportunity for huge under the table bribes. The impact on the buyers is a non factor, you are the mark. I worked on a nightclub remodel in Kansas City in the 70’s, complete gut job, lots of neon lighting and early electronics, new kitchen and bathrooms, literally dozens of subs on site every day. I got stuck with night watchman because the outfit was out of Texas and I was drinking buddies with the owners son, so I had more trust somehow 😂. You could see the place from I-70, a beehive with contractors trucks fighting for space. I’d seen inspectors driving by but thought nothing of it, it was a big, complicated job but I knew I’d never seen one on site, and that’s just not how it works. I thought they must have already gotten their cut and were leaving us alone. But, one morning there was a knock on the door and a committee waiting for me. They had an hour or so to wander the site before anyone turned up for work, and told me we didn’t have permit one, the city hadn’t even been informed that there was work being done. I was floored at the audacity of my boss, how irresponsible it was considering the investment. But. Work stopped for two days. My drinking buddy told me $15,000.00 had been literally put into a grocery store paper bag and handed to a bagman. Work began immediately, subs were even okay with it, they didn’t have to do any permit work, no reporting requirements for anything, and they got paid for the two days. What I finally realized was that there was no paperwork, no attorneys involved in the permitting process, it was a system with a lot of advantages for builders. But it came to me later that the inspectors waited until work had reached a certain stage, driving by multiple times, until they knew tons of money had been spent and they were ripe for the picking. A good education.
So, I really appreciate your work, its importance is so much underrated.
I love these videos. Although I am not a home buyer, nor do I live in Arizona, but I LOVE these long form videos. Please do more of these when you have time!! I know you are busting these builders and making sure people get the homes they paid for, but please, we LOVE the longer content!!
My Wife and I are getting ready to start looking for our Dream Home. I am so thankful for your channel, it has educated me on things to look for as I start looking for a new home in Barry County MI.
It's good to see someone fighting for what is right. A hero in my book.
I love the work you do, sir. The world is in desperate need of good souls like yourself. Thank you.
I'm a former resident of Terrace Oaks by Meritage Homes, and my experience with this builder was highly disappointing. They demonstrated a blatant disregard for quality and customer satisfaction. During the development of my former neighborhood, Meritage Homes neglected to include adequate drainage for the entire area. As a result, many residents, including myself, had to either rely on Meritage or hire third-party contractors to install pop-up drains in their yards. One of my neighbors experienced severe flooding issues, with a retaining wall creating a waterfall effect in their backyard every time it rained. Another neighbor's back porch would frequently flood, with water even entering their home on multiple occasions.
I purchased a home built in the 80s and had to renovated pretty much everything in it. I went through so much with electrician, Plummers, roofers, painters, every contractor that I dealt with left something behind and never came back to finish the ones that finish the job never came back to fix what they did wrong. I have PTSD from that experience. Having said all of that I want to thank you for doing what you do to help those homeowners. You have impacted their lives way more than you can imagine. Thank you for all you do! Much much respect to you sr.!
Retired AZ contractor here. I like this guy!
That said, I recently installed a prefab shower for myself and it SUCKED. I made it work but the whole design was crap and it took forever to install. In the olden days the one piece units were pretty bulletproof but they had to be installed early in the framing phase and were of course more subject to damage.
This kind of product should be engineered and designed with Ikea like specifications for the lock together components. That would make thiese kinds of problems disappear.
We moved around a lot as a kid. Always into brand new tract homes. My dad would visit the sites regularly to inspect the work himself and then have it fixed. I think that it helped that he was catching the problems while they were still easy and relatively cheap to fix. But still, he shouldn't have had to do the homebuilder's job for them.
God bless you brother.
Your doing a great job.
We all love you .
You're doing an awesome job for all homeowners!
Rare to find an inspector that actually cares
Loving it!!! The average person would have given up. You are really a hero. Impeccable integrity. Keep the videos going. I tell EVERYONE about you. Love you Cy ❤❤❤❤.
We need people like you here in Louisiana. Keep up the good work and God bless 😊
Thank you for making all of these long form videos for us. You have inspired me to become a home inspecotr in my own home state. Power on, brother!
I wish we had someone like you in Utah. You are saving people from a lot of heartache and holding builders accountable. You're so so needed
A strip of blue tape is a builder’s nightmare 😂😂😂
Only bad ones. Good ones see them and say "thank god don't have to look all day for the problems"
I bet😂😂😂😂
If they were an honest builder and an inspector caught something one of the builders workers did they’d likely be thankful. It protects you and let’s you deal with the problem. It’s only dishonest builders trying to con people that get mad.
Keep on keeping on. Consumers and patients need heroes.
GOD BLESS YOU SIR... YOU ARE SUCH A BLESSING TO HOMEOWNERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT U DO AND THE VIDEO'S 😊 BE BLESSED... I know u r making A LOT of builders MAD but they should be accountable for NOT doing the jobs right the 1ST time. Can't find the WORDS to express my appreciation for you.
Cy is best. I love telling people about your videos too lol people are shocked
That is exactly what happened to my ex husband with DR Horton in Hawaii. I had to fix it they refused under warranty. Come to find out the whole neighborhood had the same issue. Just last week I found out my home here in Anderson Ca was built by DR Horton in 2007 and both my tub and shower were cracked and damaged because of no support under them. When my neighbor told me who the builder was and that she had both tub and shower replaced with mold just five years into living in the home I started looking closer at things. It seems they not only installed broken tubs and showers but install them wrong in many of their subdivisions. I have also found no J boxes and wires coming straight out of the wall attached to fixtures. Granted my home is 17 yrs old but it shows you how long their deceptive practices have been going on.
keep going Cy. I have been a tradesman for over 25 years. You highlight what I have said is a problem for a least 10 or 15 of them. I literally moved across the country to return to the one builder I had worked for that actually does shit the right way no matter what. We are not perfect. But I would welcome an inspector like you. Anything you did find, my company would jump right to fixing it correctly. But chances are, the big boss will see it first and it will already be fixed before any inspector has a chance.
When the governing body cannot even spell "caulk" correctly, it tells you all you need to know.
Between your videos and some of the others I see on social media, the lack of care and gross incompetence of some builders you showcase is absolutely staggering. I'm the installation manager for a company that does more industrial type construction. In my field, millimetres count and sloppy ethics can cost lives. I couldn't imagine delivering a product to a customer with such substandard workmanship.
It really is refreshing to honest people like yourself that upholds their integrity to do things right. I can only imagine how discouraging it must be to be constantly battling these dicks. Keep fighting the good fight.
Great work CY! Your the GOAT!
Not all heroes wear capes.
No, they wear huge sun shade hats.
Truly the hero we need, not the one we deserve. Thank you Cy!!!
Hold the builders accountable ... thank you ... I love you ...
You are such a great man of integrity.
After watching your videos, im actually more confident I could build a better house than one I buy. And if I ever do, I would surely hire you to inspect it at multiple steps to ensure I haven’t made any mistakes.
I know this story makes great content, but you are good man for going over there and helping even though she went with another inspector. It's tough to give away time especially when it relates to your skills and expertise and the fact that in general our personal time seems to evaporate so quickly these days.
loved the long form video. You got a brain on you, hence why you can do what you do. Much love man. Im the same way. I belong to an org, we rent a local church for our affairs, every time i bring up an issue to the church they never fix it and cheap it out. Or they fix it cheaply. Im gonna stop pointing ish out. They have had a gas leak for going on 15 weeks now from a new install changeout double combi boilers. wall hung.
Using the YT award as a straight edge was a nice touch.
Veterans need people like him!!!!
God bless and may this year be more prosperous than the last. You're a good man.
Love the work you do, and love even more how mad the homebuilders get trying to get away with their substandard work done by inept trades that they don't oversee. They want to do 'business as usual' which you're catching and making them fix, THEN they're going the legal route to try to silence you. Funny how if they just took care of business the first time, you'd be OUT of business. lol
Bless you for Standing Up to Honorable Upbringing!!
Thanks for being an honest inspector. I’ve been in HVAC for 24 years and the quality of work I see out there is so subpar that it’s hard to not think someone is getting paid off to sign off on these homes. I think they should mandate that you can’t hang furnaces and air handlers by chain strap to the unit. I think it should be industry standard to use all thread and see channel now I’m hearing that it’s no longer code to have to use an emergency drain pan if you have, a float switch and then I see people flat plating not using Plenums As well as not using a transition between the furnace and the coil, there’s no way that should pass an inspection. Another thing I see almost 80% maybe more of the zone systems I come across are not installed correctly mostly on new home builds
Sterling showers and tubs are a quality product that rarely get installed correctly. Over the years we have been made to install mortar under Sterling tubs, felt pads, caulk the corners. The issue is storage. If you were to go to Ferguson or Farnsworth Wholesale, you will find Sterling tubs and showers stacked 10 high in the rain and desert heat. In busted up boxes and blown around in the wind. Custom homes are the worst in many cases. As a Licensed Plumber, I find the fact that I can hire 200 guys that are untrained to plumb houses work as journeymen in the field and sell this as professional plumbing. I personally believe that cheap labor = cheap work. And it's not even cheap anymore. Paying 600K for a 200K home that is a POS has got to be upsetting to say the least.
Union pipe fitters and companies vs semi skilled idiots.
@@chipcook6646 Nothing against unions, but that doesn't mean much. There are unlicensed plumbers that could plumb circles around a pipefitter. There are also pipefitters that could plumb circles around unlicensed guys. Let's not get too far out ther sir.
Hold builders and city inspectors accountable
CY, I love that you do this. I can't believe these builders even argue with you anymore. They should just do what you say otherwise they get murdered on social media. The cost-benefit makes 0 sense as a business owner.
I absolutely LOVE your videos. Wow! How would I go about finding a reputable home inspector that's on their job?
Bro said “let’s go see if the neighbors have the same problems…” like he knew the exact cause of the issue XD
I have mad respect for you. Keep doing what you are doing.
It is scary that with the housing cost going up so much we have worse houses than the late 80s and early 90
The owner who lost the complaint pushed the expert's analysis when they should've focused on the facts which is what I guess the ROC is more interested in. You're doing great work in creating public awareness and I'm not even in the same continent as you ..hehe, watching from the UK. Keep the great work.
bro to a builder your blue shirt must intimidate
Literally saving strangers tens of thousands on a cancelled contract.
That's what happens when your shower gets installed by some day laborer picked up in the Home Depot parking lot.
This
I appreciate you sharing your experience
I moved out of the Valley and to Northern Arizona last year. I wish Cy could've inspected the home I purchased. The inspector said the master bath shower was in working order. In fact the 24 y/o shower was leaking under the pan. It was a crap builder-grade shower that I don't think was ever installed correctly. The first time I took a shower in it I noticed rough caulking on the seams. Then the floor went squish squish under my feet and sewage oozed up. Then the showerhead pipe fell out of the wall. Needless to say, I'm almost $30K poorer, but I have a beautiful new master bathroom.
Nevada needs someone like you.
Good stuff. Greetings from a Detroit home inspector.
I like your straight edge, well deserved.
Keep up the awesome work, sir. Much respect!
Really, they should be ashamed of their work
Dude just the fact that you help someone out for free when you didn't have to speak volumes about your character. My brother says he knows you cuz he lived out there. You are seriously helping out a lot of people by putting these videos out. My parents got completely screwed on a half million dollar house out in the middle of nowhere. You could have made several videos on their house keep up the good work brother
I love your "straight edge."
I’m a painter. I want to be a home inspector. I see so much. Builders today are full of jokes. No one listens to the painter😂😂
Outstanding video and presentation.
Taking down corporate greed! We need more of this in all areas.
Love what you’re doing here is AZ
We have a home in this community by the other builder. We also had a problem with the shower in the guest bathroom. From the beginning it was yellow and it squeaked terribly when we stepped in it. We asked about it and they sent a cleaning crew. The tub was yellow again pretty much the next day and of course squeaky/loud AF. We complained again. Finally at the almost one year check, they came, looked at it, and someone slipped and told me that the tub was yellow due to sun rot and not installed right. The builder did finally replace it but like why so much back and forth!? It was frustrating.
We also had a problem in the same bathroom with a toilet leak, turned out the toilet was installed incorrectly. We found out because we put the Clorox blue tabs in the bowl. So the little leak showed blue lol. Otherwise we would have probably thought it was water from showering since it was still a very small leak. Thankfully for this issue they didn’t fight it and fixed it right away. But they had to break the bathroom floor and it was a 3 day job. Why do they do crap work to begin with? SMH.
I’m always happy to see your videos pop up here or on IG reels/tiktok. You sure put them all in their place. lol
My hat to you, keep the amazing job.
I love how you used a friendly reminder that you are a well-viewed Content Creator on TH-cam with your inspection media to send off. Showing them that "Hey, all this is public, so if you don't fix it, the public will have your head."
Of course you beat them all they have is denyel, lies and bad homes>>> but you have UNDENIABLE TRUTH, VIDEOS AND WORK ETHICS/ LIFE ETHICS 😮😂😂
KEEP UP THE GOOD ETHICAL WORK THEIR LIES CANT TOUCH YOU 😂😂😂❤❤❤
You sir are doing Arizonians such a huge favor!
You are such a CHAMPION.💥👌☮️
PLEASE start a national business (start with Utah!) with trusted inspectors that meet your standards!
AZ first
@@cyfyhomeinspectionsthen Nevada, then Washington State...
@@cyfyhomeinspectionswith all the construction in pinal county you're going to be busy for the foreseeable future..... And beyond!
I don't do this full time. If they are breaking showers they need to SLOW down and do it right. We did a job at retirement home we had to replace three showers one was a custom fit. The other two were those four piece units. We had some fitment issues but instead of forcing it we addressed and and made adjustments it got the fitment correct. I don't know if it is youthful exuberance and doing it as fast as they can or developer setting unrealistic timelines. The group I work with are older 50+ and not doing the same thing all the time and ATD about our work.
Cy i commend you to sticking to The Right Standard and also encouraging the owners to force these rip off builders to deliver what they charge for and promise. I'm pretty sure the model homes don't have there obvious defects and neither should all the other customers. Slow it down and build them right !
Man wish you were my home inspector.
I love the tee shirt. Very clever 😂🤣😂
The builder needs to have its license suspended.
I went and checked my shower because it leaks around the seal and yup its broken. I had this home inspected before I bought it and the inspector was crap. There is a outside faucet that leaks also. I am having to cover all the repairs myself because this home wasn't new when I bought it.
Sorry to hear