Inspection Footage

In the Santa Teresa hills south of San Jose, a general contractor I know has documented every one of his jobs for six years on a waterproof action camera clipped to his tool belt. He is now in a dispute with a client over a garage floor coating that allegedly failed eight months after installation. […]

In July 2023, I photographed a structural repair to an adobe wall on a 1940s ranch house in Oro Valley, north of Tucson. The repair covered a 14-foot section where moisture infiltration had compromised the adobe over two monsoon seasons. The contractor replaced eight blocks, repointed surrounding courses, and applied a mud stucco coat. My

The restaurant was a 90-seat Midtown Atlanta spot that had been running brunch service six days a week, and the kitchen exhaust hadn’t been cleaned to a documented standard in at least 18 months. When the insurance carrier flagged the gap in the service record at renewal, the owner needed more than a technician’s sign-off.

The house in Almaden Valley was a 1964 Eichler — flat roof, floor-to-ceiling glass on the garden elevation, post-and-beam construction with exposed fascia and no eaves on the south side. I was shooting the living room for a listing in June 2023, and the south-facing glass wall was full of 10 a.m. summer light. The

The crawl space under a 1958 ranch on a Cambrian Park cul-de-sac was 22 inches at the access hatch and 14 inches at the far end under the kitchen, and the seller’s disclosure said the house had been bolted to its foundation in 2009. My buyer wanted proof. I have shot every inspection on video