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No, I do not believe I ever said Trip Hazards only exist outdoors, I would have perhaps said they are only scored outdoors. When we cite a Trip Hazard in a Unit, the property does not lose any points for this. When we cite a Trip Hazard on the Site, the property loses about 5 or 6 points. This, by t...

If the HVAC systems serves only the one unit, it would be inspected as part of that unit, even if it is positioned within a Common Area like a shared basement or attic. We would not normally go into an attic if it requires the use of a moveable ladder.

If we saw a downspout that was damaged, we would cite the downspout damage and of we saw the damage was caused by overgrown vegetation, we would cite the overgrown vegetation as well – both defects would be cited.

Required by whom? Not by us as UPCS inspectors. We merely operated the window to see if it works. We do not have a deficiency called “dirty window sill.” We DO have a deficiency called Windows/Damaged Sills . We would cite a deficiency if we found a window sill that is damaged, but we do not “requir...

There’s a flaw in your question, in that it offers us an either/or choice that does not exist. If the owner could possibly repair the issue as we conduct the inspection, we would still cite the defect we observed. This applies to all defects, not just daylight around a door. The owner is not require...

This depends on the issue. If it is considered life threatening, it must be fixed in 24 hours. If it is not life threatening, a repair may not be required at all.

There is no requirement that flammable materials be stored in a cabinet – but we can cite the flammable materials defect if we believe that they are being stored unsafely. It is then up to the property management to determine how they can be stored safely. And, this is difficult to grasp, but REAC d...

Assuming that the unblocked window provides a means of egress, we would not cite this. We only need two means of egress from each area. Now, if the blocked window is inoperable, we would still cite that issue, but we would not call it an egress issue.

Each individually named a defined defect… each Area/Item/Defect… can only count once. If I am citing multiple occurrences of Site/Mailbox/Missing Damaged, it only counts once. Same goes for Site/Fences and Gates/Security Fence Damage and/or any other Site defect. In a single Unit, for example, we co...

Correct, we would cite the defect because it does exist. However, there is a procedure by which the property might appeal this to get their points back after-the-fact. See http://reacguru.com/appeals/#Modernization This is beyond the knowledge of the average inspector – it is something that a consul...