Printing out my new kitchen as we speak!

Licenses should be suspended or cancelled when they find these kinds of things.

Fake sticker outlet? That's some real Southern ingenuity right there. (This happened in Tennessee).

The same people half-assing every single job are the ones who bitch the loudest that "nobody respects the trades".

Somebody should lose a license over that. It's outright fraud... but the trades get away with it. There's ZERO accountability. If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself.

Electrician here, that particular in use cover actually comes with that fake outlet sticker,definitely gave someone some ideas

‘Looks good to me!’ Check it off and move on! It’s 5 o’clock somewhere!😂😂😂

Never buy a home without an inspection unless you are prepared for stuff like this. Even with an inspection, they'll cut every corner short they possibly can, including risks that might set the home on fire.

If you think this is bad, wait until you find out that over 90% of "new construction" homes built in America fail even the very minimum federal & state standards. The only reason they are still sold, is because there is so much corruption involved, that inspectors will rubber-stamp their approval for inspections, and most major home construction corporations have been committing wide-spread fraud for decades.... its the norm nowadays. So unless you oversee the construction yourself, or have a home design firm or trusted GC (general contractor) oversee every step of the home... you're likely getting ripped off. But this doesn't include "spec" homes, which are typically of higher quality.

That is unbelievable. Builders in the US are something else

"Exterior, Attics, and Crawspaces, those are places people never look when buying a house." That's funny, whenever someone I know buys a house I always ask to look in those places.

Shocked by a piece of paper? I’m an electrician and that’s a new one, lol 😂

We recently bought a new build and even the inspectors half ass the inspections. They are better than nothing, but you need to educate yourself and understand what needs to be checked.

I have to wonder if that picture of the GFCI was part of the display packaging, like when you buy stuff in a bubble pack at the store, and it shows what the finished job will look like. (who would go to that extra trouble anyway?) Good chance an inspection found broken exterior covers and someone added replacements with no intention of an upgrade because you can't buy the old style covers these days. OTOH, the media has to hype it up because that's what they do!

Gold star inspection: That ain't right

Sounds like this was the model house and they rushed to get it ready for customers to see how the houses will look in the community but forgot to fix the outlets when selling the model home itself. My house I live in was also the model house but way way back built in the 1950s, my house is the first one in the community, and you can see something funny, they actually built my house at first without a garage and then they added it after the fact, the reason is that there is brick siding on the wall facing the garage so they built it as an exterior wall, then they added the garage, the result is I have a 2 car garage but unlike the other homes mine is like extra deep for some reason they built it 2x deep so room for 4 cars, 2 deep, no idea why, all the other homes look the same but have a normal 2 car deep garage. Funny stuff is done to the model homes it seems, they play and experiment with it but might also do strange things to it.

But CyFy only works in Arizona

I'm interested in what the root issue was with the outdoor outlets. No GFCI? You don't need to upgrade it meets the original installation of the house and in good working order and grandfathered in. Building codes are updated every year, and no house is having things ripped open every year to be updated.

Those pictures of the GFCIs are paper inserts that come with the covers. They could have just forgot to remove them. Exterior outlets are not required to all be GFCIs, they just have to be protected by a GFCI.

they need to find the ones responsible and fire them

Omg. Stickers.

As a home inspector, repairing fake outlets is a minor problem when compared to the big issues. If this is your only issue then consider yourself lucky. It should be fixed and will cost a bit but is still very minor, just trying to put this into perspective.

Some breakers can have two lines coming off per code and manufacturers guidelines

Wish the home inspector that checked the place I'm in was as thorough as this guy. Lots of bad thing's were missed in my place like ungrounded outlets to a section of roof that was not replaced when the rest of the roof had been. The non replaced shingles of my roof are in a blind spot.

Always get an inspection done. Greetings from Detroit.

That contractor should be sued and he should lose his license.

Lawsuit time.

I purchased my home with no inspections paid cash no big problems a few plumbing leaks I fixed myself and some upgrades needed. Just sold my second house guy payed cash and waved all inspections. If you have basic knowledge what to look for you'll be ok.

Something needs to be done. I’m hearing about things like this all the time now. I’m seeing a lot of shoddy work in people’s homes where “they hired a professional”. I tore out a basement bath that looked like shit on the outside and was a nightmare inside. I was talking about the terrible job someone did and a dummy that lives down the road acted like I didn’t know what I was talking about and stressed the fact to me that the previous owners “hired a professional to do that”. The shower, walls, and trim on the outside didn’t even look professional.

I only sell my homes "as is" I will not make repairs to a house I am selling. My current home can't pass an inspection and I won't have one done. It will be the buyers responsibility. I want my home to bring local taxes and home values down when I sell it below market value.

I don't trust home inspectors either. They go around the house with an iPad and take pictures of stuff that isn't even an issue. Not all of them have construction experience.

I'm not there so I don't know. But I'm assuming he checked the inside GFIs. A lot of times they put the GFI inside because it keeps it safer from the weather. Depending on the breaker you may be allowed to put two wires under the lug.

I am confused. The sticker looks like a placeholder that gets put on new outlet boxes, the outlet in the video with the sticker has plug ins in it already. So was the sticker just left by accident?

I did this on April fools day at a new build we were doing. There was only temporary power at the street but I put two of these in the house, everyone kept trying to plug into them haha

I believe that most of these problems are house flippers and doing the work themselves. If you looking at buying a house ask that question with the realitor and if so take extra precautions and be with the inspector while this is taking place. 95% of contractors are good and have good intentions in doing it correctly. I find that the home owner wants it done as cheap as possible and some contractors will follow there instructions, that is when the contractor should walk away when discussing the job if he wants it that way.

It’s like the fake girlfriend I have because I never removed the demo picture from the frame I bought

The real crime is houses being priced so high.

Wow! That's the kind of 'work' you'd expect to see in China.

That should be criminal offenses and not just civil

Really you almost have to have two home inspections done because sometimes one of them doesn't do a thorough job. Check them against each other.

Thay use a picture of this as a funny in our electrical code class we take😂😂

Get a home inspection prior to occupancy.

There is a condition called a False Ground. This is when a jumper is placed from the ground lug to the neutral terminal of an outlet. This fools basic outlet testers to show that the ground is good when it is not to code and potentially dangerous. Usually this happens with older two wire cables and a three prong outlet is used. More sophisticated testers check for False Ground and other conditions to make sure the wiring is good. I recommend spending the extra money to get a more sophisticated tester.

Hi, we were wondering, when can we expect to get paid for those outlet stickers you ordered and we shipped and you forgot to send us money for??

I found a contractor that's half your quote. Meanwhile Cheap guys work. Always go with personal recommendations and proven work history. Yes the experienced tradesmen is going to want "to much money".

Wow the economy has gotten so bad and people are allowed to do this!

That fake sticker is just what comes in the box when you buy it

A crooked real estate company? Never! 😂

So.... about 2:04 the dude points to the breakers and says they should only have a single wire. He's wrong. 100% wrong. Even if he actually looked closer and was right, he'd still be wrong. How are we supposed to trust this news story at all?

Just when you’ve thought you saw it all

Damn bro used a sticker that’s crazy

Even Tim Taylor would have done better than that 👀

The electrical outlet stickers were outside outlets like the post said that you showed on air not indoors.

America - the land of Grifters! 🇺🇸 The inspector isn't wrong when he said this never happened in the past. So what changed?

Watch out inspector a billion dollar home building company may also try to sue you for "bullying" them hahahaha

The homeowners had to see those outlets the pictures just dont do them justice

You just can't trust people anymore, everyone seems like they are trying to take advantage of you, it's like you have to watch them like a hawk

That picture is not "inside the home"

We do not respect the lazy ones.correct

I was an insulator for a while its bad out there ive seen some scary things

It takes 5 minutes tops to change an outlet and that's if I stop to answer my phone

You would trip the breaker on panel, instead of GFCI on outlet. Sometimes those are redundant, but code is code, and the person was paid to do something they didn't do. What a mess.

NAME THE CONTRACTOR!

The pizza was also just a picture. Very dry

I’m glad 2018 is over…

I've printed fake outlet stickers and put them on walls near tables in fast food joints for people to try to plug in their cellphone chargers.😆

Name the company!

We’re living in China now, Chimerica

WOW! Thats a new low...

Could be a switched outlet.

Electric can cause house fires. Super important.

that is bazzar damn

😂 I just can’t

Wow unsafe and violates nec code

Hacked This is bad.

😂😂😂 naw it looked fake from the get go lol look bottom left corner. And if u really can’t telll the difference between paper and plastic it’s ur fault. As a home owner u can’t trust anyone u have to atleast look at the work before he leaves or something 😂

Good lord!!

Cheap fakes -KJP

Now, if you want to buy a home you need to wave the inspection. It's crazy

Fake news. That’s not a sticker. It’s an insert. It comes with the exterior outlet box when you buy it new. The interior outlet that didn’t work was probably a switched outlet. Turn the switch on. 🤣

lots of scamola goin' round

Capitalism

LOL

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😂😂😂😂

🤣🤣

If you purchased a home and they had sticker outlets, you deserve to get scammed. You don’t deserve a home because you don’t have enough intelligence to maintain that home.

Poor rich people😢

heh, I painted my sink conections silver because insurance wanted me to replace them. Screw that, green is not a bad color.