In 2015, Lou Rubino inspected one home in Chester — one job, one written report, and the photographs below come from it. The report describes a ranch.
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The summary listed 13 repair-or-replace items, most of them under the kitchen, the roof, chimney and attic and the electrical system. A repair-or-replace item is HomeGauge's term for something that was not working as intended or needed a specialist's look — it is not a verdict on the house, and the full report explains each one with photographs.
Chester is in Orange County, and Lou covers it from his base in Wantagh the same way he covers every other place on this site: same licence, same report format, same-day report as a rule. The count above is history from his own files, not a service boundary — call or text 516-330-3870 and he will quote the actual property.
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All three photographs are from Lou's own Chester inspection reports, chosen because they show a building component and nothing that identifies a property or an owner.
The Census puts the median year built for homes in zip code 10918 at 1982, and about 13% of the 4,607 housing units there were built before 1940. An older house is not a worse house, but its wiring, plumbing and roof were installed under different rules and replaced piecemeal, which is exactly what the inspection looks for. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates, tables B25035 and B25034, ZCTA 10918.
Of 4,607 housing units in zip 10918, about 74% are detached single-family houses, 3% are two-unit buildings, and 82% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. A two-family or a co-op is a different inspection from a detached house: shared systems, common areas and what the board or the other unit controls. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2019–2023 5-year, tables B25024 and B25003, ZCTA 10918.
Village of Chester Building Department. Permits and COs are kept by the municipality, not the inspector; checking them is a records search, usually through your attorney. The inspection reports the condition of what is there and flags work that typically needs a permit — a finished basement, a dormer, a moved panel — so you know what to ask about. Village of Chester Building Department. towns.json says Rockland but Chester 10918 is in ORANGE County. ZIP covers both the Village of Chester (this office, 845-469-2388 x243) and the Town of Chester outside the village (Town Building Department: https://chester-ny.gov/town-departments/building-department/, 845-469-7000 x7); confirm which governs the parcel.
Across his report in Chester, the summary listed 13 repair-or-replace items, most of them under the kitchen, the roof, chimney and attic and the electrical system. Every one is in the written report with a photograph; see what a report looks like.
Lou quotes the actual property, not a flat rate — what drives the price is size, age and what is included. The written report arrives the same day as a rule; a large or complex house can run to the next morning. Call or text 516-330-3870.
Lou covers Long Island, the five boroughs and Westchester from his base in Wantagh, and the archive behind these pages shows where that work has actually concentrated.
His Chester file goes back to 2015. Yours would not be the first.
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