Between 2016 and 2022, Lou Rubino inspected six homes in New Rochelle — six jobs, each with a written report, and the photographs below come from them. Three of the six reports cover two colonials and one apartment.
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Across three of the six reports, the summaries listed 46 repair-or-replace items, most of them under the roof, chimney and attic, the kitchen and the exterior. 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.
New Rochelle is in Westchester, 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 New Rochelle 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 10804 at 1952, and about 35% of the 5,327 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 10804.
Of 5,327 housing units in zip 10804, about 85% are detached single-family houses, and 95% 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 10804.
City of New Rochelle Bureau of Buildings (Department of Buildings). 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. City of New Rochelle Bureau of Buildings (Department of Buildings). Bureau of Buildings elevated to a department Dec 2021; permits via Buildings department online portal; CO process described on the permit page.
Westchester homes fall under the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code (19 NYCRR), which applies everywhere in the State except New York City and is enforced locally by each city, town and village. Source: dos.ny.gov.
There are 100 community public water suppliers in Westchester County, overseen by the Westchester County Department of Health; about 6% of residents are on private wells. The Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities runs the county sewer districts: seven water resource recovery facilities, 42 pumping stations and 194 miles of trunk sewers processing more than 45 billion gallons a year. Septic (on-site) systems are regulated by the County Health Department's Septic Management Program under its Onsite Wastewater Treatment System rules effective April 1, 2022. The inspection reports what the house actually has and its visible condition; a cesspool or septic system needs its own evaluation. Source: health.westchestercountyny.gov.
Flood zones follow the address, not the town. OpenFEMA holds 12,259 NFIP claim records for Westchester County (FIPS 36119). Look the address up on FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center before you sign. Source: www.fema.gov.
Westchester is in EPA Zone 3 (low potential) — Zone 3 counties have a predicted average indoor radon screening level below 2 pCi/L; EPA still recommends testing every home. NYSDOH's county estimate (Feb 2007, 2,130 homes measured) is 3% of living areas and 17% of basements above 4 pCi/L, the highest of the nine areas; Cortlandt (27%), Lewisboro (28%) and North Castle (27%) basements were highest. Radon is a separate, optional test arranged alongside the inspection. Source: www.epa.gov.
Westchester's Private Well-Water Testing Law (Local Law 7 of 2007, Laws of Westchester County s.707.01 et seq., effective Nov 19, 2007) requires any property served by a private drinking-water well to have the well tested for primary and secondary contaminants when it is sold, with results delivered to both buyer and seller; leased properties must be retested at least every five years and new wells tested before first use. Source: health.westchestercountyny.gov.
Across his reports in New Rochelle, the summaries listed 46 repair-or-replace items, most of them under the roof, chimney and attic, the kitchen and the exterior. 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.
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His New Rochelle file goes back to 2016. Yours would not be the first.
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