legal disclosure
When it comes to our legal disclosure, you can count on Lady Wildcat Justice to tip the scales to favor our clients. I am glad to say I’m old enough to remember when I could walk into my bank and borrow money with a “signature loan”. That meant I was not required to provide any collateral whatsoever. I also recall when transactions between buyers and sellers and service people could be handled based on a promise and a handshake. Unfortunately, that’s no longer true.
It is not the lawyers’ fault! There were lawyers back then as well. It’s simply a matter of social discourse over the years. So, we feel the need to spell out a few things so there’s no misconception about the service we provide. In short, our intent is to do the best job we know how to do for which we expect to get paid a fair and reasonable sum.
1. Our website legal disclosure in general
It seemed to be prudent to begin our legal disclosure with a few words about us as inspectors. After all, that’s what you came to our website for. As home inspectors, we are meant to be generalists, not specialists. We follow the TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION (TREC) Standards of Practice (SOP) rules. During our inspections all components designated for inspection in accordance with the rules are inspected. That is unless we bring them to your attention by checking the “Not Inspected” or “Not Present” check boxes.
Our inspection is visual only. Therefore, the components must be accessible at the time of the inspection. The inspection is not an exhaustive investigation. Therefore, we will sample a representative number of the building components where viewed. We do not perform destructive testing or dismantling of building components. Our goal during the inspection is to put a home buyer in a better position to make a buying decision. However, not all improvements will be identified during this inspection. Therefore, unexpected repairs should still be anticipated. The inspection should not be considered a guarantee or warranty of any kind.
As part of our legal disclosure, we want our clients to understand there are limitations to our inspection. That’s because many components of the home are not visible during the inspection. Also, very little historical information is provided in advance of the inspection. While we can reduce your risk of purchasing a home, we cannot eliminate it, nor can we assume it. In short, even the most comprehensive inspection cannot be expected to reveal every condition you may consider significant to ownership.
2. NO GUARANTEE OF ACCURACY
The Wildcat Team does not guarantee in this legal disclosure that any information on this web site is accurate and up to date. Instead, we present information contained in this web site to you “AS IS” and only intended to be general summary information to the public. Consequently, it is not intended to take the place of either written law or regulations. In short, we make no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained in or linked to this web site and its associated sites.
3. Code reference legal disclosure
Wildcat Inspections and its inspectors are not code enforcers. We do know the codes and have used them throughout our careers. In fact, the inspector’s training curriculum is primarily based on codes. We want to let you know in this legal disclosure, that we just don’t cite them during an inspection. We may include actual code citations and/or references on this site and/or in some of our inspection reports only as a means of reference and strict interpretation should be left to those certified in such matters.
The laws and building codes change very rapidly. Besides that, the laws and building codes differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. They are also subject to interpretation of the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) and the courts located in each county. Legal advice must be tailored to the specific circumstances of each case, Because of that, the tools and information provided to you may not be an appropriate fit in your case. In conclusion, the advice of the municipality’s code official (AHJ) or legal counsel overrides anything you see on this website.
4. Links to other sites
Our website has links to many other internet sites. You are subject to that site’s privacy policy when you leave our site. We do not do business with the federal government and are not 508 (accessibility) compliant. We are not responsible for Section 508 compliance on other sites you might visit or any federal or private web sites. That’s also part of the legal disclosure.
5. NO ENDORSEMENT INTENDED
We may reference a specific commercial product, process, service, manufacturer, or company on this web site. But, doing so does not constitute its endorsement or recommendation by Wildcat Inspections. The same goes for any of its inspectors. Also, as part of our legal disclosure we are not responsible for the contents of any “off-site” web page. That includes anything that is referenced from this server or any information you might obtain thereof.
6. Our blog legal disclosure
Wildcat Inspections is not responsible for providing content in our blog that is accurate, complete, or suitable for any purpose. We do not monitor the blog daily. Therefore, a third-party comment might not be seen. The responsibility for the accuracy of third-party statements lies solely with that party. As the site owner, we are not responsible for offensive statements made by third parties. Lastly, we do not endorse third party statements.
That concludes this legal disclosure. Thanks for stopping by.
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