Home Inspector recommendation for older home in Lake Travis w/ property septic (Georgetown: houses)

[gjockey]

Hi,

I'd appreciate recommendations for a home inspector that has experience with older homes in Lake Travis. The property I am looking at is comprised of 3 structures.

- A 2,500 sq ft main house from 1975 with it's own septic
- A small guest house from 1970 with it's own septic
- A dilapidated lake cottage (80 feet from the lake) from 1970 located below the 100 yr floodplain. At one time, it had a bathroom but was apparently dismantled and now has an empty room with no fixtures although you can see several pipes for water in and out and the floor flange in the concrete slab for the toilet.

The main house appears fine and maintained, the guest house appears rough but the cottage is what concerns me the most. Looking at it with a contractor, it wasn't clear if the cottage is hooked up to any septic system. Looking at the Travis appraiser site, this cottage lot is listed as having a bathroom so I am assuming that means in 1970 it was hooked into some type of septic?

Anyway, my main concern about finding an inspector is to have somebody with knowledge of how houses were built in Lake Travis in the 70's and to be knowledgeable about permitting back then and now. Since the cottage is below the floodplain and close to the lake, I'm afraid I'll have limited/no ability to renovate it properly if it's haywire.

Thanks --- John

[Moonlady]

I can't tell you about a home inspector per se, but I will tell you that most of them don't inspect septic. You need to call a septic tank company to come out and do the inspection. It will run you at least $700. We just did one last year when we bought a house that had been in a trust and nothing was known of its history. There are two trustworthy companies I've dealt with - All American Septic and Vega. Septic is goverened by the county, so you might be able to contact the permitting office for Travis and see what they have for records also.

[TexasHorseLady]

Some home inspectors also do septic. Out here in Georgetown, where half the houses are on septic, that's important! OP, I'll send you a name via DM, per the TOS.