Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California
Hello,
Our home is located in orange county, California.
Upon a fire inspector's visit, our family politely asked if he could remove his shoe upon entry to our house. The inspector literally stomped out of the house and refused to inspect our home without any explanation altogether and left. We were stunned at the spot.
We had a chimney contractor who had been waiting all day for the inspector to show up (I understand that the contractor needs to be present on inspector's visit). Now he(the contractor) will have to waste another day of his time for the inspector.
My question is, under which circumstances can a fire inspector refuse to inspect a house? Is being asked to remove his shoe one of such instances? Our family would have had no problem understanding if he had just said "no thank you," and would have respected his preference.
Thank you for your help.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Maybe the inspector had a foot odor problem like Frank Costanza.
I'd need to hear the inspector's version of the story to give a confident answer, but sounds to me as though the proper approach is to discuss what happened with the inspector's superiors.
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