Furniture Inspector Pillows

"She says she's from Quality Control. We've failed the furniture inspection."

'I found the termites!'

There is nothing more satisfying that peeling the film off a brand new building.

Fuel bill gone through the roof

'No, this metal stress can't be fixed with liberal doses of antidepressants.'

"Maybe the termite problem should take precedence over the chimney problem."

'I found the home maintenance manual in the attic. I think it's got mildew.'

The Big Book of Suspicious Crawl Spaces

"Oh it's not haunted, it's just really old and nothing works."

'The roof needs icing.'

'I don't care if it's a little storage room for King Tut, you still need a building permit and contractor's license.'

'Sorry mate. Your church doesn't meet the minimum building code.'

"Homes on Holmes"

Cutaway view of house undergoing renovation

Dave cut costs and now realizes that in order to pass inspection, he may have to arrange a marriage between his daughter and the building inspector's son.

'My building inspector just doesn't understand me.'

'We're waiting for an estimate that doesn't make him do that.'

"It's not so much a fixer upper as a tear it downer."

"I know it looks fine, but let's get an engineer's report and a termite inspection just to be on the safe side."

'That's subsidence Sir Bryan - The charts are over here.'

"Yes, Madame, Teletubbies."

"Office of quality assurance"

'It's not so much the distance to your proposed mini-mall site, but that I'm not as familiar with your galaxy's zoning laws as I'd like to be.'

"You've got a real fungus problem. You'll have to move out until it's taken care of."

'Oh no. The building inspector. He's worse than the Pharaoh.'

"Well, we could just tell everyone we have an indoor pool!"

'Keep your feet on the joists, Cedric.'

'Don't worry. The first 30 years of being an inspector are the hardest.'

The builder had said there would be some settling after the house was finished, so really the home owners shouldn't complain.

"I now recognize the basement was a bad idea."

“It’s a pre-war building, but you’ll see they’ve kept most of the details.”

'I hate the new building inspector. He can smell fear a mile away.'

Under New Mismanagement

Authentic Rinkelmier chair (Built 1723)