Altamonte Springs is an established Seminole County community with a large share of 1970s and 1980s housing, plus a significant number of condominiums and townhomes. That era of construction has a fairly specific list attached to it, and we work through it deliberately.
Electrical panels are the first item. Certain brands installed widely in that period are now viewed unfavorably by insurers and by many electricians, and identifying one early changes both your budget and your insurance conversation. Supply plumbing is the second: polybutylene was installed in Florida homes from the late 1970s until it left the market in the mid-1990s, which puts a good deal of Altamonte housing squarely in scope. Drain lines are the third. Cast iron has a finite life in the ground, and homes of this age are at or past the point where it starts to matter.
Then there is the air conditioning, which in a house this old has almost certainly been replaced at least once. Replaced is not the same as replaced well. We look at whether the equipment actually matches the ductwork and the load, whether the condensate line is routed and trapped properly, and whether the air handler closet has been quietly wet for a while.
Our job is to tell you plainly what is original, what has been updated, and what is next in line.
