I’m sure that building a home is very difficult. Never done it myself, probably never will, but yanno, it looks hard, and complicated.

There are some mistakes, however, that seem not only avoidable, but like you’d have to go out of your way to make them.

Like the one in this video from TikTok user @inspector_aj:

“In all of my years inspecting homes, I’ve seen a lot of crap, but this is – it’s pretty up there.”

“So today’s inspection is a brand new 2025 build. Brand new.”

“This is the recessed bathtub. Pretty typical.”

“But I want to draw your attention to something over here. That is called an overflow drain. What happens if the water level in the bathtub gets too high? It obviously goes down the overflow”

“The problem with that, they caulked it up.”

“And let’s not even talk about the ****** application of caulk around the drain.”

@inspector_aj

Facepalm.

♬ original sound – The Home Inspector, CMI®

You learn so many new things to fear on the internet.

They were probably covering up a different mistake.

Or it’s a life hack?

Hey now…

Happy house-hunting, everybody.

You’d better get an instructor you really trust.

If you liked that story, check out this one about a couple who forgot to turn off their ice machine and returned home after 4 months to find their freezer had turn into a frozen cavern.