"Tim Fischer" wrote in message
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If it's really half-assed, bad work that never met code he'll probably
bring it up, but if you can convince him you inherited it, you're probably
ok. If it's stuff that once met code but no longer does, you're ok. If
it's somewhere inbetween, it's kind of up to the inspector. If it's
unrelated to the job at hand and you explain that you're slowly bringing
everything up to code, you're probably fine.

If, on the other hand, you created the situation due to prior bad work of
your own, then you deserve what you get g

-Tim

P.S. I wouldn't "throw a blanket" like the other post said, that would
arouse lots of suspicion and prove that you were trying to hide something.
It doesn't sound like it will be an issue then. I'm not trying to hide
anything so much as I'm fully aware that the house does in fact need a lot
of work. The laws were much more lax in 1960 than they were today so I was
wondering what he would say about all that half-assed work they did back
then. It's a catch-22 situation for me. I need him to pass the work on the
box so that I can start in on fixing the crappy work they did back then.
But I don't want him to fail the work for the box simply because the rest of
the house needs repairs.