Get a professional roofing consultant or a reputable roofing company to do an inspection.
Buying a home with no attic access.
2 the attic access opening may have been removed during a remodeling.
For example a past renovation might seal up an attic access panel in the ceiling entirely.
Actually there was never an attic.
I own a split level home with a cathedral ceiling in the living room.
They are usually only for insulation anyway.
Or the homeowner might have a bureau placed in front of an attic door.
My company has come across this scenario on the past.
There is a house right next door that is a mirror image of the house we want to buy it was built by the same contractor at the same time this home was built.
This is something that should be negotiated with the seller before you proceed with the transaction.
I d hire a separate inspector for the roof.
You can build a home with or without an attic.
I can tell you that it is a real pita sometimes.
We talked to the people who live next door and they bought the house when it was built in 2008 when it was new and it has no attic access either.
About 3 4 times per year for the last couple of years water drips into the living room window.
Our living room looks similar to the one in your photo.
As with any other part of a home inspection attics must be accessible.
There is access to the eaves but nothing up to the roof itself.
I know there is ventilation up there from the bathroom on the second floor but no direct roof access.
There is no attic above that part of the house.
A critical part of the property is not accessible so do not go forward with the transaction until it is.
A nice little cape.
So im possibly buying a house.
If there is a problem with the roof it.
If it s a vault or there is no attic access in a standard attic space.
In addition many inspectors will not include attic spaces if easy and ready access isn t available.
Just put your insulation in the roof and don t build the traditional attic make it a loft.
This is not a good sign.
If they aren t inspectors are not required to gain entry by heroic means.
I noticed there is no attic access.