Inspectors as Movers We often get asked why we didn’t move something during the course of our inspection, and every answer we give always comes back to insurance concerns. We do not know what’s in the boxes, how much an item might have cost, or the special history of any item, so our insurance precludes us from moving something and possibly damaging it. Even the unlikeliest-looking item could be a priceless heirloom, or a priceless heirloom or artifact could be in that common cardboard box. We don’t like to damage things (we do feel pretty bad when it happens), but even when we do, we still don’t like paying for it. So we don’t want to be paying for something that someone said we broke or damaged (it might already have been broken or damaged), like the last known picture of Grandma or the priceless Ming vase from China (what’s it doing in the attic if it’s so priceless?). Unfortunately, there are plenty of horror stories in the home inspection industry about inspectors moving things and damaging them, and our insurance premiums are already too high, so we just don’t move things. Additionally, if we were to move only one item, we might be asked why we didn’t move every item. Where do we draw the line? Obviously, time constraints preclude us from moving every item, so, again, we just don’t move things; it’s either all or none. Remember, home inspectors are not movers, and we do not know of any movers who are home inspectors. They are two different professions.