I’d report it. Unacceptable. Inspectors are supposed to be defenders of standards in the interest of public safety. Wearing masks and taking precautions during a pandemic are supposed to protect public safety. Either this guy is concerned for public safety or isn’t. You know the answer.

People like that do not deserve to be in positions of public trust and authority.

And yes, some inspectors are just power-tripping a-holes by nature, but until people start pushing back against that culture and demanding different, it won’t change.

I’d unquestionably report it. Most “good” inspectors are really, really bothered by this and usually the ones that become supervisors are those good ones.

Your in-laws are members of a vulnerable population that needs to be protected and part of that protection is being respectful and taking reasonable steps (like wearing a mask) to do so. It really isn’t too much to ask at all. As an alternative can they defer the inspection for a few months in the hope that there will be a vaccine by then?

I do like JYL's Lysol plan...

Perhaps your in-laws should have been off site during construction if there is that much activity in their home ( probably opens a different set of safety issues) Also, the inspector is the contractors concern. Your in-laws don't need to be anywhere near him. The contractor should have dealt with the issue and implimentded a post inspection clean to make the home owner feel at ease.

Let him in to do what's needed but your in-laws should stay in a different room and/or as far away as possible and with their masks on.

That should take care of any issues with virus potential....and be the easiest way forward.

When I was doing in home estimates there were some people that would ask me to take off my shoes. I always complied. It is their home after all. The guy is a rude dick.

the guy is a Dick.

plain and simple.

reminds me of a story. my friend was hot/heavy for this japanese girl. she like him as well. score!! we went to go visit her. he was on friggen thin ice anyways..we get there, he refuses to take off his shoes before entering the house. hahha..

game over on all fronts.

the inspector is a public servant type...i would have put on a mask, and taken off my shoes if needed. hahha.

i havent seen Lysol in my area for months. :( i liked that stuff before covid.

I would take the 0.037% chance

I was running my 1973 Porsche 911 in the garage last week not realizing I was building up CO in the process. Because the garage is under the house (entire floor plan), I ignored the inevitable! A few hours later the CO meters went off on the two floors above the garage. CO levels were rising above 70 ppm, so I called the fire department and the local gas company. Both the firemen and the gas inspector came into the house all not wearing masks. I thought that was odd. I had five guys all over the house with CO meters looking everywhere a gas appliance (water heater, furnace (2), dryer, gas stove and oven) was to be found. My wife and I kept our distance, but I never questioned why these agencies were not complying with local mandates to wear masks. The levels came down sufficient to stay home and not evacuate. They never realized it was my Porsche as CO levels in the garage were no higher then the second floor. After several hours they left. Lessons learned for me was that older Porsches put out a lot of CO, CO alarms are a MUST in every home and I cannot trust my firemen or gas guy to comply with wearing a mask.

What an unpatriotic piece of ****.

No. The lesson learned here is you were smart not to sell your '73 911 - like some other dumbazz here......:(

open the windows and put fans on. around here there are only one or two inspectors for each town. there are no replacements. sometimes have to wait weeks for them to come back from vacation. Seriously though my family wouldnt let him in even if he did have a mask. Wait till covid is over to get work done

There you go. I spent the first two years of college working as an appliance repairman. I had clients who requested that I remove my shoes before I entered the house. No way would I have not complied, and in a friendly manner. It was a pain in the ass when I had to go back to the van for a tool or a part, put the boots back on, take them back off - but I was there to serve them, and I behaved appropriately.