I need help to individualize each bedroom and bathroom

[David Nasser]

When I generate report to review...I only see one bedroom. ( for example master bedroom)  When I save report and go back in to do another room. The generate report shows only that room ( for ex. guest room) Im looking for separate pages for each room.

David

[Dominic Maricic]

Edited 7/12/10: Check out the animated tutorial: http://www.homeinspectorpro.com/Home-Inspector-Pro/How-To-Work-With-Multiple-Bedrooms-Bathrooms-Etc.html

Hi David,

I know I already responded to you via email. Just in case anyone else needs the question answered (and so people don't think we ignore the board!), here's the answer.

If you want a separate page for each room click edit template click bathroom, click copy as many times as you need, and do the same with bathrooms. When it asks for the name of the copy give it the title you want like Master Bedroom. You also might want to click bathroom first, click locations on the right and delete I as you want need the locations tab. Let me know if this makes sense!

Dominic

[Patrick Bolliger]

I have used the same technique as Dominic stated for a multi-unit building Inspection.
You will have two things happen.  More information to fill out and more time needed to complete your report.   Some HIP users are packing all the rooms / units inspected under one tab and just use the description/location in the sub-category. Your report will increase in size like mine did.  Large reports like mine can be overkill..  90 + pages and hours of work..
Not worth the $ / hour factors..  Grocery store bagger makes more money at some point.   

[John Adrian Sopher]

So Patrick, what are you suggesting?  Are you saying don't do it Dom's way?  Is there another way you have come up with?  You could always use the Texas template.  It goes by system and not by the room. 

I personally find it confusing when I read reports where someone has grouped all the rooms together and use a descriptive format to pinpoint the problem.  In my mind it seems like clutter.  I like things neat and organized.

You are right in saying it makes it longer in time and length, but I would rather do that for my customers than make them read through clutter.  And ultimately they are the ones that are going to approve or disapprove of the format.

[Dominic Maricic]

Patrick,

I was kind of confused by what you're saying too. Mind to elaborate? Obviously there's a few ways to lay things out.

1. You can do it completely system by system like the Texas template where all plumbing is one one section all electrical is in one section etc. Then you point out a problem and where it exists withing that section.

2. You use the default where it's per room but there's one bathroom & one bedroom section. You list the locations for the bathroom & bedroom, i.e. Master #1, Guest Bathroom #2, 1/2 Bath Downstairs #3. Then as you're going through the bathroom tabs you add a comment to black/red then add #1,#2, or #3 (or a combo of those) at the end of the comment. This creates a legend at the top of the page and keeps the page shorter and condensed.

3. You go completely one section per room and go to edit template and click copy for each bathroom and bedroom you have.

I'm sure there's even some other variations out there!

[Bob Elliott]

Dominic I find the best way is system by system combined with individual sections for Kitchen and Bathroom.

The rest of the interior has far fewer comments , so there is really no need for say a separate Dining Room and Living Room section as they fit nicely under Interior together.

The time consumption comes mainly in reduplicating material comments.

Do you really need a separate D/R walls are Drywall followed by L/R walls are drywall.

You can get click happy that way.

I have considered making the top half of the report reserved for all the material comments as another option.

[William R. DeVries]

I follow Bob's way, Interior is everything but Bathrooms and Kitchen, the drop down in Interior areas can be used to pinpoint the area for attention, living room, dining room, family room, den, recreation room, home office, media room, after a while you loose the client in all the drywall/plaster walls, dry at time of inspection. it becomes very repetitious, bedrooms are unique and as are bath rooms.
defect recognition specialist, observe and report.

[Steven Turetsky]

If I understand what you are saying, I think I already do it Dominicks way.

All I do is choose which bathroom I want to describe.

[Gary Fitzgerald]

Yea I did it forgot to save it so I had to do it again but it works just as Dom said. I do inspections the same way I estimate my escrow and get ready for sale work. I look at every inch of every room so individual works best for an old dog like me.

[Dominic Maricic]

Glad you got it working okay Gary. The flexibility is great as it lets the program fit each inspector and also allows them to differentiate themselves from each other, even when using the same program.

Domini