Bill Coull passed on through the veil to eternity in 2010. We greatly miss our self-pronounced “Curmudgeon Indagator”.
Based on Staten Island near the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, Bill’s company
performs home inspections on Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens and in central
New Jersey.
Bill is a structural-mechanical engineer (Polytechnic University) who got
bored with designing production machinery and started selling real estate.
Before long, he was teaching NY State Licensing Courses and running ads: “We
Buy Houses All Cash, Any Condition.”
You can imagine the quality of the houses people were desperate to get rid
of - especially if no bank would finance them. Bill bought them, resurrected
them and put them back into the mainstream.
In 1978 the phone calls from lawyers started: “Please help my home buying
clients by performing a pre-purchase home inspection.” By 1979, Bill
stopped selling houses and concentrated on inspecting and evaluating them.
Before long, he hired some full-time employees and became a certified member
of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI #1015). He now serves on
the Standards of Practice Committee.
 Eight thousand bungalows, houses, mansions, multi family dwellings, warehouses
and factories later, Bill is still out there every day, personally evaluating
buildings. So far, his highly-skilled team of professionals have inspected
and written reports on over 21,000 houses. They take great pride in these
reports, and guarantee buyers that the information contained in them will
be 100% accurate.
Yes, Bill is still teaching but has expanded his courses to include hazardous
substances in homes: including asbestos, lead paint, radon, carbon monoxide,
formaldehyde, high moisture levels, molds, mites, allergens, pesticides, pressure
treated lumber and candle burning. The latest cutting-edge issues.
In 1987, dragged by his wife Barbara, he bought a vacation house in Bucks
County PA. Three houses later, he now commutes across the State of New Jersey
every day from PA to NY and raises sheep on a gentleman’s farm. Seriously
thinking about retiring 15 to 20 years from now. Absolutely loves his job…
Bill Coull
Wm. Coull Associates Ltd.
505 Britton Avenue
Staten Island, New York 10304
Bus. Phone: 718-816-xxxx
Fax 718-816-xxxx
You can find Bill on the web at www.coullinspections.com.
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