What it looks like is someone did a repair on the roof, maybe installing new valley. And then they used those shingles (the deterioration ones), to tie into the other section of roof. The shingles they used for the repair, are low quality, and that is why it is showing that it looks like it has to be replaced. You can tell this by seeing the different shades, of shingles, and how they go up in a jigsaw manner.
Wow. You have good eyes. I actually did a inspection on the roof. The deteriorated shingles were brown and the surrounding is grey. My roofer is saying I should just do the shingles as patch might not pass home inspection. Not sure how true that is.User452441 wrote: ↑ What it looks like is someone did a repair on the roof, maybe installing new valley. And then they used those shingles (the deterioration ones), to tie into the other section of roof. The shingles they used for the repair, are low quality, and that is why it is showing that it looks like it has to be replaced. You can tell this by seeing the different shades, of shingles, and how they go up in a jigsaw manner.
If those specific shingles could be taken out, and new ones put in would depend on the quality of the shingles next to it. Could they handle a repair. Looks like 50/50, and could not tell for sure unless you put a pry bar in there, and try to separate them from each other.
i think it's important to know that there is no "pass" or "fail" of a home owners inspection. it's simply a list of observances and recommendations and it's up to the potential buyer/owner to decide if they want to undertake all that work they may have not known about or try to negotiate the price down a bit.
The home inspector (I use to be one) would notice the repair, and advise prospect buyer of this. They may suggest to keep an eye on this area, look for previous damage inside from this, roof looks satisfactory, or roof might have to be redone, now it in the near future. Tough to call how experienced how inspector is, or they just wants to protect themselves from problems that might crop up in the future.
