The Plumb Line on Maple Street

In 2019, a home inspector named David Reeves walked through a century-old Victorian in Savannah, Georgia, that looked stunning from the curb. Fresh paint, manicured hedges, a wraparound porch straight out of a magazine. The sellers were confident. The buyers were smitten. Then Reeves held his laser level against the kitchen wall. The beam told a different story. The entire east side of the house had shifted three inches off plumb.…