Published on 04/18/2016 9:00 AM
Most of the houses that I inspect have attached garages. Having grown up in one such house, it never occurred to me, at least until I became a home inspector, that there are ugly things hanging out in garages and some of these things are silently trying to do us in. Quite frankly, growing up I... Read More
Published on 04/12/2016 9:00 AM
So you’ve decided to sell your house! You (hopefully) clean the joint up, hire a Realtor who helps you set an asking price, and now you’re off to the races. By and by, someone stops in, looks it over and decides, “Hey, I want to make this place mine!” Maybe you dicker back... Read More
Published on 04/04/2016 9:00 AM
Poor exterior grading Probably the most frequent negative condition we inspectors find in homes during an inspection is a history of ground water seepage into a basement (or crawl space). Let’s face it, we dig a hole and set part of a building into the bottom of it, water immediately wants... Read More