You know what, the Atlanta home inspector and the home inspectors wife have not really been M.I.A. we have just been really busy doing what we do best. I have been out inspecting all the the fine real estate agents homes around here and Bonnie has been busy building several different websites.
Most of you may or may not know that Bonnie along with Carl Ross built our newest home inspection website at IHIHomeInspections.com and that because of it we we're located on page 16 and moved quickly to page 2 when searching Google for "atlanta home inspector" and we are now located on page 1. Bonnie is wishing she would have made a Camtasia movie about this but she didn't.
After that she built TheHomeInspectorsWife.com all alone and has just started getting contect on it a little while ago. This website is one that she is going to add content that will help all of us out. She just posted a blog titled 7 tips to drive Traffic to your website and another one about time saving meal tips that is great for all of us busy people out there.
Did you also know that we now have a local page on our website for local news and events
If you or anyone you know needs a quality and thorough home inspection call David Lelak with IHI home inspections today at 404-788-2581 and get it scheduled today. You'll be glad you did.
I just did a blog post over at our home website IHI home Inspections talking about the new hours for the Sequoyah Regional Library System and I was wondering if anyone else had noticed the change in hours. I know as a family we have spent amny hours there and really enjoy having it to use. I also didn't realize it until a little while ago but even individuals can rent the convention rooms for a really reasonal price. Next time you have to have a meeting, you might consider having it there.
I am the wife of a busy Atlanta home inspector and I do most of the marketing for our home inspection business. I am constantly online learning about SEO, social network marketing, blogging, Google adwords and anything relating to the internet. I teach classes and tele-seminars about blogging and social media. I am part of an Internet Success Marketing Mastermind group and love helping people in general. You can follow me on Twitter and be my friend on Facebook.
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Atlanta home inspector wants to introduce a new friend to you from the Canton/Cherokee County Georgia area. His name is Jules Leni and he's brand-new to ActiveRain. Jules signed up with Activerain and has his first posts up and has worked on his profile. I told Jules what a great and friendly family type environment ActiveRain is and how he will be able to learn so much here, while sharing his expertise also. And I would like everybody to help me welcome Jules to the ActiveRain family. Here's a link to Jules' blog.
Jules also has an outside blog right now and you may want to hop over there and visit him, he has some pretty interesting reading over there. His main website is located at http://www.julesleni.com/
Welcome to Activerain Jules, we look forward to working with you!
David Lelak of IHI Home Inspectionsserves Canton, Alpharetta, Roswell, Cumming, Woodstock, Atlanta and all of North Georgia.
We are proud to offer our new FREE Home Concierge Services where one call does it all, Satellite, Internet, Cable TV, Home Security, and Phone. Call 1-866-594-4871 and provide them with access code 1008126. Call our Free Home Concierge Services to save time, save money and simplify life!
Atlanta home inspector wants to introduce a new friend to you from the East Cobb/Marietta Georgia area. Her name is Jodi Smith and she's brand-new to Activerain. Jody signed up with Activerain on Tuesday, and already has two posts up and has worked very diligently on her profile. And I would like everybody to help me welcome Jody to the Activerain family. Here's a link to Jody's blog.
She has already done a post on her neighborhood, Woodbine Station and I think as she really gets moving with this we will see some exciting post coming from her.
Welcome to Activerain Jodi, we look forward to working with you!
David Lelak of IHI Home Inspections serves Canton, Alpharetta, Roswell, Cumming, Woodstock, Atlanta and all of North Georgia.
We are proud to offer our new FREE Home Concierge Services where one call does it all, Satellite, Internet, Cable TV, Home Security, and Phone. Call 1-866-594-4871 and provide them with access code 1008126. Call our Free Home Concierge Services to save time, save money and simplify life!
We had such a great time last night st the Valentine Sock hop that was sponsored by the Ruth House. They had a live show, where people from True Life Church and The Ruth House acted out different characters for the 50's and 60's. We had peple do the following songs,
I got you, Babe
Going to the Chapel
My boyfriends back
Plus a whole lot of other songs. Hopefully I will be able to get some pictures and post here for all to see. Thanks to all of those that worked so hard and that came out and supported the Ruth House.
David Lelak of IHI Home Inspections serves Canton, Alpharetta, Roswell, Cumming, Woodstock, Atlanta and all of North Georgia.
We are proud to offer our new FREE Home Concierge Services where one call does it all, Satellite, Internet, Cable TV, Home Security, and Phone. Call 1-866-594-4871 and provide them with access code 1008126. Call our Free Home Concierge Services to save time, save money and simplify life!
I love the North Georgia Mountains and one day while Breana and I we're up that way we ran up on the following place called "Black Bear Ridge" talk about a beautiful place. Well I am pleased to say that I have now met the terrific agent for the community and according to her the developer is willing to do owner financing, knock 15% off lot prices, give free water hook up and free water for a year and waive the POA fee for a year! If you know of anyone who wants a beautiful Mountain View Lot...that's the place. Black Bear is a Premier Log Home Community...so only cabins can be built in here...
Below is a link to Melissa Maxie's blog about Black Bear Ridge
Breana and I went up to the Ellijay mountains to visit with my parents and ran across this beautiful subdivision called Black Bear Ridge Mountain sitting well off the beaten path. Ever since we purchased the flip video we try and take it every where we go. We have such a great time with it. I took several videos while visiting with my parents. The veiws from the whole community were spectacular. The cabin in the video is my favorite.
I hope you enjoyed the video.
Bonnie
David Lelak of IHI Home Inspections serves Canton, Alpharetta, Roswell, Cumming, Woodstock, Atlanta and all of North Georgia. Be sure to visit us at www.AskYourGeorgiaHomeInspector.com
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We love to get out in the community and one of the organizations or charities that we love to be a part of is the Ruth House which is a Christ centered house for women that helps them get free from addictions. The Ruth House is hosting an old fashion sock hop, with the oldies music, the poodle skirts and oxford shoes. There will also be "brief appearances from some of your favorite old time stars" which should be nothing less than hilarious and fun. Cost is $50.00 per couple which includes dinner and dancing. Child care is 5.00 per child. This is a great way to get out and enjoy an evening with your sweetie and support a local ministry. We have been a part of this ministry for many years and we are amazed at the lives changed and the growth of the house.
When: Friday Night, February 13, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Where: True Life Church in Ballground Ga
Benefits: All proceeds go directly to benefit the Ruth House.
Sign up here http://www.pingg.com/rsvp/md5hm7ts6kj3gx25r
Won't you join us there?
I am the wife of a busy Atlanta home inspector and I do most of the marketing for our home inspection business. I am constantly online learning about SEO, social network marketing, blogging, Google adwords and anything relating to the internet. I teach classes and tele-seminars about blogging and social media. I am part of an Internet Success Marketing Mastermind group and love helping people in general. You can follow me on Twitter and on Facebook.
I ran across this really great post by Keith out in Texas and almost all of the comments did not give out estimates. So here's another question that goes hand in hand with the post, do you give them several names of contractors who you know do a great job?
Client: So you say the air conditioning won't turn on. How much will it cost to fix?
Me: I don't know
Client: The shower has very low water flow? How much will it cost to repair that?
Me: I don't know
Client: I noticed that the old wooden windows are in poor condition and most won't open. How much will it cost to upgrade the windows?
Me: I don't know
Client: Why did I hire you?
Me: To inspect the house ma'am
Of all the hundreds of houses I have inspected, I have had clients ask me many times about repair costs and they are understanding when I tell them that I do not give estimates. But today I had a client that thought I was pretty useless because I refused to give her repair costs of some of the defects. In a professional and calm manner, I tried to make her understand that since I don't troubleshoot defective items, and not knowing exactly what is wrong, I would not have any idea what it would cost to repair and I don't keep up with contractor labor rates and material costs. Besides, I would never want to get that phone call from a mad client that got the estimate from the contractor after I gave them a much lower number.
Do any of you give repair estimates to your clients? I keep thinking I have heard of some states that want inspectors to give repair estimate costs.
As an Atlanta home inspector I am often called out to do roof inspections on homes that were damaged by hail and insurance companies have it replaced. So many times the home owners want to make sure the job is done correctly
This picture is of a concentric vent for the furnace where the exhaust vent and combustion vent are separate. Air flows into the outer vent and feeds the fire in the furnace and the exhaust fumes exit through the center pipe. There's supposed to be a special cap on the top of these vents that keeps the air from mixing at the top. The roofers put a lead flashing around the pipe to keep it from leaking. Instead of using a regular vent boot they use the lead flashing then they turned the flashing down into the inside pipe. This blocked the air from entering the outside pipe which caused the furnace not to work correctly.
In the above picture, the roofing contractors installed screens on the gutters but they left this space open without any gutter screen protection. I found two or three similar areas where there wasn't any gutter screen protection in place.
As an Atlanta home inspector, I see this kind of stuff all the time.
I'm David Lelak with IHI Home Inspections and I serve Canton, Alpharetta, Roswell, Cumming, Woodstock, Atlanta and all of North Georgia.
We are proud to offer our new FREE Home Concierge Services where one call does it all, Satellite, Internet, Cable TV, Home Security, and Phone. Call 1-866-594-4871 and provide them with access code 1008126. Call our Free Home Concierge Services to save time, save money and simplify life!
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