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Steven L. Smith, King of the House Home Inspection, is a licensed and working home inspector and lead instructor of home inspection at Bellingham Technical College. Smith was a two-term member of the WA state licensing board and is adjunct faculty for Washington State University and the Washington State Department of Agriculture. ASHI certified inspector. The information in this blog is designed to appeal to residents of the Pacific Northwest.

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2010 

This post is in response to Bob Stewart's "it's raining" blog. He has created a challenge: Sanitize and post some past business or client Emails and responses. The goal is to provide, to the public, easily accessible online information. Especially since home inspector licensing kicked-in here in ...
12/29/2010
This is another post in response to Bob Stewart's "it's raining" blog and the challenge known as "Never Answer the Same Question Twice". This challenge involves sanitizing and then posting Emails that were sent to us. The goal is to select and publish only those Emails, and the replies, that prov...
12/29/2010
This post is yet another effort on my part in response to Bob Stewart's "it's raining" blog. He has created a challenge: Sanitize and post some past client Emails and responses. The goal is to provide, to the public, easily accessible online information. The questions in this Email, other than p...
12/28/2010
This post is in response to Bob Stewart's "it's raining" blog. He has created a challenge: Sanitize and post some past client Emails and responses. The goal is to provide, to the public, easily accessible online information. This probably seems like an esoteric topic but, over the years, I have g...
12/28/2010
This is another post in response to Bob Stewart's "it's raining" blog and challenge -- "Never Answer the Same Question Twice". The goal is to sanitize, and share, Emails that were sent to us by clients with a goal of selecting and publishing those Emails, and the replies, that provide valuable in...
12/26/2010
Hello my ActiveRain friends. As you will see from the photo below, I am tonight getting heavily into the Christmas "spirits". Many of my devoted followers here at ActiveRain -- Mr Quarello, Mr Charles Buell and Mrs Kate Ford and my Godmother, Mrs Barbara Duncan -- have been very nice to me this y...
12/24/2010
If you read Bob Stewart's "it's raining" blog, you know that he has a task for us. He has asked us to, after sanitizing them, post some of our past Emails that will answer important questions and make valuable information available to the public. Mold has been a hot topic here in the rain lately,...
12/24/2010
I cannot recall how many times, I have had an individual tell me that a new home has passed all of the municipal code inspections and it is "move-in ready". In fact, I have had agents discourage their clients from paying for home inspections at new homes for that reason.Granted, a code inspection...
12/22/2010
Mold. We all know it is not supposed to be living inside your house. On the other hand, does this mean that at every real estate transaction one needs to hire someone, often with off-the-cereal-boxtop credentials, to test for mold? Unfortunately, many of the parties who tell you how essential th...
12/22/2010
I saw something the other day at an inspection that I thought was funny. The first thing that I noted at the side of the tiny wood stove was the logo (squirrel sitting with the acorn).   When I got down behind the unit, to try to figure out who manufactured it, I was pleased to see the manufactur...
12/21/2010
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Steven L. Smith, King of the House Home Inspection, provides information for real estate buyers, sellers and real estate industry professionals. Blog posts emphasize issues commonly found in Bellingham, WA and Whatcom County. Smith is Washington State Licensed Home Inspector #207, a state licensed structural pest inspector, ASHI certified inspector #252760 and one of the most experienced inspectors in the northwest corner of the Pacific Northwest. Steven L. Smith is lead instructor of home inspection at Bellingham Technical College and teaches classes for Washington State University and the Washington State Department of Agriculture. Steve was a two-term member of the state licensing board.