Salem, Oregon Home Inspection Blog

I do love disposable coveralls.  The crawlspaces that I frequent seem to be places where critters relieve themselves and where they decide to die.  All of that feces, urine and dead carcasses add up to some pretty disgusting crawling and it can be challenging to bring my coveralls in the house af...

You have gotten an offer accepted and scheduled with the best and brightest home inspector in town.  Now it is time to check out his legal disclaimers. Home inspectors as a rule do not accept liability.  It sounds funny, but in truth it is a defense against what we couldn't see.  That means that ...

A top notch, local, Salem, Oregon area agent, my friend and web guru Melina w/ Tomson Burnham LLC had a great idea for a series titled:  What to Expect when you're Inspecting.  Cute and clever and she said she would let me use it for a series. I figured I would start from the beginning of the hom...

Alright, time for me to jump on the band wagon. I am doing some trials on adding videos to my inspection reports so that may be in the future as well. Thanks for watching. This video will soon be on the welcome page of my little Salem, Oregon home inspection website:

Most home maintenance items are very simple.  In fact most are so simple it is easy to underestimate the importance.  If home owners would do these routine maintenance items my job might be severely limited.  One item in particular I often say gets done when people move in to the home and when th...