home inspect: Avoid Surprises with a Pre-Listing Inspection - 03/14/08 05:28 PM
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home inspect: Leaky Flues - 03/10/08 05:45 PM
Have you ever had a leak in your attic despite having fairly new shingles? Leaks will develop around flues and flashing much sooner than they will on the shingles themselves. It is necessary to have flashing at flue vents and plumbing vents. The flashing is necessary to make the transition … (1 comments)
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home inspect: Would You Buy this House? - 11/02/07 02:26 PM
"Would you buy this house?" My client asked me this quite sincerely. Evidently I had gained her trust and she wanted my opinion.
The inspection results so far were not helping her make up her mind. The house she had fallen in love with a few days before when she first … (45 comments)
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home inspect: The Green Monster - 11/01/07 07:51 AM
A recent inspection of a vacant foreclosure house confirmed my childhood fears that there is Green Monster lurking in the basement. (Sorry Red Sox fans, this isn't about the fabled Fenway wall).
It was late September and with the outside temperatures still in the 80's the air conditioner was running full blast. Unfortunately, the … (7 comments)
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home inspect: Special Alert - It's that Time of Year Again! - 10/30/07 06:01 AM
Cold weather is coming fast and it is time for winterizing the house. This letter has more significance this year than ever before because of the thousands of listed houses that are vacant!
In fact, nearly all the houses I have been inspecting lately have been vacant...a sign of a frustrating real … (11 comments)
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home inspect: Don't be Lulled Asleep! - 10/26/07 03:35 PM
Here is a seller stereotype that you have probably run into before.
Really good people. They've lived in their house for 25 years. Cared for it well. It is beautiful. They desire that the next people who live in their house get the same kind of joy that they have from it. … (16 comments)
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home inspect: Instantly Customize Your Own Images website (courtesy of HomeSpectorInc.com Long Island Certified Home Inspectors New York Licensed Home Inspections) - 10/25/07 11:00 AM
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home inspect: It's Not About Time! - 10/25/07 06:55 AM
"How long is too long for an inspection?" The question came from one of my favorite agent clients and before I could reply she said, "How about 6 and 1/2 hours!"
"Wow" I said, "It must have been some house!" While I've not taken that long on any house, I have had … (17 comments)
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home inspect: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Sump Pump - 10/23/07 10:41 AM
"Will you talk to my mother?" My client asked. She had just called me and was exasperated by all her mother's concerns about the sump pump in her prospective home that I had just inspected. I told her that I would be glad to set her mind at ease.
This house … (6 comments)
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home inspect: Cat on a Hot Roof! - 10/19/07 06:40 PM
"Oh good!" I thought to my self as I drove up the driveway. "A relatively new roof, 30 year shingles, and they threw in a ridge vent."
On a 30 year old house, I had expected to see a roof covering that was not original. Worst case scenerio, they had replaced … (10 comments)
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home inspect: Uncommon Sense! - 10/17/07 07:13 AM
I wrote this last year when weather conditions were the exact opposite as they are now here in Virginia. We are currently having our worst drought in years. However, stick around, we will have torrential rains soon.
July 30, 2006
This last week I was called by a lovely older lady to do … (12 comments)
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home inspect: Spotting Amateur Work - 10/15/07 09:18 PM
If his work were being judged by neatness, Mrs. Norwood, my old english teacher, would have given him an A+. In fact, if you did not know what you are looking for you would think it was the work of a professional.
In preparation for selling his house, the owner spent … (4 comments)
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home inspect: A Common New Construction Problem - 10/11/07 02:29 PM
"Have you ever used a home inspector before? This is a standard warm up question and this time the response by my clients, a young couple buying a new house, was a suprise!
They both answered at once. He said, "Yes" She said, "No." I was beginning to think this might … (13 comments)
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home inspect: House under Wraps! - 10/08/07 12:06 PM
Now that's a wrap! I said to my client, marveling at the cleanest, nicest job in attaching and sealing the house wrap material I had ever seen.
This is an important topic that is often missed and misunderstood. Today's house wraps, the good ones, are a very important part of the comfort … (1 comments)
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