buffalo real estate: WNY Home Inspector John Villella says some Appraisers are on a Slippery Slope - Part 3 of 3
- 01/26/10 12:38 AM
Buffalo, NY Home Inspector John Villella, owner of All Pro Home Inspection talks about some appraisers walking down a slippery slope. This is the part 3 of 3 where I talk about what some appraisers are doing in the Western New York market and in my opinion are walking that slippery slope. To recap a bit - I recently have noticed some appraisers in Western New York that refuse to make a decision or are not competent to make an educated decision. For example - not knowing if a basement stairway is stable (covered in Part 1), not understanding a moisture penetration issue (0 comments)
buffalo real estate: Buffalo, NY Home Inspector states some Appraisers are walking down that Slippery Slope - Part 2 of 3
- 01/25/10 10:50 AM
Buffalo, NY Home Inspector John Villella, owner of All Pro Home Inspection talks about some appraisers walking down a slippery slope. This is the part 2 of 3 where I take a look at what some appraisers are doing in the Western New York market and in my opinion are walking that slippery slope. To recap a bit - I recently have noticed some appraisers in Western New York that refuse to make a decision or are not competent to make an educated decision. For example - not knowing if a basement stairway is stable (covered in Part 1), not understanding a (0 comments)
buffalo real estate: Buffalo, NY Home Inspector states some Appraisers are walking down that Slippery Slope - Part 1 of 3
- 01/25/10 10:19 AM
Buffalo, NY Home Inspector John Villella, owner of All Pro Home Inspection talks about some appraisers walking down a slippery slope. Recently, I have noticed some appraisers in Western New York that refuse to make a decision or are not competent enough to make an educated decision. For example - not knowing if a basement stairway is stable, not understanding a moisture penetration issue in a basement of a 148 year old home, and the most alarming issue recently is the lack of the necessary tools to complete the appraisal process. These examples are just a few issues that I have had to (0 comments)
buffalo real estate: Buffalo, NY Home Inspector talks about winter home maintenance
- 12/31/09 06:04 AM
Buffalo, NY Home Inspector John Villella, owner of All Pro Home Inspection talks about home maintenance - even in during the winter. Winter is hard on homes and there's a long list of things that could go wrong such as frozen pipes, water intrusion, ice damming and other winter problems. All of these can be expensive to fix and difficult to fix under winter conditions. But with a little preventative maintenance, you can help save yourself some grief, and your wallet. You haven't done any maintenance and it's now the middle of winter - it's OK, there's still time and you may just prevent a problem from (0 comments)
buffalo real estate: Another GOAL Achieved!
- 12/09/09 03:40 PM
10 plus years as a home inspector and over 4000 inspections and I finally achieved a goal that has been in the making for a long time. I'm proud to say that All Pro Home Inspection & Household Environmental Services, Ltd. is now a multi-inspector firm. This has been a goal of mine that I wrote down several years ago, but just couldn't make it happen. I researched other multi-inspection firms from all across the US and recieved some great information, but just couldn't achieve it for many reasons. One of the biggest reasons was myself. I was worried that all the hard work I've put into my company (4 comments)