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Red Flags When Home Buying
Home sellers can be crafty in disguising the deferred maintenance of their homes. You must look for tell-tale signs of required maintenance when you tour both the inside and outside of a house. The care with which you examine the inside and outside of each prospective house carefully. Discover the perils of deferred maintenance Ask yourself: How does the masonry look? Are there visible cracks and crumbles? Are there broken fixtures? Are there any barricaded spaces in attics, basements or corners of rooms? Take time to examine the condition of all windows, doors, gutters and steps. Look out for peeling paint and cracks in plaster. Use your nose as well as your eyes. Smell the rooms. Does anything smell musty? Musty smells, in the basement in particular, can be a sign of mold. Your sense of touch can help locate potential problems. Are electrical faceplates warm? Use home inspections as a good defense A home inspection can locate termite infestation that you may not have noticed. The reliability of the heating and ventilation system will be more apparent to the inspector than to your untrained eye. Foundation and structural problems will also be more recognizable to the inspector than to you. ... more

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