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2011
More new construction fun! And guess who it's with ... again? And the same tricks - late afternoon phone call, the inspection needed to be done the next day, enormous amounts of insurance information - same old, same old. The buyer called me in a panic. We had previously corresponded many time...
08/12/2011
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The seller has been in the house since it was built in 1963. She is alone and "moving on." She would be unable to answer a question such as I would ask. As regards the service cable, has it been like this since the house was built? This is the main service cable and was brought into the furnac...
08/12/2011
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From a certain angle things can look good! As with most things, it pays to view things from different points of view. All of the service boxes are located together. This is great! It makes things convenient. The AC compressor is right in front, so if you had to work on them a bit of leaning i...
08/10/2011
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The past few days have been an exercise in fun and games. I had been accused of breaking a dishwasher. It was my opinion that this was said to provide a negotiating position on the seller's side because of the multiplicity of things wrong with the house and their apparent unwillingness to addre...
08/10/2011
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This was the text the agent who sold a house I recently inspected received just as we arrived to pick up the radon. In full it was something like: The inspector broke the dishwasher and because of that we aren't fixing anything on your addendum. Yeah, right, the inspector broke the dishwasher, p...
08/09/2011
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"The opening up of new markets, foreign or domestic, and the organizational development from the craft shop to such concerns as U.S. Steel illustrate the same process of industrial mutation—if I may use that biological term—that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, inces...
08/08/2011
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Forlornity noun - the act of feeling forlorn (made up word and definition).Forlorn adjective - pitifully sad and lonely. This pitiful and forlorn dog has just returned from the vet. She is VERY unhappy. She got an ear infection and scratched her ear to the point of tearing the skin. The vet aske...
08/08/2011
Drip pans are common and necessary. They are the pans you see under the washing machine, HVAC unit and water heater if those appliances are on upper floors. You sometimes even see them when on the lower floor. Hopefully these pans will never be needed as they are only used if there is a leak fr...
08/07/2011
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I have a couple of news feeds on my website. An article came across one entitled, "Why Paint Your Porch Ceiling Blue?" Intrigued, I read it! You can see it here. Read my comment also! I think he's writing about me! At least in part. Why? Because a couple of years ago I wrote a blog which I ...
08/06/2011
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One of the most dangerous appliances in the house is the dryer. Not maintained, or incorrectly vented, it can burn the house down! And they do, tens of thousands of times a year in this country. Can I introduce you to seven ways to kill your dryer? In home inspector classes, we learn a lot of m...
08/05/2011
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