Arizona Home Inspections

1. Replace your highest-use incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) or LED bulbs. Check out APS' CFL savings calculator for a rough idea of what you could save. Although CFLs are much more expensive than incandescent bulbs, they last at least 10 times as long, use 75 perce...

We know this blog isn't about real estate related per se, but who has a better network than Realtors to get the word out about something? Seven year old Kyron Horman, the son of a former co-worker of Sonia’s, disappeared without a trace from Skyline Elementary School in Portland, Oregon 11 days a...

Myself and two siblings right here in Arizona have a http://www.rinnai.us/tankless-water-heater/  installed and absolutely love it! There are many benefits to tankless water heaters: the water is heated only "on-demand" so no energy is wasted keeping a large tank of water hot and ready to use; mo...

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Check Ceiling Fan Rotation Direction Its hot out and Scottsdale home inspectors say most fan blades can be reversed for summer/winter settings so that cool air flows down in the summer and warm air is propelled up in the winter. Some fans use an electric switch to reverse the direction of rotatio...

PROPERTY DRAINAGEDuring a heavy rainstorm (without lightning), grab an umbrella and go outside. Walk around your house and look around at the roof and property. A rainstorm is the perfect time to look at how the roof, downspouts and grading is performing. Observe the drainage patterns of your ent...

Swiiming Pool Safety and the Liability can and has had an effect on realty transactions, including Home Inspectors.... Below is Arizona code concerning the laws of pool barriers etc. When I inspect property and there is a pool, I feel it is my obligation to go above and beyond "AZ Standards of Pr...

Very True! Great Post Gina...Home inspections are a very important step when buying a new Scottsdale AZ home and it is important to understand the basics before entering the process. After choosing the Scottsdale home to purchase and going under contract one of the first steps is setting up a hom...

There's a new buzzword in the Arizona green building industry: "Net Zero" and "Near Zero" construction. Homes thus labeled are outfitted with energy-efficient materials (tighter insulation, draft-resistant windows and doors) as well as solar features which enable a home to actually produce energy...

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