Yesterday we set a new record for the amount of rain on that day in a 24 hour period. The previous record was set in the 1950s and yesterday we shattered that by more than double. One of the things buyers seem to always ask is, “How is the roof?”
Since I’m not an expert at roofs and really don’t like climbing on them, (not because I’m scared of heights, heck I used to bridge jump) I’m just afraid of falling. I know, silly difference, but jumping off a 50 foot high bridge into water below, I knew what to expect when I hit. That’s not the case when I fall off a roof. Now, where was I?
Oh, yeah, I’m not an expert, I tell them they need to hire an expert to look at the home’s roof if they are concerned about that and that is something that will be checked by an inspector even though they aren’t true experts either. Also, at this point, I tell them a roof is a good source of water intrusion, but so is a basement. (If the home has one) Many older homes have basements that are halfway or all the way underground and sometimes water gets in.
It is important to do another walk through of a home, especially after a day like yesterday, because you never know what you are going to find. Heavy rains have a way of finding even the smallest of holes or even creating new ones. My home as a child had never had a problem with water in the basement. That was until we had a heavy rain one year and we came home to a foot of water in our basement. (Something we never worried about before) But, it seems during the heaviest of rains, the water flow systems that were installed in the area, diverted the water right to our house. (No one knew that until we had a very, very heavy rainfall one day ten years after we moved in)
So, if you are looking to buy or sell a home in the Beaverton / Portland area, give me a call, I would love to help you with that, and if it is vacant, make sure you check on it after a big weather event like we had yesterday as that is something you want to find today and not 10 days from now.
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