Here in NE Ohio, It snowed 8 to 10 inches last week and was around 20 to 25 degrees. Today it is 60 degrees with a major cold front coming around the corner in a few hours with rain changing to freezing rain. Good time to see how well your gutters and down spouts work and how well your basement keeps the water out. I wish you well if you live low and near a creek or river with 2 - 3 inches of rain forecast.
I have been out in Summit County hitting open houses, marketing and networking myself the past 4 weeks. Great way to meet Realtors and pass out brochures. I also took some time to take a look around the houses and focusing on the basement mostly. I noticed that a lot of effort is being put into "Thorough Sealing" basement walls these days. Must be the large inventory of property out there giving sellers the incentive to spend some effort on their homes to make them more appealing to prospective buyers. I didn't see nearly this much effort a couple of years ago.
I also noticed a lot of mortar joint repairs. A careful observation, and you can see that soil pressure and most likely water from the outside has bowed the foundation walls in.
This big thaw right now with heavy rains on the way will certainly test the sellers efforts on the foundation walls. We shall see the outcome soon.
I have a question for the Home Inspectors out there. If you observe foundation bowing inward (clearly soil pressure or drainage issues), newly tucked mortar joints and freshly painted/sealed walls and floors, how would you report this condition. Clearly the seller is trying to improve the foundation walls and is putting in the effort to some degree. Do you bust their bubble and reprtr this resent activity.
OH NO, here comes the rain!
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