Don’t Fall Out of Love With Your House: Home Relationship Advice From a Home Inspector

They say love is in the details, and it’s those little things that can start to annoy you over time and ruin a relationship if you’re not careful. Whether it’s your love life or your home, knowing about those issues ahead of time makes all the difference. Think of a home inspection as home relationship advice, a little “pre-marital counseling” before you purchase a home so you don’t fall out of love with your house down the road.

Here are a few annoying problems our home inspectors found that could make you fall out of love with your house:

Fan-tastic

Unless you (and your friends and family) are all pretty low to average height, or you are definitely going to put a table right there forever, that fan is going to be a problem.

Laundry Al Fresco

When you’ve fallen in love with a cute little house, that’s perfect in every way, the fact that it doesn’t have laundry connections might not seem like that big of a deal at first, but this is where that story ends up. One day you’re saying, “I won’t mind running to the laundromat,” or “I bet it won’t cost that much to add a laundry room.” And the next you’re drilling a hole in the wall of the patio and doing your laundry outside. Tell me nobody’s irritated in this house.

Fabulous Flip-House Fixtures

Loose fixtures like this are not just a matter of tightening things up. Improper installation like this could mean the water is leaking into the wall, which is a much bigger problem. Reason #1 why you should always have a plumber install your bathroom fixtures. It’s more complicated than it looks.

There may not be a relationship inspection before you get married, but there is a home inspection, so be sure you take advantage of it! Find out about all those little annoying details before you buy, so you don’t fall out of love with the house down the road.