Upon Closer Inspection
You can imagine we’ve seen some horrible repair jobs in the home inspection world. There are bad contractors, shady flippers, and wacky DIY fails. All can result in subpar repair work that we inspectors call out in our reports. But sometimes we see something that jumps past “bad repair” into “truly terrible” and even “never…
It’s officially spring, and that means it’s time for gorgeous weather and spring home maintenance. When the weather is this nice, it’s hard not to procrastinate tedious chores in favor of activities like porch sitting or a walk in the park. But your friendly home inspector is here to remind you that when you put…
With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, we can do a lot better than just wishing you luck with your next home purchase. “Luck” isn’t really good enough when it comes to what could be the biggest, most important purchase you make. Luckily, Irish culture has ever so much more to offer in wise,…
When you have spent as much time poking around in other people’s homes as we have, you become familiar with all the common problems that emerge. In this column, where we get to share knowledge from the rarified world of home inspection, sometimes we like to show you the weird and the wacky, sometimes the…
“Dependable … reliable … cool …” These are the words you want to associate with your HVAC unit, definitely not “strange” or “weird.” Yet that is what we have for you today: odd HVAC situations our inspectors encountered in the field that were definitely out of the ordinary. Take a look and see what you…
