Upon Closer Inspection
When the weather is this beautiful outside, it’s hard not to procrastinate on the tedious chores on your spring home maintenance to-do list. Who wouldn’t prefer a little porch sitting or a nice walk in the park instead? Alas, your friendly home inspector is back again to remind you that when you put off these…
When most people are asked what they do for work, they can give a basic rundown that plays out pretty much daily. Most people more or less do the same thing every day at work. Not so for home inspectors. Because when you go into people’s homes for a living, you never know if it’s…
As new home construction continues to make up an increasing share of the market, more and more home buyers may find themselves asking the question, “Do I need a home inspection on a brand-new home?” New construction in Texas is very popular, with 30% of buyers choosing a new build (twice the national rate) due…
Everyone makes mistakes, and yet we can only act on the information we have. Not everyone is an expert on home repair and maintenance, so it’s easy to make mistakes or allow poor or even dangerous housing conditions to develop. Today, we’ll take a look at a few common mistakes our home inspectors find that…
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…
