Green Scene Home Inspections
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…
When it’s in the 80s during the day and the 30s at night, you know you’re going through a Texas winter. It’s around this time of year that, after relying on their heaters for a couple of months, people start needing to switch back and forth from heat to AC, which is harder on the…
Electricity is so ubiquitous at this point in the 21st century that it’s a relationship we take for granted, and there’s no greater heartbreak than when the power goes out. That’s why electrical problems can be such a big deal, even downright scary. And when the power is out, like a sudden breakup, you can’t…
The usual timing of a home inspection comes at a pretty crucial period during the purchase of a home. In Texas, it typically happens during the option period — that negotiated time frame of a few days to a week or so after an offer has been accepted, when a buyer is able to call…
