Home Inspection

How Does My Home Electrical System Work? From The Utility Pole to The Panel Box: Part 2

By Brenda Masse / May 3, 2023 /

Last week, we started looking at your home electrical system, how electricity gets from the utility pole to your panel box, who’s responsible for what, and some of the problems that can happen along the way. We talked about the parts of your home electrical system that are outside your house: the utility pole, the…

The Home Inspector’s Spring Home Maintenance Checklist

By Brenda Masse / April 12, 2023 /

When the weather is this gorgeous outside it’s hard not to procrastinate the tedious chores on your spring home maintenance checklist in favor of porch sitting, or a nice walk in the park. Alas, your friendly home inspector is back again to remind you that when you put off these tasks for too long it…

Avoid Costly Blunders And Make Sure Your Home Improvement Project is an Actual Improvement

By Brenda Masse / April 5, 2023 /

We all have some delusions of grandeur when it comes to any home improvement project— some more so than others (looking at you, DIY-electrical-next-to-the-pool-guy). We think we can tackle projects that turn out to be a little bigger than we expected, or that require materials we can’t put our hands to. Again, some much more…

Prank-Worthy Home Inspection Finds For April Fool’s Day

By Brenda Masse / March 29, 2023 /

April Fool’s Day is just around the corner, and that means all the pranksters are getting ready to scare, tease, surprise, or otherwise torment all of us unsuspecting (read: gullible) folk once again. I, personally, dislike April Fool’s Day. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a good joke, and we at Green Scene Home Inspections…

What Homeowners Can Learn From Storm Damage in North Texas

By Brenda Masse / March 8, 2023 /

During last week’s round of storms you hopefully learned or were reminded of two key things that will help keep you safe this spring storm season: 1) A WATCH means that we have all the ingredients for tacos: tacos are possible; while a WARNING means we’re having tacos: tacos are happening now. 2) The sirens…