Home Inspection
If you’re a homeowner in North Texas, we’d like to begin this week’s column with a trigger warning: this post contains mention of foundation problems. We know. They suck, they’re expensive, and nobody wants to talk about them. But, look, if you own a home here — or you’re going to — it’s simply the…
There’s nothing more disappointing than buying something new and having it break, get stained, or otherwise ruined right away. Your latest Amazon purchase arrives broken. You spill wine on your new white shirt. Your shiny new car has. a. SCRATCH. Devastating. It’s even worse when that new purchase is a house. The stakes are much…
If you read Upon Closer Inspection, then you know how we like to joke around about some of the things people do to their homes. But we also know when to be serious, and one of those times is when you’re dealing with electricity. This week, we’re looking at some electrical home inspection finds. NOT…
CandysDirt.com is a place where you can find the best that North Texas has to offer in homes that have been renovated by expert architects, builders, and designers. Normally. Today we’re going to look at the opposite end of the spectrum, the side that home inspectors are here to protect you from — a renovation…
Sometimes, it’s lack of knowledge. Sometimes, it’s laziness or poor craftsmanship. Sometimes, it’s like we’ve stepped into an alternate dimension because what the Black-Mirror-Twilight-Zone-weird else could it be? But whatever the explanation, there can be no doubt that on the daily, a home inspector can be heard saying, “That’s not how this works.” Dryer Vent…
