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Mistakes Home Inspectors Find That Homeowners Should Try To Avoid

By Brenda Masse / April 4, 2026 /

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…

Three Reasons To Always Get a Home Inspection Before Buying

By Brenda Masse / October 11, 2025 /

Believe it or not, there are some people out there in North Texas who buy a home without getting it inspected first. In fact, I have a dear friend who once said to me, “There’s nothing a home inspector could tell me that’s going to stop me from buying a house, so I never bother…

Flip House Fail Finds From The Home Inspector

By Brenda Masse / April 3, 2024 /

Not all flipped houses are created equal. You have some amazing, TV-worthy flips done by experts that will blow your mind. And then you have the ones done by folks who watch a lot of TV, think they can make some money flipping houses, and blow your mind in the wrong way. As we’ve mentioned…

Hotangry is The New Hangry, And Energy Savings For Your Home is The Perfect Way to Cool Down

By Brenda Masse / August 2, 2023 /

If this image makes you as irrationally angry as it makes me, today’s Upon Closer Inspection is for you. I hate being hot. I enjoy summer, don’t get me wrong. But this is just punishing heat. When you work from home as many do now, and your kids are still home from school, and it’s…

Make Sure Your Roof is Safe For Santa Claus

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / December 16, 2020 /

Every week, the detail-oriented folks at Green Scene Home Inspections will give CandysDirt.com readers an education in inspection. Want to see what they see? Tune in for “Upon Closer Inspection.” Ho, Ho, Ho! Santa might have a hard time delivering presents to some of the houses we see. From the roof to the chimney, here are…