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Fall Is Here, And There’s Plenty of Home Maintenance To Do, No Matter the Temperature

By Brenda Masse / September 27, 2025 /

It’s officially fall in North Texas, and if you’re like me, your Halloween decorations have been up since Labor Day and pumpkin-everything has long since been broken out. It’s a particularly exciting year because the first weekend of fall will see highs in the 80s. I may just bust out a sweater! Anywho, the changing…

Unusual Home Inspection Finds That Gave Us A Giggle

By Brenda Masse / July 5, 2023 /

Since we’re all coming down from what we hope was a happy and safe Fourth of July celebration for CandysDirt.com readers near and far, we thought we’d take a break from our usual very serious, educational content, and treat you to some of our more interesting and unusual home inspection finds this week. Checks notes.…

Think You Know What’s Wrong With These Homes? Test Your Inspection Know-How

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / May 12, 2021 /

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.” It’s our fourth edition of “What’s Wrong With This Picture” in our weekly home inspection column. For the first three episodes, go here, here, and here…

Test Your Sprinkler Like a Home Inspector

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / March 10, 2021 /

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.” We are moving into Spring, and soon it will be time to turn on the sprinklers. If you have a sprinkler system at home, now is…