So what is a Federal Pacific panel? How do you know if you have one? And will it “pass a home inspection?” Your Federal Pacific Electric panel will likely say “FPE” on the front metal door on a sticker for Federal Pacific Electric. These panels were commonly installed in the 50s – 80s, so the […]
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Here at Tri-County Home Inspections our inspection services get confused with home appraisals a lot. Our customers will say, “so do you think it will come in at the purchase price?” or “last time I got one of these, the guy showed up, took some pictures, some measurements, and he was done in 30 minutes.”
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Good news for home sellers in the Greater Cleveland Area. We’re in a “seller’s market.” (It’s a ‘hot, hot’ housing market in Northeast Ohio, despite pandemic – Fox8.com Jun 29,2020) With interest rates low and a limited supply of houses listed for sale, competition for Cleveland area property buyers is high. In a “Seller’s Market”
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Thinking about selling your home? Wondering if it needs updates? How will the house stand-up to the home inspection process when you have a buyer? Will they want a radon inspection? Mold inspection? Are there items that the buyer will demand be updated or repaired as a condition of purchase or will they re-negotiate expecting
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Imagine you’re buying a home. You’ve scheduled four showings with your real estate agent – all in the same area and all with similar criteria. Now imagine one of those homes you saw had a copy of a recent home inspection report on the table with a detailed list of improvements the sellers made, with
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A pre-listing home inspection is a home inspection the seller pays for before listing the home. Why would a seller get a home inspection before listing their home for sale? Every situation is unique when selling a home and whether or not a pre-listing home inspection is a good idea will depend on the circumstances
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It isn’t unusual for home owners buying a new-construction, or newly built, home to consider foregoing the home inspection process. The idea seems to make sense, as a person who bought a newly constructed home myself, I completely understand the thought process. Most of us assume that a home inspection is primarily to inspect what
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Originally published at Realtor.com by Erica Sweeney Spring is usually the busy season for home buying. But this year, things will be different amid the conronavirus crisis. Here’s how. Spring is usually prime home-selling season—but this spring is a whole different ballgame. With the coronavirus crisis intensifying and the economy in a tailspin, some homeowners may be asking themselves: Should
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It’s not often I hear of something found in an inspection that alarms me, but I recently watched a video of an inspector entitled “This would kill you” that caught my attention. The video showed something he found on an inspection so dangerous it’s amazing someone had not been killed. Tom Munro, an inspector up
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When it comes to home inspections, it’s important to test the house for safety and functionality of all systems. This story, is a sad reality of the dangers of CO poisoning. A family in Ohio sadly died after being poisoned by CO gas from their hot water tank. The police were called after a family member notified
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