Home Inspection

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

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

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

After this many years in the home inspection business, we thought we’d seen it all, but this story surprised even us. A couple in Washington bought a home and soon after they moved in their son became ill. They had the home tested for mold (thinking that was the issue), but they had a big and expensive

Home Inspection Defined Home inspections started in the late 1960s/early 1970s as a brief  “look around”, usually without a written report.  The American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI ) was founded in 1976.  Over the years, inspection standards were developed to keep home inspections to a reasonable scopeand in response to what the “market” is

There’s no such thing as a perfect home (even though the picture above looks close). Last week realtor.com came out with an article about inspection issues that can “torpedo” a sale. It’s fairly basic information but it’s a good reminder all homes have issues but proactively addressing these areas, as simple as it sounds, really