April Showers Bring … Flooded Basements
Although the saying is “April showers bring May flowers,” in the Cleveland area, April showers bring many flooded basements. If you’ve gotten a first-time home buyer home inspection in the last year from Tri-County Inspections, these tips are for you. And if you’ve gotten one of our new construction home inspections, these tips area also…
Avoid Burn Risks in Your Home With These Tips
We frequently educate home buyers about fire safety, as it relates to a home’s electrical system and other areas of the home. Fire is the ultimate risk when determining what to do about two-prong outlets and a Federal Pacific Electric Panel, two topics we recently posted about in this blog. To raise awareness about the…
National Radon Action Month – Get a Radon Inspection
Yes, we do provide radon inspections so we “have a bias” but radon is a legitimate issue – not something to be dismissed. The EPA has designated January as National Radon Action Month because radon is the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the US! Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer deaths among…
Home Inspection Reveals Two-Prong Outlets. What Now?
Are you getting a pre-listing home inspection to uncover potential issues before selling your home? Are you buying a home and getting a thorough home inspection report? If the home was built before the 1980’s, it is very common to see notes about two-prong electrical outlets in the home inspection report. There are a lot…
Will a Federal Pacific Electric Panel Pass a Home Inspection?
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…
Why Pay for a Home Inspection When I’m Already Getting a Home Appraisal?
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.”…
Should I Waive the Home Inspection in a Seller’s Market to Win a Multiple Bid Situation?
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”…
Save Money With a Pre-Listing Home Inspection Before you Sell
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…
Sell Faster and Sell for More With a Pre-Listing Home Inspection
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…
Reduce Stress with a Pre-Listing Home Inspection
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…
