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September 2010
Welcome. This site is very detailed in information, more than most other home inspection web sites. You can call or email me for a sample of an inspection report or agreement/notice. Feel free to e-mail me or call at anytime if you have any questions.
Buyers and Investors not getting a home inspection on the home they are purchasing.
I am hearing more and more stories out there about banks, lenders, and RE agents hurrying along home sale transactions. "We do not have time to get inspections. You will lose the low price". "You are buying the home as is anyway, so why do you want to spend $350 to $450 on an inspection?" Some negotiating periods are down to just hours, instead of the normal 10 days. Be cautions of these suggestions. Homes being pushed along quickly for sale can have problems. I cannot stress enough that a full home inspection, termite inspection, even a radon test can not only save a home buyer thousands of dollars in repairs, but can save your health. I do home inspections early in the mornings, late in the evenings, weekends, and can schedule inspections quickly. I recently had a home buyer call and say that she only had one more day to get an inspection. I did it that same afternoon and for no extra added fee.
Pre-Sale Inspections
Trouble selling your home? Low buyer traffic? There are many reasons that a pre-sale inspection or a pre-sale consult helps sell any home. This inspector has performed pre-sale inspections, some of which have sold within a few days of the pre-sale inspection. Click here for more pre-sale inspection and consulting advantages. Check out the new pre-sale consulting service. This was just posted on this web site and can help in the marketing of any home that is for sale, or about to go on sale.
Fall is approaching.
Time to start considering some home maintenance for fall. This is a great time of year to do home paint touch-ups inside and out. Check exterior trim and windows for missing caulking. Seal gaps around trim and siding areas. Think about closing strom windows and insert solid panels into storm doors. This is also a good time of year to think about home cleaning and lawn and landscape maintenance. Service guttering and downspouts. Have your furnace cleaned and checked. Change the blower filter. Service and lubricate garage door rollers, pulleys and springs. Schedule sprinkler winterization if you have these inground systems. Check out the seasonal tip pages within this web site.
You can consider the best; it is your choice.
"We created the Certified Master Inspector designation to distinguish veteran inspectors from all other certified home inspectors. This is a registered Federal trademark and the home inspection industry's highest designation"---Nick Gromicko, Founder, International Association of Certified Home Inspectors. New Kansas home inspection laws and standards of practice are a basic, minimum standard, and were created and written for the state of Kansas by non-NACHI inspectors. Kansas inspectors can now perform limited basic inspections. Be careful in the hiring of your home inspector. See the lower portions of the home inspections tab for more Kansas information.
Using contractors for free home "checks".
I am sure there are some good home repair persons out there. But some are not. How do you know for sure? In most states, contractors and repair persons are not licensed, or not required to have education or insurance. Recently in Kansas City, I have been hearing commercials on TV and radio about foundation companies offering free foundation inspections, roofers offering free roofing checks, and even electricians offering free electrical panel inspections. Understand they are free for a reason. These repair persons are after making money off of the repairs, needed or not. There are many schemes going on due to the economy, and using a home inspector who does not do repairs can give you a better, honest third party opinion of home areas.
Radon
Radon testing is always suggested when purchasing a home with a basement. Basements with family rooms, bedrooms, exercise rooms are strongly suggested to be tested for the presence of radon. This company uses at least two test units to get acurate test results. More information can be found at www.radon.com The state of Kansas has recently passed radon certification laws that will go into effect July 1, 2011. More information will become available in the coming months on these new radon testing laws. Understand that this inspector does radon testing and termite inspections, but does not do radon mitigation or termite treatments, as to avoid conflicts of interest.
"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten"----Tony Robbins
And one of my favorite deep thoughts:
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