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A Home Inspectors View; 5 Things you should be doing every spring for Home Inspection and Maintenance

Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 12:37 PM

What a great time to get out and enjoy some sunshine in the lovely Utah Spring. If this weather keeps up it will soon be time to get the sprinklers going tested/de- winterized.

So you have had your Home Inspection, moved into your new home, and spring is around the corner. Now what?
Here are five things for a new Home Owner to do every spring.

1. Check the sprinklers. Look for broken or faulty heads. Over the course of winter, sprinkler heads easily become broken or

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A Home Inspectors 5 tips on buying an REO

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 1:39 PM

The internet is full of useful sites giving plenty of great advice on the subject of purchasing a home.
In reading around the web, I found the following to be a very useful, and complete article, that covers the basics of what every home buyer should know.

http://www.realtor.com/home-finance/buyers-basics/home-buyers-basics.aspx?source=web

What is not as abundant on the web is specific advantages and dis-advantages of purchasing REO (real estate owned) properties, or foreclosures. In

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Home buying from the Home Inspector perspective

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 1:36 PM

Since there are so many great sites out there that list tips on buying a house. I will not attempt to build my own list. I found a great one here that says it all, on CNN Money.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/money101/lesson8/index.htm

What I would like to add, is a few things from an Experienced Home Inspectors view.

1. Try not to get to emotionally attached to the homes you’re looking at. This one was a hard one for me, even as an

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New home owners: Tips from a Home Inspectors view.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 1:32 PM

New home owners: Tips from a Home Inspectors view.

Focusing on the systems and functionality before the aesthetics.

In my experience as a Home Inspector I often see a common trend among new Home Owners. It’s such an exciting and fun time to purchase a new home. Especially for the first time home owner. Sometimes this excitement can cloud the new Home Owners vision a little bit. It is hard not envision your new home, with your furniture and decorating in place. I

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Wall Paper inspection

Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 12:26 PM

Wallpaper Inspection

by Nick Gromicko, Rob London and Kate Tarasenko

Wallpaper is a material used to cover and decorate interior building walls. It is typically sold in rolls and applied using an adhesive. Wallpaper can be plain (so that it can be painted), textured (such as Anaglypta and vinyl), and with patterned graphics.

InterNACHI inspectors should be aware that wallpaper can be used to mask structural as well as cosmetic defects, and it can also

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