Turning Your Inspection Report into a Home Maintenance Roadmap

Your inspection report becomes a home maintenance roadmap! Congratulations! You’ve signed a mountain of paperwork thick enough to stop a bullet, handed over a cashier’s check that made your eyes water, and received the keys to your new kingdom. You are...

Don’t Let Sticky Doors Kill Your Sale: A Handy Pre-Inspection Checklist

The inspector doesn’t know that door requires a specific karate-chop motion to open smoothly. Greetings, Home Seller! You’ve put the sign in the yard. You’ve scrubbed baseboards until your thumbs are numb. You’ve hidden the dog bowls, baked the obligatory “open...

Winter Home Hangover: A Guide to Spring Detox

Freezing temperatures, howling winds, and ice dams the size of Samurai swords… Spring is finally here! The birds are singing, daffodils are pushing through the soil, and your house is groaning like it just woke up from a three-month bender. Truth is, winter is...

Dungeon Down Under: A Wet Crawlspace Can Be Your Home’s Worst Nightmare

Ignoring your crawlspace is like ignoring a cavity. It doesn’t get better on its own. As a home inspector, I’ve been places you couldn’t pay me enough to go if it wasn’t literally my job. I’ve shimmied into attics hotter than the surface of the sun and squeezed behind...

New Year, New You (Almost) New Habitat: Optimizing Your Home for Health And Sanity

Instead of just resolutions for your waistline, let’s make some resolutions for your home. Okay, everyone,let’s see a show of hands if you’ve already bought a ridiculously large bag of spinach you swear you’re going to eat before it turns into green sludge in...

Out, Out, Damp Spot: A Short Guide to Waterproofing a Basement From the Inside

Can you seal basement leaks from the inside? The short answer is YES!Photo by Lowe’s Basements have a sketchy reputation. Things lurk down there: forgotten holiday decorations, that treadmill you swore you’d use, and (unfortunately) that dreaded musty smell that...