by peteryoung | Dec 22, 2019 | Asheville Do It Yourself, Asheville home improvement, Asheville Home Inspections, Asheville Home Inspector, Asheville homeowner tasks, Asheville real estate, Buying a home, Buying a home in Asheville, Child safe home Asheville, Electrical Safety, Home improvement Asheville, Home Inspector Asheville, Homeowner tasks
Electricity has a “dark side” that can injure or kill you if you don’t respect it Electricity is something we don’t think about much. In fact, we take for granted that it is there for us when we need it. Most importantly, we rarely...
by peteryoung | Oct 22, 2019 | Asheville Do It Yourself, Asheville home improvement, Asheville Home Inspections, Asheville Home Inspector, Asheville real estate, Asheville roof inspection, Asheville roof repair, Buying a home, Buying a home in Asheville, Home improvement Asheville, Roof inspection Asheville
Home inspection myths can keep you “in the dark.” Everyone buying a home knows they need to get a home inspection before signing or sealing any deal to buy the property, right? Okay, almost everyone. But what do most people really know about home...
by peteryoung | Sep 26, 2019 | Asheville home improvement, Asheville Home Inspections, Asheville Home Inspector, Asheville real estate, Asheville water damage, Home improvement Asheville, Home Inspector Asheville, Homeowner tasks, Protection from water damage
Accidental home disasters can be very costly. Many are preventable. This is the time of year that natural disasters – hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods, to name a few – are on many people’s minds. There’s another type of disaster that most...
by peteryoung | Aug 23, 2019 | Asheville Do It Yourself, Asheville home improvement, Asheville Home Inspections, Asheville Home Inspector, Asheville real estate, Buying a home, Buying a home in Asheville, Electrical Safety, Home improvement Asheville, Home Inspector Asheville, Homeowner tasks
Lightning strikes can do some serious damage to homes. What is lightning? It’s a visible jolt of static electricity that can occur within a cloud, cloud-to-cloud, or between a cloud and an object on the ground. How serious a threat is lightning?...
by peteryoung | Jul 23, 2019 | Asheville Do It Yourself, Asheville home improvement, Asheville Home Inspections, Asheville Home Inspector, Asheville real estate, Asheville roof inspection, Buying a home, Buying a home in Asheville, Electrical Safety, Home improvement Asheville, Home Inspector Asheville, Roof inspection Asheville
Homes can’t fail inspections, but some discoveries open the door for serious negotiations. Can a home fail an inspection? Home inspectors hear this question from time to time. The answer is no, but it’s never that simple. Home inspections are not...
by peteryoung | Jun 24, 2019 | Asheville home improvement, Asheville Home Inspections, Asheville Home Inspector, Asheville real estate, Asheville roof inspection, Asheville roof repair, Buying a home in Asheville, Home improvement Asheville, Home Inspector Asheville, Roof inspection Asheville, Roof repair Asheville
Nothing puts the brakes on a home sale like a roof that’s neglected or dilapidated. (Ominous music plays…) “Your roof is old and failing and will need replacement soon.” These words can be a real bone of contention between buyers and...