If you haven’t had your home inspected in the last 5 years (or never had an inspection) you may be missing the following:
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Haven't Had Your Home Inspected?
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11 Ways to Improve Indoor Air Quality — And 2 You Can Skip
Original Article Source Credits: Famil Handyman www.familyhandyman.com/
Article Written By: Amanda Prischak
Original Article Posted on: 21 Dec 2021
Link to Original Article: https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/clean-indoor-air-quality/
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Reasons For A Home Inspection When Buying A Home
Original Article Source Credits: Residence Style www.residencestyle.com/
Article Written By:Lucy
Original Article Posted on: 23 Aug 2021
Link to Original Article: https://www.residencestyle.com/reasons-for-a-home-inspection-when-buying-a-home/
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Five Tips To Help You Negotiate Your Home Purchase
Through the pandemic, there were many people who were considering moving out of their houses. With the changes taking place with businesses and companies, people were allowed to work remotely and attend their meetings virtually. For the most part, people were moving back to the countryside, while others were traveling the world as long as they were meeting their timelines and deadlines and getting their work done.
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$100 Off On A Post Sale Or Homeowner Inspection With Evergreen Home Inspection
As an ASHI Certified Home Inspector Serving Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Evergreen Home Inspection is happy to announce that we are offering a special discount on a post sale or homeowner inspection.
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Window replacement advice
This warrants inclusion here as you may, as a new homeowner, be faced to keeping the existing windows or having them replaced. Below are the reasons to replace and not replace windows. (You may not get this feedback from a company selling new windows).
When to keep the existing windows? Intact and operable single glazed windows with decent combination storm units (or interior storms) do not warrant replacement on heat loss grounds. If the existing windows are reasonably tight-fitting – or can be made so through weather-stripping, the energy savings from window replacement are not large. They are often minimal. As the cost of new windows typically runs anywhere from $300 to $800 per unit, the payback in energy savings will very often be 30 to 50 years.
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How buyers are getting screwed in this market
Don’t be a sucker
I just had a friend of my son call to cancel his inspection for this week. I wasn’t upset about this. I think he (and wife and kids) probably dodged a bullet. How?
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Oil Tanks
Reminder: check your oil tank
For those of you who heat with oil (as I do), I suggest that you take a look at your oil tank. Especially do this if you think your tank is older or simply has not been looked at for some time.
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Why do a home inspection on a home you already own?
Recently I’ve been doing more and more home inspections for both new homeowners and those who have owned their home for some time. If you are a new homeowner, you may be ‘In the same boat’ as the roughly 50 to 70 percent of home buyers over the last year who did not have a home inspection in order to get your offer accepted.
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Why I won’t do Pre-Sale (Seller’s) “Inspections” anymore
While most home inspections are done for the buyers of homes and properties, home inspectors sometimes also do Pre-sale inspections for the sellers. The rationale for doing this inspection is that if a sellers knows what problems will be revealed by a buyer’s inspection they can deal with these issues ahead of time.
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Why Have A Home Inspection On A Home You Already Own?
This week I did an inspection for a couple who had lots of questions and concerns about their home. Most of these concerns were not warranted. The walls showed numerous seam cracks where the drywall met the trim. Hairline straight cracks at wall/ceiling intersections – or even just on the walls – are butt (seam) cracks. You can ignore these: they aren’t structural.
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Important stuff the inspection that the home inspection doesn’t cover…
While termite control outfits are often called pest control companies, pests are a different thing. Many of the below creatures warrant removal by ‘pest control’ companies.
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The Ultimate Homebuyer’s Handbook
This blog is from my book, “The Ultimate Homebuyer’s Handbook” (available on Amazon with a free copy at the inspection) just notes the first of the many systems and structures that a home inspection does not cover.
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THINGS NOT COVERED THAT CAN COST YOU A LOT….
1 Chimney flues and the interiors of chimneys
In my opinion, this may be the most important exclusion from the home inspection. The fact is, home inspectors are required to look at the exterior of chimneys and the venting of heating systems and other
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The 12 Most Common Types of Mold in the Home
Even if you haven’t spotted it yet, mold is probably in your home right now. Read on to learn which species are most prevalent, where they grow, and when you have a problem.
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The Ultimate Guide To Indoor Air Quality At Home
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The Ultimate Homebuyer’s Handbook
This chapter covers a number of environmental hazards relevant to your home buying effort that you need to know about.
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Meet The Face Behind Evergreen Home Inspection
I’m Ernie Simpson, the proud owner of Evergreen Home Inspection.
I look forward to sharing my story. I hope that you will enjoy getting to know me better.
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Announcing The New Website
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new website!
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Finding a Home Inspector You Can Trust…
Finding a home inspector… Note: this is a selection from one chapter of The Ultimate HomeBuyer’s Handbook, which I will be finishing shortly and selling on Amazon. I hope you find this useful. Feel free to email me with feedback or questions. Choosing a qualified and diligent home inspector versus an inspector who rushes the inspection and doesn’t take the time to do a proper job can save you a few thousand dollars, or occasionally tens of thousands of dollars in repair costs (or lost value) over the period you own the home. The difference can also be getting an inspector who…
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