Posted by NewBuyer on December 27, 2009 | No Comments
A comprehensive list of things to check out while walking through a prospective home for the first time, including: drywall, paint, baseboard, light fixture locations, carpet, roof tiles, windows, doors, tile, granite, tubs and appliances. Detail is given for each of the above areas of consideration.
The resource suggests that “you bring a walk-thru punch list with you when you walk through the home.”
Source: Amazines
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Posted by NewBuyer on December 21, 2009 | No Comments
An extensive FAQ document about home inspections from the American Society of Home Inspectors. Learn the definition of a home inspection, what it includes, if you need one and how much it will cost. See if you can do the home inspection yourself, if a house can fail an inspection, if you need to be at the inspection and what the home inspection report will reveal.
The resource is provided by ASHI which is defined as: “Since 1976, ASHI has worked to build consumer awareness of home inspection and to enhance the professionalism of its membership. The ASHI Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics serves as a performance guideline for home inspectors, and is universally recognized and accepted by many professional and governmental bodies.”
Source: ASHI
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Posted by Elizabeth Dennis on December 18, 2009 | No Comments
An insightful look at the importance of a mold inspection and how to work it into the home buying process. This piece discusses why a mold inspection is important, how to add a mold disclosure clause into the contract, and how mold inspections for the purposes of real estate transactions are different than other mold inspections.
From the resource: “The home inspection is just one of the steps in the long list of things to be done in the process of purchasing a home. While visible mold will be noticed and reported by any home inspector worth his salt, home inspectors are not mold experts and general inspection does not include air sampling for elevated mold spore counts.”
Source: Article Ammo
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