Hello, Meet Your Virginia Beach Home Inspector So you have looked all over Hampton Roads and have found the house. Now you are ready for the all important home inspection. You may do an online search or you might take the recommendation of your Realtor. However you go about finding your home insp
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07/27/2010
Words of wisdom by George Carlin. How true his words are today.Upon George Carlin's wife passing I was amazed to hear this rancorous comedian of the 70's and 80's write something so appropriate and eloquent: A Message The paradox
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07/22/2010
Managing Expectations for a Home Inspection in Virginia BeachOne part of my job as a Virginia Beach home inspector is to manage client expectations. By that I mean it is important that a home buyer know exactly what they are getting when they hire a home inspector. This is especially true if this
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07/21/2010
Last week in Part 1 of “I’m done with it, now what?” I talked about some household items that need to be disposed of in a responsible manner. Today I am going to list some items that many may believe are appropriate for the recycling bin, but actually cannot be recycled and will end up in
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07/13/2010
After changing the oil in my wife’s care yesterday I brought the used oil to the local auto store to be disposed of appropriately. This got me to thinking about other things around the house that need to be disposed of in an appropriate matter.
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07/08/2010
I guess the landing lessons were not included This humorous picture got me to thinking about how we present our services to clients. There is nothing worse than hiring someone only to find out that what you thought you were getting is not what you received. It really seems a
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07/07/2010
Working as a home inpsector in Virginia Beach one thing I have noticed is that it is hot out here in Hampton Roads. The forecast here next week is for 90+ degrees all week long. So we definitely are in the prime time of the air conditioning season. Now we all depend on these units to provide us w
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07/02/2010
I think this is a perfect example of two people working together for the benefit of the client. In the end that is what it is all about. The other day I was contacted by an agent, Carol Sterling, who I first met while running around to open houses in the beginning of my career as a Seatt
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06/29/2010
Virginia Beach Home Inspector talks BBQ safety As a home inspector in Virginia Beach one of the more important issues that I always like to address is safety in the home. This weekend is the Super Bowl of the backyard grilling season. Every year there are thousands injured due to carelessness a
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06/29/2010
There are times on a home inspection that you will find an issue that has such a simple fix, but has been left unattended. This video is an example of a deferred maintenance item that really needs to be attended to before the situation becomes a real problem. Here a condensate drain line was not
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06/27/2010