Attend the home inspection. Home inspection in Carlsbad N.M. 88220 At Desert Sun Home Inspections in Carlsbad New Mexico. 88220 There are tons of things I want to point out to a buyer. This is why I do want the buyer at the home inspection. I understand that sometimes they cannot make it. We all have jobs and things going on in our lives that require our attention. With that said. It seems more and more buyers are not attending their home inspections. They tend to leave it up to the home inspector to render the report and list any findings. Why would you "NOT ATTEND"? Like I said we all have things to do. But, buying a home is a very important step in your life. I tried to explain this at a recent Realtor meeting in Carlsbad New Mexico 88220. Take for instance of there is a cracked wind... 11/19/2013

Making changes to your home? Home inspection in Carlsbad New Mexico.   It seems every single day that home owners want to make changes to their homes. Some are as simple as remodeling the kitchen or baths. But what about when the changes are for the worst? Those little things that were really meant as a "Improvement" over the current situation. Always consult a professional before making any changes. On this home where a private seller and a private buyer got together to sell the home. The buyer called Desert Sun Home Inspections for a home inspection on the home. The seller has had the home for over Twenty years, shortly after moving in they wanted to protect the exterior electrical panels. So they simply boxed in the panels and service meter. Here is what I inspected when at the home.... 11/07/2013

How many Uncle Bob's work for a plumbing company? Home inspections NM. At a recent home inspection in Carlsbad New Mexico, Desert Sun Home Inspections found a few issues with the way the furnace and water heater was installed. It would seem that these units were never permitted when they were installed even though it is required to obtain a permit for the installation of the furnace and the water heater. If these units were permitted, they either were never inspected by the mechanical inspector. I have no idea if the home owner was charged for the permit either. If they were the units were never inspector or the inspector just didn't do his job. The type of work I saw with the installation of the water heater led me to believe that Uncle Bob worked for this plumbing company at the time ... 11/02/2013

USDA needs clarification on the roof. What's the issues with this home. I received a call yesterday about a home inspection that I have performed for a client. It is a USDA loan and the loan officer needed more in formation about the home. Specifically the roofs condition.  At Desert Sun Home Inspections in Carlsbad New Mexico. We try to help our client's as much as possible. So when I got the call from the buyer about the questions that the USDA loan officer had about the roof. I quickly e-mailed the loan officer back. I would like for the loan to go through. I don't want to be the bad guy when it comes to a loan not being approved for a buyer. I simply report the home as it is. Nothing more. The question was this. 1. What exactly is wrong with the roof? 2. How many years will the roof... 10/30/2013

The Furnace and Uncle Bob, Home inspections in Carlsbad New Mexico. As the saga continues with the Uncle Bob home. My heart was a little let down when I asked where the Furnace and water heater was located. He quickly showed me where the furnace was located. Sitting snugly in the living room. I looked at the unit and asked if this was their only source of heat for the home. He told me that "Yes it was and the little mighty mite do'es a good job in heating the home". O.K., taking a moment to collect my thought's I was not thrilled to find such a "Furnace" in the homes as the only source of heat. If this would have been an energy audit, then I would call for the immediate removal of such a "Furnace".These unvented units are actually very popular with many of the older homes in the Southwe... 10/27/2013

Inspector with blinders on. Home inspection in Artesia, New Mexico. When Inspecting homes for buyers and seller. Desert Sun Inspections not only has to find the issues if any with the home. But we have to seek out anything that may be hidden by the builder when building the home. Many of these issues we find is out in the open. This brings me to the title of this post. Inspector with blinders on. Home inspection in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The local building inspectors should find issues with the builders that should be written up as needing to be repaired or finished. Are these local inspectors that get paid good money actually inspecting the way they should be? I say not in any way. I have found blatant issues with homes that should have never been approved by the building inspector in t... 10/24/2013

I kept saying WHY! Desert Sun Home Inspection in Artesia New Mexico. There are those homes that you want to pull your hair out when trying to figure out what the builder was or was not thinking when the  y did what they did. Then you wonder if the local JHA (Juristicion having authority) inspectors even looked at the home when it was being built or even after the completion of the home. This 4,000 square foot home has been on the markets for about four months. I think it is in a very nice subdivision. One problem I could see from the get go was there was a home owner maintenance issue with the exterior of the home. Usually this is an indicator of things to come with the interior of the home and the interior maintenance. More later on that front. Home has 4,020 SFT. Two story. Three leve... 10/22/2013