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How Home Inspections Detect Potential Health Hazards
Potential Health Hazards Detection Home inspections play a crucial role in identifying potential health hazards within a residential property. Trained professionals, often referred to as home inspectors, assess various aspects of a home to identify any conditions that could pose health risks to its occupants. How home inspections detect potential health hazards: 1. Mold and…
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The Role of Technology in a Home Inspection
What technology can do in home inspection? Technology plays a significant role in modernizing and enhancing home inspection services. Home inspectors traditionally relied on manual methods and basic tools to assess the condition of a property, it still is a fact that the “Standard Operating procedures”, (SOP) that home inspectors operate under, only require a…
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Do I need to be present at the home inspection and why it is important
Should the Buyer be present for the Home Inspection? Being present at a home inspection is generally recommended for buyers as it offers several benefits. When I book a new client’s home inspection with Batten To Beam Inspections, LLC, I encourage your participation. Reasons a buyer should consider being present during the home inspection: First-hand…
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Pre-Listing Inspections: What Sellers AND Buyers Should Know
What are Pre-Listing Inspections? A Pre-Listing Inspection is a Home Inspection done prior to a homeowner listing their home for sale, it is usually contracted by and paid for by the seller, however, in some cases, the listing agent may offer to cover all or part of the fee out of the listing agent’s marketing…
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Did You Waive Your Home Inspection? And Why It Is Still Important?
Significance of Post-Settlement Home Inspections in a Competitive Housing Market During the past several years, housing market conditions, such as low home inventories and heavy competition among home buyers in the greater Philadelphia and Delaware Valley, have forced many home buyers into situations in which they have waived the home inspection. If you are not…
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Importance of Termite Inspections in Newtown Square, PA
Why Termite Inspections is Necessary & its Benefits When I am discussing a home inspection with my clients, termite Inspections (specifically termed wood destroying insect or WDI inspection in Pennsylvania) are usually the primary addon service requested. In many cases it may be a requirement of the mortgage company, as VHA and certain FHA or…
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The Impact of Weather on A Home Inspection
How can weather impact home inspections? I often am asked about weather conditions by clients and how will that impact the home inspection process, occasionally I have client call to re-schedule an inspection because rain is forecasted that day. While snow may be an issue and hinder seeing exterior components, I absolutely do not like…
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Sewer Line Inspections – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Importance of Sewer Line inspections As a home buyer you are presented with a variety of inspection options to consider while having a Home Inspection. There are considerations and systems that are out of scope of the typical home inspection, services such as Wood Destroying Insect (Termite) inspections and Radon Testing are two of the…
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How Photos, Videos & Hyperlinks Enhance Your Home Inspection Report?
Understanding the Elements of Inspection Report In a previous article, I wrote about “what to Expect from Your Home Inspection” and I wanted to follow up and help you understand how various elements of the inspection report can help you understand the information about your home. First off there are several versions of the reports…
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Choosing the Right Home Inspector in Newtown Square, PA
Importance of choosing the right home inspector Choosing the right home inspector may seem intimidating, but choosing the wrong one may cost you valuable time and money. Many new home buyers these days know very little about homes, the systems in their homes and how to maintain them so that they have an enjoyable safe…
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