There's a few trends that have been happening in the last five years in the Real Estate Marketplace pertaining to home inspections.
Two years ago, in 2016, the real estate market boom became a disaster zone for many home inspectors, as inspections dropped drastically in a no-subject marketplace. in many cases, it left buyers with horror stories, as they moved in and found out that the electrical system was faulty, or there were hidden areas that now revealed cracked foundations. It became a fie...
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Home Inspection
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Imagine if you will...
When I built our home back in the late 1980's, I never imagined little items like Alexa playing a favorite playlist, or having a Dick Tracy phone that I could "facetime" with my son. In most cases, 30 years later, there isn't a bunch of tech in this home.... except...
• I have a wall thermostat that I can control no matter where I am in the world, that controls a heat pump/furnace combo that gives heat or cold, depending on my will.
* Thirty yea...
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People often ask me why they have to attend a home inspection with me, instead of waiting for the report. I’ve been a home and property inspector for over 28 years now, inspecting single family homes, townhouse and condonimiums and sky-high apartments all over Metro Vancouver and the Lower Mainland — as far east as Hope, as west as Richmond, North to Lions Bay and south to 0 Avenue in Surrey, and I’ve never had a client tell me after accompanying me on the inspection say, “this was a w...
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Clogged vents don’t just cause fires. They also reduce the efficiency of your dryer to the point where you could be paying an extra $20 a month to run it and it won’t be long before you’ll have a costly repair on your hands. If clothes are taking longer than normal to dry or are still hot and damp after a full cycle, that’s a clear signal that you need to clean the vent.
You can hire a pro to do the job or, for fifteen to thirty dollars, buy a dryer vent cleaning kit with a rotary brush...
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People often ask me why they have to attend a home inspection with me, instead of waiting for the report. I’ve been an inspector for over 27 years now, all over the Lower Mainland — from all over Vancouver, Burnaby and New Westminster; as far east as Hope, and all over Surrey and North Delta, my home towns. I’ve never had a client tell me after accompanying me on the inspection say, “this was a waste of my time”. More often than not, they’ve learned many things they were unprepar...
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People often ask me why they have to attend a home inspection with me, instead of waiting for the report.
I’ve been an inspector for over 27 years now, all over the Lower Mainland — from all over Vancouver and as far east as Hope, and I’ve never had a client tell me after accompanying me on the inspection say, “this was a waste of my time”.
More often than not, they’ve learned many things they were unprepared for, and are relieved that they have answers and understand the importance...
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People often ask me why they have to attend a home inspection with me, instead of waiting for the report.
I’ve been an inspector for over 27 years now, all over the Lower Mainland — from all over Vancouver and as far east as Hope, and I’ve never had a client tell me after accompanying me on the inspection say, “this was a waste of my time”
More often than not, they’ve learned many things they were unprepared for, and are relieved that they have answers and understand the import...
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