When buying a house don’t think that your home inspector is all you need to make sure your new home is all you want it to be. That junk car in the neighbors driveway has been there for years and it will be there for you to see every day when you purchase the home. […]

Looking at buying a new home, that small stream at the rear of the property may be the selling feature and the most appealing point as you consider making an offer. What you may not realize is that many of these small streams have been re-categorized by FEMA as potential flood zones. Flood zones are […]

Thinking of new flooring, forget laminated flooring. They are noisy to walk on, are easily damaged by moisture or water on shoes coming in doors and look at the new plank vinyl. It is easily repairable, looks great, has a textured surface and the color is deep and not easily damaged. You can buy just […]

Continuing education is how we are spending our weekend at the ASHI spring Expo in Columbus getting another fourteen hours towards our annual requirement! This is important because in Ohio there is no government regulation of Home Inspectors, buyers can all too often get an inspector who does not adhere to a high standard of […]

Inspecting the basement in a vacant house we came across this container marked poison! First of all its poison, which is dangerous to leave around in a house that you are selling. A curious child or a adult wondering what is in the jar could be poisoned. Then written on the side of the jar […]

If they can be nailed wrong, they will be. It seems that more than half of the decks we inspect have a problem with the joist hangers. For some reason (and its probably price) people want to buy a smaller joist hanger than necessary saving a few dollars and putting the deck in jeopardy. Joist […]