As often as this church has been used over the last 100 years, the thousands of hours parishioners spent in the pews, the thoughts they must have had of the beautiful sanctuary, I wonder how many people thought of what was above the ceiling. The attic above the sanctuary is twice as large as the […]Read More about Hidden Beauty In a Church Attic
“A First for Us” Beauty Salon
It was bound to happen after twenty one years we inspected our first beauty salon. Retail stores and strip centers, doctors and dentists offices, restaurants, bars and drive thru’s, motels, schools, churches and industrial buildings, but never a beauty salon until now. You got to wonder, business must be so good they just don’t sell […]Read More about “A First for Us” Beauty Salon
Commercial Inspection Issues
We are always busy with commercial business inspections which are challenging and often unusual. The commercial properties are all so different, large multi unit apartment buildings, offices, movie multiplex theaters, schools, car wash, an animal shelter, convenience stores, strip malls, motels, warehouses, drive thru liquor stores, medical offices, so varied and of course numerous restaurants. […]Read More about Commercial Inspection Issues
Contamination Could Cost Millions $$
Is there a hidden or undisclosed problem with hazardous contamination on the property you are buying? If you are buying a property and there is one of these monitoring wells, you may have a serious and invisible problem with the property. They are most often found in commercial properties that have had a business that […]Read More about Contamination Could Cost Millions $$
Unrealistic Commercial Inspection Expectations
Climbing up on the roof of a large commercial building and looking at the HVAC units lined up there, it struck me how unrealistic some buyers are when they hire us to inspect commercial properties. This client only hired us for a half day despite our office suggesting that it would not be nearly enough […]Read More about Unrealistic Commercial Inspection Expectations
We Inspect Just About Any Commercial Business
We inspect more houses than any other type of building. When we inspect commercial buildings it is usually apartments, offices or retail units so last week it was exciting to inspect something we have never inspected before, a laundromat! We have inspected a school in Troy, a beer drive thru in Dayton, a muffler shop […]Read More about We Inspect Just About Any Commercial Business