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
“A First for Us”
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”
Commercial Inspections
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 numerous restaurants. When we […]Read More about Commercial Inspections
Pollution Contamination
Problem? If you are buying a property and there is one of these test well monitoring stations, you would want to check out what the issue is. These are monitoring wells to determine if chemicals are leeching into or out of your property. They are most often found in commercial properties that have had an […]Read More about Pollution Contamination
Unrealistic 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 Inspection Expectations
We Inspect Hotels, Restaurants and now Laundromats
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 Hotels, Restaurants and now Laundromats