Archive for the ‘Inspection Observations’ Category

The famous “as is where is”…..why bother?

10/06/10 5:36 pm | Comments (0) | Posted By: admin

It’s the same phrase used over and over again in the Real Estate community. The house is selling as is… Really ? Here’s a news flash the buyer doesn’t really care! After performing over 10,000 inspections I have learned a lot about the view points of both the buyer and the seller. One of the most important things I have learned is that...

Water in the Basement? Never…

24/05/10 8:11 pm | Comments (0) | Posted By: admin

Recently I performed an inspection near my home in Orange County New York. After several minutes of inspecting the outside of the house I realized we may have some water in the basement issues. The gutters didn’t have extensions, the slope of the land was graded directly into the side of the house, the window wells were clogged and missing...