As any retired grandfather with a toolbox knows, living in an older home can often mean substituting Sunday football for weekend fix-ups. Seldom will the seasons change without a new issue springing up – a new floorboard creak here, a leaky faucet there; the house can be a handyman’s paradise. For that reason, Certified Home […]
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Walls, Ceilings, and Floors
It often doesn’t take a professional home inspector to point out issues with the walls, ceilings, and floors. Truth be told, sitting in one’s living room and spotting a large settling crack along the wall is just about as difficult as identifying the Grand Canyon from a few yards away. Even a teenager, perhaps attempting […]
The Crawl Space
No matter how much curb-appeal it has, or how much it boasts that trendy and updated interior, you never really know a home until you crawl underneath it. Of course, a house’s crawl space isn’t the most fun place to hang out, but inspecting these cramped cavernous spaces is crucial in assessing the structural integrity […]