Shorewood Forest, a Planned Unit Development Community located West of Valparaiso, is an upscale neighborhood founded in the early 1970’s. This community mostly consists of medium sized to large single-family homes built between 1970 and 1999. However, a substantial amount of these homes in Shorewood are newer, built between 2000 and the present. Shorewood Forest […]
Home Inspection
Pre-listing home inspection
Certified Home Inspections of Valparaiso provides residential property inspections for clients in Porter, Lake, and Laporte counties and highly recommends “Pre-Listing” home inspections to current homeowners preparing to sell. Many homeowners call to inquire about and request our “pre-listing inspection”, which was created to uncover defects for the seller before the house is listed for […]
What to expect during a home inspection.
Certified Home Inspections of Valparaiso has developed a unique method of providing high quality customer service that enables clients to enjoy a positive and stress free experience during the home-buying/inspection process. This process is initiated by one of three methods, a phone call, text, or email to the Certified Home Inspections headquarters requesting information about […]
809 Grandview in Valparaiso, IN – The Perfect Flip
In Valparaiso, on the North Side, lies a quaint neighborhood named Hillcrest Park, Situated between Loomis and Flint Lake, many of these homes were constructed in the early 1920’s. We were asked to do a pre-sale inspection of this newly flipped 1920’s bungalow style home located at the corner of Leisure & Grandview. Seller Steve […]
Lake County (IN) Courthouse – Architectural Favorite
One of our home inspector’s favorites is the Lake County Courthouse, affectionately referred to as the “Grand Old Lady”. This beauty of a building eloquently offers a few architectural styles combined: Romanesque and Georgian. J. C. Cochran of Chicago, Illinois designed this ornate structure and it was erected in 1878. Brenda Versnel of McColly Real […]