Be certain the seller fixed what he said he fixed! OK You've made an offer on your new Rhode Island home, it was accepted pending your buyers home inspection, and you've had an inspection too. Good job! The seller has addressed all concerns and repaired a few items. You hope? Not so fast, [...]
Brought to you by RI Home Inspections, providing home inspections throughout Rhode Island. I've inspected hundreds of Rhode Island Homes and often I see improper gutter systems. I always write them up as a defect but most people think it isn't that big of a deal. I decided to write up a small educational piece [...]
Home Inspections not just for buyers, sellers benefit too! Over the years performing home inspections in Rhode Island, I have noticed a similar theme. Not during my home inspections per se, but after when the client gets the report. It is often used to re-negotiate the price. I have seen buyers ask sellers for concessions [...]
Realtors benefit from good home inspections too! I can assume we all know that a thorough Rhode Island Home Inspection is beneficial to the buyer of the home. knowing every defect helps in deciding to buy, helping ask for seller concessions, or negotiating. It even helps to simply determine the budget a buyer will need [...]
Inspecting homes throughout Rhode Island, I get a repeated question... Mike, How bad is this defect? When i get this question is usually means one of the two things; How expensive is it to fix / can i do it myself? How urgent is it? OK here goes... First with the urgency, I'll just let you [...]
Ahhh the question I get more and more as of late. Do you inspect like Mike Holmes? Do you like Mike Holmes? OK, Mike Holmes has an entertaining show, the premise is he is following a bad inspector's work and fixes the problems. Mr. Holmes has brought attention to my profession, and that's good. More [...]
I was meeting a client for the first time a couple weeks ago, as usual i meet them at the inspection, and when i told him I would be there 2 1/2 - 3 hours he was shocked, and seemed upset. I questioned him and he said he wasn't upset with me, he had [...]
