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Category Archives: Maintenance
We live in an old house. Now, old is relative, but in our part of the country (Maryland suburbs) anything built before the housing explosion in the early 1990s is considered pretty old. Our house was built in 1942 and … Continue reading
You might not think that a Home Inspection is necessary when purchasing a condominium. After all, condo owners don’t have to worry about fixing or maintaining the exterior, so why get an inspection? What could go wrong in such a … Continue reading
Most people hire a home inspector to find the large ticket issues that may be lurking in a home, and to assure themselves that some of the other issues they are seeing are not significant, but possibly just cosmetic. So … Continue reading
Which is a more cost-effective upgrade: a new furnace or new windows? Would you believe… neither? Calculating the cost savings for replacing either an HVAC unit or windows can be tricky, but it’s worth doing the math to make sure … Continue reading
“Real Estate bidding wars are back in parts of D.C. area” That was the headline in last week’s Real Estate section of the Washington Post. To a Home Inspector, that is a very scary prospect: people engaged in bidding wars … Continue reading




