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Why Hire A Home Inspector When Buying or Selling

The Importance of a Home Inspection Nearly all of today’s home purchase contracts include a home inspection contingency clause, which is a provision allowing the buyer to hire a professional home inspector to thoroughly evaluate the home for structural and mechanical defects or potential safety hazards associated with the home. When hiring a home inspector, […]

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Beat the Heat Kern County

Give your A/C some TLC. Clean or replace the filter in room and central air conditioners about once a month during the summer. If you have central air-conditioning, have the ducts checked for leaks, which can reduce a system’s efficiency by as much as 15 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Seal any […]

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Radon Can Be Home Danger

From The Dalles Chronicle My husband and I recently purchased our first home. As part of the home inspection process, I requested a radon test. I learned about the risks of radon in an environmental health class I took at Oregon State University and wanted to make sure I knew everything about our new home—the […]

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Home Inspection: Get It Done

When buying a home, you’ll probably do a walk-through numerous times before you give an offer to the homeowner. You’ll probably also have a friend or relative do a walk-through, too, to give you an idea of what kind of shape the house is in. Those walk-throughs are not a substitute for a close examination […]

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Kern County Home Inspection

Vegetation, soil moisture affect foundations The more real estate inspections I perform, the more damage I view from trees near homes. For that and other reasons, trees are double-edged plants. They provide beauty, shade, privacy or food. But they can also damage your home, harbor pests, crack foundations and disrupt plumbing. Short of removing all […]

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Home Inspections: Avoiding a snaky situation

Tired from working his 135-acre homestead, Clem Weber pulled off his dirty work boots, stood them just outside the back door and settled inside for an early spring lunch. When he later slipped his right foot back into the 12-inch tall boot, he felt something squishy, something wrong. Before Weber could recoil, a 2-foot-long copperhead […]

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