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Examiner.com
Home Inspector: Overcuts A Big Deck Problem
WSMV, TN
To look into how the 7-year-old deck may have collapsed, the Channel 4 I-Team called in home inspector Dick Schor -- the same inspector who pointed out the problems with decks featured in the I-Team's investigation last week. ...
How safe is your deck? Examiner.com
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How safe is your deck?
Examiner.com
As a home inspector I've been amazed at the many incorrect deck construction techniques I've seen. Some of the more common issues I've seen are: If you are not familiar with deck building codes or industry practices hire a professional home inspector ...
Deck Collapse Severely Injures Resident WSMV
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Rise in Bank-Owned Homes Calls for Closer Look at Home Warranties
Business Wire (press release), CA
This refers to a defect or malfunction in a covered system or appliance that would not have been known to the buyer, seller, agent, or home inspector by a visual inspection and/or by operating the system or appliances. Conversely, he continued ...

Homeowner Finds Hidden Room
WCTV, FL
Even the home inspector didn't know it existed behind a bedroom wall. When Stansel and his brother lowered a camera inside, they two brooms and a grass basket. He believes this is proof someone used the room long ago. The discovery has the family's ...

Private GM bondholders face prospect of large losses
Financial Times, UK
By Nicole Bullock in New York "Creditors have better memories than debtors," says Chris Crowe, an electrician and home inspector from Denver, who stands to lose his son's college fund on what has turned out to be a poor investment in the bonds of ...

Spike In Demand For Home Inspectors Nationwide.
BigNews.biz (press release), MA
By partnering with RECAMPUS, “we have positioned ourselves to be the online school of choice for those interested in pursuing a career as a home inspector.” says Shortt. Partnering with RECAMPUS also gives the school access to other high quality real ...

Ken King column: First home buyer suggestions
Sheboygan Press, WI
Items such as lawn care and snow removal need to be factored into home ownership. n Fourth, make sure you have a professional home inspector to do an inspection prior to the sale. It might cost a little extra money, but they may find things that you ...

Read the inspector's report carefully
Times and Transcript, Canada
However, regardless of the better weather, your initial enthusiasm might wane when you read the home inspector's report on the property. It's no wonder buyers get disappointed, and sometimes even alarmed, when they have a closer look at what the home ...

Heating contractor denies defect
NewsOK.com, OK
He hired a home inspector and then backed out of the deal. Now the property is back on the market, and I've got a disclosure problem. Basically, I do not want to disclose to the next buyer that a past home inspection was done. Is that OK? ...

Washington Post Real Estate editor and columnist
Washington Post, United States
Is it worth the money to hire our own home inspector? Buildings are built by humans. Humans make mistakes. Humans who are working in tight credit situations are particularly prone to make mistakes. Elizabeth Razzi: Absolutely! ...

Buyers beware of pitfalls with vacant homes
Chicago Tribune, United States
Obviously, it pays to hire an independent home inspector to examine an empty house, or at least base your offer on a satisfactory inspection. It also pays to hire an examiner to review an occupied house.

Alberta considers regulating home inspectors
Calgary Herald,  Canada
CALGARY - That crack in the house's foundation went unnoticed by your home inspector, despite all his years in home-building and those online courses he took. It was barely visible--and completely invisible on the $400 inspection report--but it meant ...
Alberta home inspectors welcome possible regulations iNews880.com
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How Stable Is Your Deck Or Porch?
WSMV, TN
A certified home inspector said it isn't a question of if this will happen again in middle Tennessee but when. "I can show you thousands of decks in middle Tennessee that are very similar to the problems that these decks are having," said deck ...

GM's small bondholders hope for better future in bankruptcy
MarketWatch
... management to keep the debt-ridden auto giant afloat. That deal trades debt for stock that then gets split. "I got sick to my stomach because I'll get nothing the way they're doing it," said Crowe, a home inspector and electrician in Littleton, Colo.

Home Inspector Plays Detective, Uncovers Meth Labs
kypost.com, KY
Methamphetamine is a powerful and additive drug that can be cooked virtually anywhere -- even in that home you've been wanting to buy. With so many foreclosures and bank-owned properties on the market in this recession, home buyers sometimes don't even ...

Alberta to consider regulating home inspectors
Ottawa Citizen,  Canada
Home inspector Don Beneteau checks for insulation in the wall of a Windsor, Ont., home on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. The Alberta government is asking the public whether it should become only the second province to regulate home inspectors. ...

Alberta to consider regulating home inspectors
Canada.com, Canada
Home inspector Don Beneteau checks for insulation in the wall of a Windsor, Ont., home on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. The Alberta government is asking the public whether it should become only the second province to regulate home inspectors. ...

Pedal power boosts fitness, saves on fuel
Madison County Herald, MS
A 63-year-old home inspector, Eades rides his bicycle from his home in the Wendover/Shadowood area in Ridgeland to Madison, downtown Jackson and Clinton to inspect homes and deliver reports on his findings. He said biking to work regularly has kept him ...

BobVila.com
Inexpensive Tips for Protecting Your Home
BobVila.com, MA
Following these preventative tips from HomeMaster, one of the largest home inspector franchisors in North America, can save a lot of money down the road and all of them can be done for under $25. Among the tips are to seal roof flashings to prevent ...

Del Webb responds to defect suit, says inspectors misled
Las Vegas Sun, NV
In papers filed Monday in US District Court in Las Vegas, Del Webb said the defect suit filed April 6 in Clark County District Court is related to what it calls the rogue business practices of home inspector MC Mojave Construction and two men ...