Think about the last time you bought underwear. Every single pair had that little “Inspected by No. 5” sticker somewhere. Why on earth are new underwear inspected? Weren’t they just made? Getting a home inspection for new construction feels a lot like that sticker. It may seem unnecessary, but that’s…
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There’s a moment during many inspections when someone asks, usually casually, “Did you go under the house?” It sounds like a yes-or-no question. Under InterNACHI Standards of Practice, it isn’t. Crawlspaces are optional, conditional environments. Inspectors don’t treat them as rites of passage or tests of grit. InterNACHI sets clear…
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There’s a moment that happens during almost every inspection, usually somewhere between the attic and the electrical panel, when a buyer’s posture changes. The shoulders tighten. The questions come faster. The report, they’ve decided, is about to tell them whether they should run. It isn’t. What it’s actually doing is…
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If you haven’t had a home inspected in a while, you might still picture a guy with a flashlight, a ladder, and a three-page checklist. That world’s mostly gone. Today’s home inspections are built on formal national standards and, more and more, on some very 21st-century tech. Let me translate…
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