by Steve Vacha | Mar 22, 2022 | Uncategorized, Newsletters, Prelisting Inspections
Where have all the listings gone? Sounds like a sad country song. 2021 was the wild west, houses often sold above asking price and in a few days with multiple offers without inspection contingencies. So far in 2022 there are still multiple offers, but often from folks...
by Jon Vacha | Jul 7, 2021 | Attics, Newsletters
The type of bats we find in attics used to migrate to warmer climates in the winter, but ever since we humans started building all these houses, bats have found our attics to be nice winter homes. Babies are born in attics, and eventually generations of furry flyers...
by Steve Vacha | Jan 22, 2019 | Newsletters
Many moons ago when I was a high school educator, a popular expression with us teachers was, “They will walk through the doors of your expectations”. Home buyers’ expectations are shaped by the people, including agents, lenders and home inspectors that they are...
by Jon Vacha | Dec 5, 2018 | Attics, Newsletters
Many homeowners are increasingly conscious of the benefits of improving the thermal rating of their homes. Recently at the GO-ASHI meeting, Todd from USA Insulation spoke to our group of ASHI inspectors about some of the ins and outs of an existing residential home’s...
by Steve Vacha | Aug 20, 2018 | Buildings Exterior, Foundation, Newsletters, Roof, Siding
Most buyers tend to spend most of their time looking at the interior of a house during a showing. Interior finishes and floorplans are most important in many peoples’ minds. At times, harsh weather such as extreme heat, cold or rain and snow can keep people from...
by Steve Vacha | Jul 15, 2018 | Newsletters
At Home Standards Inspection Services our goal is to provide the training to enable our inspectors to be the best in the area. This starts with on the job shadowing, and continues with cross training between inspectors and the sharing of information on a daily basis....
