When it comes to a home’s exterior, not everything is about curb appeal and cosmetics. Sure, the perfect paint color and a lush lawn will catch someone’s eye, but the outside of a house is about structure, functionality, and safety just as much as the inside is. And while the average home buyer can’t always see a house’s potential issues from driving by or walking through a showing, a proper home inspection can reveal things the naked eye misses. Today, we’re reviewing what home inspectors check outside of houses for.
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Home inspections are almost always a nerve-wracking time. Whether you’re the homeowner crossing your fingers that you can finally sell the home or the home buyer who hopes it’s not too good to be true, home inspections can be exhausting. In fact, home inspections are exhaustive, with a basic home inspection like our own covering over 10 major categories and hundreds of points of failure in a home. We’ve seen it all from the mundane to the bizarre to the criminal. Here are the five most common issues that crop up in a home inspection. [Read more…]