know your home inside and out
I routinely preach in my home inspection walk-throughs and reports – the need to add, update or replace the smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors in the house I’m inspecting for improving home safety. I’ve seen many instances where there
I responded to an email a few months ago from DTE Energy. A month later I get a super cool box of energy efficient products and gizmos sent free of charge! What was in the box you ask? Well – bathroom
Look closely during an inspection and you might just find some interesting “fixes”! A general search online of “crazy things seen by home inspectors” will garner you hours of browsing fun! Here at Ann Arbor Inspections, we recommend having things operating
These days, one cannot go anywhere without hearing about “Green” building and “Green” lifestyles. Well, here is a green roof that you certainly do NOT want. One covered in the any of the the trifecta of yucky stuff; moss, lichen and
But Far From Nice! When performing a home inspection for you, we will become be your eyes and ears and can show you some things otherwise gone unseen or noticed! This example is of this lovely cupola on top of a kitchen
News Alert! Plants damage homes! Keeping the organic stuff away from your house! Yes, this guy looks proud of his tree that is consuming his house for lunch! But is his house proud to have a parasite? While ivy
Cracks. The good, the bad and the … well, you know where this is going. A Scottish friend of mine always asks, “What’s the crack?” to begin a conversation. Basically, a UK born way of saying, “Hey, what’s up?”. Well,
A few neat ideas to help you remember to change your furnace’s air filter. As a Home Inspector in Ann Arbor, I see a lot of furnaces and a lot of furnace filters while out in the field doing home