Massachusetts Home Inspections

Massachusetts Smoke Detector Laws- Keeping Your Family Safe

The importance of Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Detectors in a home

It is important your home is equipped with properly working Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Detectors. Doing so provides a level of safety to your home's occupants from fire and equipment malfunctions. Many states like Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island require a certificate of compliance prior to a home sale. The certificate of compliance is to make sure your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors are of the right type, placed correctly and are working. Other states, like … Continue reading...

Radon Gas In The Home- An Invisible Killer

When purchasing a home it is important for a home buyer to do their due diligence. Part of the due diligence period is having a home inspection done on the home that is being purchased. This includes testing for radon gas in a home. A general home inspection of a home's systems and structures is a good idea. You should also consider additional inspections, including the testing for radon gas.... not only in the home but the well water if the home is on a private well. What Is Radon … Continue reading...

Home Inspection Checklist: Here’s What To Look For

Being an informed consumer and homebuyer is essential to purchasing your new home. You might be a first-time homebuyer, so you should equip yourself with as much knowledge as possible before hitting the open houses with your REALTOR®. A deciding factor in the purchasing process can come down to a home inspection, so you should know what they entail, and what the possible outcomes mean for your potential home. Here’s what you should look for in a home inspection. What’s a Home … Continue reading...

How to Perform a Cracked Foundation Repair

woman cringing at a cracked foundation - Tewksbury MA Buyer's Agent

Often, foundation cracks are found when a home buyer performs their home inspection just before purchasing a home. This is one of the great reasons why you should not forgo your home inspection. A cracked foundation can be just a simple settlement crack or it can call out a bigger problem. Assessing A Cracked Foundation More often than not you are probably not looking at a very serious problem when you come across a foundation with cracks. It is very common for even new … Continue reading...

Failed Home Inspection! What’s A Home Buyer To Do?

You have spent months searching for the perfect home.... that cute house with the perfect yard.... now its time for the home inspection. Hopes were high, but you end up with a failed home inspection. Well not really, home inspections are not pass or fail. But, in your eyes that perfect home has failed the inspection. A home inspection is a visual inspection of a homes systems, including electrical, plumbing, heating, etc...., along with soundness of the structure and the … Continue reading...

Waiving Your Home Inspection Is a Bad Idea!

No doubt about it, the real estate market is red hot. And, when the market is red hot, buyers compete for homes and want to strengthen their offers as much as possible. One way of strengthening an offer is to remove certain contingencies in the contract. To get the home you want, waiving your home inspection contingency may seem like a good idea. But waiving your home inspection can end up being a really costly mistake. I very rarely recommend giving up your … Continue reading...

Massachusetts Smoke Detector Laws- Keeping Your Family Safe

Radon Gas In The Home- An Invisible Killer

Home Inspection Checklist: Here’s What To Look For

How to Perform a Cracked Foundation Repair

Failed Home Inspection! What’s A Home Buyer To Do?

Waiving Your Home Inspection Is a Bad Idea!

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