Fred Hernden's Blog

A few days ago, I had a Home Inspection on a cute little home built in 1972. The home wreaked of the 14,752 remodels, additions, and upgrades... giving me blog materials for the next few posts!  In this particular instance, there was a sink in the laundry room next to the washer/dryer. It was not...

Well, I had my first two inspections here in The Land of Enchantment last week. It felt good to get out there and be productive again!! I inspected an older home, built in 1972. Lot's of room additions/subtractions, etc throughout the years. Walking up to the door, the first thing I noticed was p...

Yesterday, my son, daughter-in-law, the 3 grand-kids and I went to McCall's Pumpkin Patch in Moriarty, New Mexico. I had never been to an event like this so I didn't know what to expect. It was a long ways east of Albuquerque, but worth the drive!! It was an awesome event! There was a 16 acre cor...

Having recently moved to Albuquerque, I am noticing a lot of things that you just don't see back in Florida. The first thing I came across was the use of Evaporative Coolers, or "Swamp Coolers" in place of the standard refrigerated type of air conditioning systems. Ok so how can you say Albuquerq...

To quote Jerry Garcia... "What a long strange trip it's been!" I made my trek accross country to relocate my home and business to be here in Albuquerque, New Mexico to be closer to my oldest son, daughter-in-law, and three grand kids. Started out thinking that Austin Texas would be my destination...

Hello fellow Active Rainers! I am excited today to announce that I will be relocating my business from the beautiful Tampa Bay area to the Hill Country in Austin, Texas! I have been living in the Tampa area all my life, but now I have my oldest son, daughter-in-law, three grand kids, and my hunny...

A couple days ago I get a call from an Agent that refers me pretty regularly. I had an inspection scheduled with the client yesterday. The agent called me to ask me my opinion. I have never been shy of doing that, I love to give my opinion! So, the agent says that the client has a good friend in ...

Townhouses and Condominiums always present some interesting configurations. They usually don't have the storage space that single family homes have, most do not have a garage or someplace to store all that "stuff" you accumulate over time. So owners get inventive by installing shelves, closets, c...

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my Active Rain friends and family a wonderful Holiday season. May all your dreams and wishes come true and may we all grow and prosper in 2014!!   MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM SUPERIOR HOME INSPECTIONS!!   ******************************...

  This is a great posting by Charles Buell, fellow Home Inspector in Seattle. I think he nailed it! A little bit of a read but totally right on! I was reminded of the idea for this post from a comment I saw a while ago.  I think we have all heard the scenario where the Home Inspector inspects an ...