New Jersey Home Inspection Blog

Home owners who are planning to make improvements to their homes in order to increase its market value would be well advised to have it inspected first. A home inspectors can help prioritize home improvements and offer advice on the best ways to approach repairs. More importantly, an inspectors c...

All homes have strong and weak points, they are not always what they seem. Gain the perspective and sound information you need to make better decisions with a home inspection performed by an experienced professional home inspectors. A good home inspectors works through a very long checklist of po...

A professional New Jersey home inspection is the best way for potential home buyers to effectively evaluate the risks of a property purchase. A major concern of NJ home buyers is being suddenly confronted with major and costly problems after they take possession of a property. A professional pre-...

What To Expect:  Many New Jersey home buyers sometimes buy their home in New Jersey on impulse. Experianced home inspectors can help home buyers avoid buyers remorse by reporting on home defects and problems before the home buyer finds them after closing.  As professional New Jersey Home inspecto...

LICENSES New Jersey Home Inspector License # GI 0587 Radon Measurement Technician  Commercial Pesticide Applicator  PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Independent Home Inspectors of North America American Society of Home Inspectors Member FREA Commercial and Residential Real Estate Inspector Class A Member...

LICENSES New Jersey Home Inspector #GI0121  (2003, first year licensing was offered). Credentialed Wood Destroying Insect Inspector (2001). Radon Measurement Technician (1993 – present). Commercial Pesticide Applicator (1993 – present). Department of Housing and Urban Development Plan Reviewer/Co...

Houses are seldom built perfect.  Beware of those who tell you all the work in the home was performed by craftsman who pulled all the permits and dealt with all the difficult municipal inspectors. I am sure there are many great municipal inspectors out there.  I find it hard to believe the only ...

A water stain or two under a bathroom can cost $15,000 or so to fix.  If there is a stain under bathroom assume it is active till proven otherwise and keep in mind additional latent damages must be expected to exist. 

I have been to thousands of homes and can not tell you why or how some did not have a major electrical fire.  Many have such poor wiring and lucky owners (no fire yet) that I feel like asking the owner to go out and pick some lottery numbers for me.  Do not play with electricity, you can cause a...

Water in the basement is bad.  It can create high moisture conditions conducive to mold and damage storage.  Usually surface water is the problem.  Installation of gutters, downspouts and improving drainage away from the home are ways to solve may problems.  Installation of basement perimeter dr...