Are Mold Assessments Worth the Expense?
One of the most important priorities of a Silk professional home inspector is that we are always on the lookout for moisture intrusion and a lack of proper ventilation, the two main factors responsible for the development of mold. Mold assessments can be useful in...
Home Information
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Home Pitfalls by Decade
The easy-to-use chart below can be used as a guide to understand the types of issues a home inspector may find when they inspect homes built in various decades. A downloadable PDF file containing the chart can be found here which also includes a handy "Life Expectancy...
Home Components Life Expectancy Chart
The following chart is excerpted from a publication by the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors (InterNACHI) containing the life expectancy of nearly every imaginable home component and home system. Keep in mind this is only a guide. The estimates...
Home Inspection for Real Estate Investors
Have you ever wondered what are some of the things home inspectors look for when inspecting a home? In the video presentation, Silk Inspections CEO John Freudenberg discusses some of the major systems issues that can be deal killers for both home buyers and real...