MA Home Inspectors
The Massachusetts Home Inspector Standards of Practice (SOP) is unique from other States. Read the blog for insight on what makes a MA Home Inspection different from other States.
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2011
Generic Offer To Purchase home inspection contingency Its nice that you can search for anything on the internet and get many results. Sometimes the results may not be applicable. When a buyer elects self representation, the interent is often relied upon for their generic template offer to purc...
02/26/2011
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Another beautiful New England snow day. Feeding the snowbird. An abrupt departure when I delivered the meal check.
02/21/2011
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The Worcester Public Schools Night Life Spring 2011 Catalog is now available online. I will be instructing the MA Associate Home Inspector Training class starting on Tuesday March 8, 2011. Interested in pursueing your MA Home Inspector license or want to learn more about your home and a MA home i...
02/20/2011
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The Keefe Tech Continuing Education catalog is available at http://www.ktconed.org/ This training (Term I and Term II) fulfill the Massachusetts 75 hour education requirements required to apply for a MA Associate Home Inspector license. Space is limited and the class often sells out.
02/20/2011
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Walking around the house in waist deep snow during winter time inspections is well worth a good line of sight for the overhead electric service. As soon as I saw the wires, the song boom boom out go the lights came to mind. Probably not the image Little Walter had. If you're not familiar with e...
02/20/2011
Congress Bans Incandescent Light Bulbs I remember several articles on this subject around 2007, back then only the people that have a 5 year plan are acting upon the news. The phase-out of incandescent light is to begin with the 100-watt bulb in 2012 and end in 2014 with the 40-watt. Hazar...
02/13/2011
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By now you might be overloaded with all the repetitive ice dam stories on the news, emails, blogs, tweets, and screams when the water drips into the living areas. Ice Dams Are Complex The above heading is a statement from an asphalt roof shingle manufacturer. All of the articles I have read this ...
02/08/2011
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I often get calls and emails with ... guess what so-and-so says about home inspectors / home inspections ... Here is an excerpt of the article/web page/blog or maybe some other term that I have not recognized yet... Agent Recommendation and Warning ------------------------------------------------...
02/08/2011
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REPAIR / REPLACE (RR) This term is quite common to the home inspector industry. The term is concise and with a small acronym it is also easy to use on printed forms or computer programs. The reader of the report may interpret this easily. I should either repair or replace this component. COMPON...
02/07/2011
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Listing Sheet Contains - New Roof The new roof is often a selling feature, yet all new roofs are not the same. Most shinlge manufacturers include a warranty for defective materials. Many contractors offer a warranty for workmanship. A leak around a submerged shingle is neither a material defec...
02/07/2011
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The Massachusetts Home Inspector Standards of Practice (SOP) is unique from other States. Read the blog for insight on what makes a MA Home Inspection different from other States.