Barry Stone
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Inspector should support findings with photos of defectApr 26, 2013 3:05 am - Q. We’re selling our house after spending $150,000 on a complete remodel. The place is in excellent shape, but the buyers’ home inspection report was hideous! The inspec...
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Aluminum wiring connections tend to come looseApr 17, 2013 3:00 pm - Q The condo I'm buying has aluminum wiring. According to my home inspector this is a fire hazard. But he says correcting the problem in the unit I'm buying doesn't elimi...
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Home inspector doesn’t want buyers at inspectionApr 11, 2013 4:40 pm - Q. We’ve just made an offer on a house, and our agent gave us a list of home inspectors. Two of the inspectors that we called sound knowledgeable, but they prefer to do ...
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Agent tells buyers not to attend home inspectionApr 05, 2013 4:39 am - Q. We are in escrow to buy a home, and we hired the home inspector who was chosen by our real estate agent. When we asked if we could attend the inspection, our agent sa...
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Home inspector: Buyers worry about radon in homeMar 29, 2013 2:24 pm - Q. We are in the process of buying a house and were informed that the sellers installed a radon mediation system last year. Radon levels before the system was installed ...
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Home inspector who offers to make repairs has conflictMar 22, 2013 5:23 am - Q. Our home recently fell out of escrow, and the circumstances were very suspicious. The buyers’ home inspector said we have mold. We were unable to see it, but the insp...
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Buyers should attend their home inspectionMar 15, 2013 5:22 am - Q. Our home inspection is scheduled for next week. This is the first time we’ve bought a home, and we’re not sure what to do and what not to do. Our agent says it’s not ...
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What to do after your home inspectionMar 08, 2013 3:11 am - Q. We are buying a house. The home inspection is scheduled for next week, but we’re not sure what to do once we get the report. Is the inspection report just for our inf...
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No one disclosed foundation crack to buyerFeb 22, 2013 4:53 am - Q. I purchased my home about six years ago. Two years later, I removed the old carpet rolls the sellers left in the basement. They had been stacked in a corner, conceali...
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Home inspector or contractor-friendFeb 14, 2013 2:56 pm - Q. We are buying a 50-year-old foreclosure home. Before placing it on the market, the bank had it remodeled by a licensed contractor, and the work supposedly meets FHA r...