Barry Stone
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Why contractor has conflict of interest when doing home inspectionJun 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Why do you repeatedly recommend home inspectors? In my opinion, this is bad advice, and here's the reason why. Home inspectors limit their liability to a refund o...
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Inspection report needed to boost claim against sellersJun 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. My sister purchased a house and is having electrical problems. The previous owners bought the home, remodeled it, and then resold it. The real estate agent said t...
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Assurances from Realtor shouldn't outweigh inspectionMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Our son just made an offer on a home. The sellers and their agent say the house was "built to code," but they won't say whether the addition was built with a perm...
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Inexperience in the trade is not the same as incompetenceMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. You often refer to "inexperienced" or "newly-minted" home inspectors as less than desirable. You seem to equate inexperience with incompetence, and you insinuate ...
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Old popcorn ceiling texture may contain asbestosMay 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. The house we're buying was built in 1974. Our home inspector did a thorough job, but he missed one thing. He never mentioned possible asbestos in the textured cei...
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Sellers may have failed to disclose deteriorated sewer lineApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Before we purchased our home, the sellers hired their own home inspector. We were given a copy of the report and bought the house as-is because no major problems ...
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Hire an inspector after sale, if you neglected to do it priorApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. My sister purchased a newly remodeled house. Since moving in, she's had ongoing electrical and plumbing problems. When she offered to buy the house, her agent sai...
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Building a new home inspection business requires patienceApr 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. As a marketing and advertising professional, I have been assisting my husband to build his new business as a professional home inspector. But it has been more dif...
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Aging exterior paint should have been noted in reportApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. When we bought our home, we noticed that the exterior paint looked worn and that the knots in the wood siding were showing through. We pointed this out to our hom...
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Refund policy is a sensitive topic for inspection industryApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. After we bought our home, electrical violations and building settlement problems were discovered. And none of this was reported by our home inspector. When we cal...