AmeriSpec Home Inspection

Before you take the big step of purchasing a new home, it's highly recommended that you have a St Paul property inspections company like AmeriSpec check things out. If you don't heed this advice, you risk putting a lot of your money into an investment that's going to actually cost you more money in damages and repairs. Take the story of one inspector, who was called to a four month old home by the new owners, who complained of a "musty" odor in the master bedroom and bathroom. Upon inspection, the home inspector found three significant problems with the home that would have been caught with a pre-purchase inspection. The first: there were no bathroom exhaust fans installed. The second: the bath's drain was not even connected to the home drainage pipe. And lastly: mold growth had sprung up under the wallpaper near the tub. Unfortunately, the mold was of the toxic variety, and the home builder had gone out of business, so the homeowners were forced to pay ove...

An online publication called the Gilroy Dispatch recently ran a story based around a question from a reader, who asked this: "My agent is recommending a lot of expensive inspections. What do I really need and why?" The article did a great job answering the question about why such inspections are necessary, and let the reader know that their real estate agent wasn't trying to make them spend a lot of money, but was instead making sure the reader, a potential home buyer, made an informed decision about the property they were looking to buy. "I’ve had buyers back out of deals after an inspection revealed expensive or unsafe conditions," said the article's author, Lee Schmidt. "Never once have they complained about the cost of the inspection. Look at it as money well spent to insure that you are making the right decision." Home inspectors look closely at a long list of different items. Inspectors with AmeriSpec Home Inspection Service, in part...