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When it comes to assessing a home that you wish to purchase, home buyers need to… (more…)
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Beat the home inspector, lender, sump pump guy trap.
Monday, September 20th, 2010Beat the home inspector, lender, sump pump guy trap.
You have never heard of this “trap”? You will hear more about it in the future, I can assure you of that fact right now, unless this (more…)
French drain value: both modern and ancient
Saturday, January 16th, 2010Exposed rock hand excavated french drains are both ancient and modern.
Hand excavated french drains cost less than they pay in any market, but especially in a buyers market, with record high home inventory and falling prices.
Todays home buyers have much to choose from. The bank will (more…)
Write earnest money agreements with repair clauses to protect yourself
Sunday, August 16th, 2009When you are buying a home protect yourself from seller non disclosure of home drainage problems by adding an inspection and repair clause in the earnest money agreement that obligates the sellers to make repairs, to include home inspector found and professional home drainage contractor proposed home drainage repairs.
There is a repairs cap generally in every earnest money agreement. Don’t make the amount too low if you really want to (more…)
Home buyers must understand home drainage due diligence
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009Classic home buyers enjoy saving old structures. Yes, that would be me too. Home drainage issues can, and do, regularly pop up at the worst of times, when the home closing is in process. Most often groundwater in the crawl space or basement. Everyone is blind sided. Not good news for anyone.
Everything is absolutely wonderful until… (more…)
Can you inspect a home for signs of groundwater problems
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009Can you inspect a home for signs of groundwater problems? What should it tell you if you are looking at a home to buy, and the home has a home groundwater problem in the crawlspace or basement, and there is already a sump pump installed? It should tell you that the sump pump isn’t a solution to the problem.
If the groundwater is still entering the crawlspace or basement, would a reasonable mind assume that the sump pump is a solution to the problem, or a bandaid? (more…)
Portland, Oregon home buyers jump into the market in May 09
Monday, June 1st, 2009It seems obvious to me that the group of home buyers that were most singled out, and blamed for the sub-prime mortgage crisis is the very group of home buyers that will lead this home market out of the depressed cycle of fear and loathing that it previously suffered from. The phone has been ringing with folks needing to solve home drainage problems prior to closing escrow on a new home. (more…)
Is your families health compromised by breathing bad air
Monday, September 1st, 2008Determine the real value of your home, and the air that you breathe. A huge amount of time is spent within the walls of a home. We raise our children from cradle upwards to aspiring adults within those walls most of the time.
We sit for hours endlessly watching entertainment and listening to the soothing sounds of music. Yet many homeowners refuse to fix home drainage problems that they know exist. (more…)
Oregon Contractor Board June 08 update on consumer rights for new housing
Monday, June 23rd, 2008The following information is here-in reprinted from the Oregon Contractors Board Newsletter, in the interests of public protection disclosure, and as a courtesy of AAA Home Drainage.
The information is from the CCB newsletter that explains important rights affecting the homeowner taking possession of new construction in Oregon. (more…)
