Archive for the ‘real estate’ Category

Home buyers drainage due diligence check list

Monday, August 1st, 2011

This article is available below as a pdf file e-book as well.

This is published for home buyers who do not wish to download the entire e-book.

When it comes to assessing a home that you wish to purchase, home buyers need to… (more…)

French drains when building a home

Saturday, February 12th, 2011

Bring AAA Home Drainage expertise to the planning table when you are designing and building a new home.

Get better results by having a home drainage professional install your rain drains and (more…)

Street french drains and culverts when buying a home.

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Inspect the county of city developers conditions of approval list; a document of (more…)

Beat the home inspector, lender, sump pump guy trap.

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Beat 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 drains are sloppy ditches unless they are hand excavated

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

The term french drain is tossed around on the internet under many contexts.

Few of these home drainage solutions work well, if at all.

Many of these drainage concepts are simply (more…)

Don’t let groundwater problems kill your home deal

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Don’t let groundwater problems kill your home sale or purchase.

Nothing beats knowledge and preparation.

Home drainage problems are a common deal killer when it comes to home purchases in Oregon. Many times per year I receive calls from homeowners in a panic due to the fact that they either have not dealt with the home drainage issues that affect their home, or they did not know about them.

Often the home is already in escrow. The heat is turned up, and everyone is in panic mode. The pest dryrot and structural home inspection has a laundry list of things the inspector believes needs to be addressed, among which is the home drainage issue, evidenced by the rain caused seasonal recurring groundwater entry into the crawl spaces and/or basement.

Homeowners want to know what action should be taken, with respect to home groundwater problems, and their impact on earnest money agreements to purchase real estate, that are made subject to solving home drainage problems, in order to satisfy the conditions of the lender, with respect to the new financing.

This all becomes a jump ball situation depending on how strong the repairs clause in the earnest money is, with respect to protecting the interests of the eventually damaged party to the transaction. Which most often is the new home buyers, I have found.

Surprising is the fact that few contractors actually understand and specialize in hand excavated french drains. Most contractors that advertise as professional home drainage contractors are sump pump installers.

I contend that most of these described, “would be” home drainage contractors, really do not have a clue and are licensed scammers.

Much precious time and money is lost and squandered in the attempt to solve home drainage problems. Contractors are all talking a different language too. Time to study up and take them on.

To prevent this from happening to you as a home seller or home buyer, learn how to deal with the situation if it does happen to you during a home purchase.

Read my e-books, published and offered free as a pdf file on this web site.

Arm yourself with powerful, practical, working, home drainage knowledge that works.

If you are a member, look AAA Home Drainage up on Angies List, for a sampling of how our Portland market feels about their success with hand excavated french drain groundwater removal systems.

Do not be a victim of groundwater problem fear and loathing ever again.

Stupid sump pump contractor tricks can, and will, cost you thousands of dollars, and make your home drainage problem worse to boot.

Hand excavated french drains have been around for thousands of years in various forms.

Read on and learn about alternatives to solve home drainage problems and hold your home real estate transaction together.

Your not dead in the groundwater yet.

Oregon home condition disclosure law includes home drainage

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Home sellers have the responsibility in Oregon, to disclose the condition of the home, past or present, to… (more…)

Why lenders delay disclosure of home drainage problems.

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Home buyers working with lenders on home loans should demand early release of home inspection reports during escrow and financing. The report should be… (more…)

French drain value: both modern and ancient

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Exposed 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…)

French drain install: Drainage due diligence for land purchases.

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

If you are a prospective home site purchaser, that is to say, your objective is to buy a piece of land to build a home on, you need to understand the importance of doing your home drainage homework, prior to choosing and closing on your home site.

This means addressing an issue seldom discussed, home drainage and groundwater removal, as well as groundwater damage prevention methods. Land buyers must (more…)