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Found the Perfect Home? Retain a Home Inspector to Check the Retaining Wall
If you’re in the market for a new home, you’ve probably seen your share of retaining walls in a variety of materials and configurations, from poured concrete cantilevered designs to steel pile types....
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The Water Heater Checkup: an Important Part of the Home Inspection
Anyone who has ever endured an early morning cold shower knows the value of a properly functioning water heater. If you’re in the market for a new home, be sure not to overlook the importance of...
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Foundation
“It looks like there are some issues with the home’s foundation.” For a home-shopper who believes they have found their dream home or a seller who thinks they’re closing in on a final deal, these are...
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From the Rafters
A Newsletter for Real Estate Agents from A-Pro Home Inspection New Year Wishes from Your Friends at A-Pro Welcome to another issue of From the Rafters—the first of the new decade! As you look ahead to...
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Hire a Home Inspector Who’s Spent Time in the Gutter
When checking out a potential new home, how many people look toward the roof and say, “Well, that certainly is a fine gutter system you’ve got there. I’m sold!” Our guess is “not nearly enough.” While...
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Dormers Can Increase a Home’s Value but Also Increase a Homeowner’s...
For many home-shoppers, dormers protruding through the roof of a home are a welcome sight, adding a great deal of character and functionality to the structure. Some styles, such as uniquely wavy...
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Building a New Home in Boulder? Consider the Value of a New Construction...
It’s no secret that building a new home is a huge investment of time and money, not to mention those sleepless nights worrying if the final product will fully meet expectations. While you may feel...
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Why It Pays to Have a Home Inspection Before Your Builder’s Warranty Expires
For many new homeowners, the first year of living in a newly built home can feel like an extended honeymoon. Everything looks shiny and showroom fresh: the gleaming appliances, finished attic,...
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COVID-19 Home Inspection Guidelines
Dear Friends, It’s no secret that the topic on everyone’s mind today is the coronavirus. As real estate and home inspection professionals, we’re anxiously watching the story unfold in real-time. Based...
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Sometimes the Smallest Threats Cause the Biggest Problems in a Home Why...
A home can be vulnerable to a number of dangers of catastrophic proportions—large trees crashing through the roof, major windstorms, flash flooding, and five-alarm fires that can light up the night...
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A-Pro Covid-19 Campaign
Home Inspection Companies Adapt to Changing Realities in the Time of COVID-19 As the COVID-19 outbreak began to spread around the world and throughout the United States, all types of service...
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Sick of Wheezing and Sneezing? Ask Your Home Inspector in Boulder About...
Many homeowners who take great pride in how immaculate they keep their homes may be shocked to learn the level of pollution that exists inside. For those who are sensitive to allergens, this can be a...
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Let the Summer Sales Season Begin
While the weather heats up around the U.S., I wanted you to know that A-Pro is here to serve your clients as we all begin to move forward and look ahead to rising sales. In our last issue of From the...
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From Leaky Pipes to Slow Drainage, Why You Need a Home Inspector to Check the...
Why You Need a Home Inspector to Check the Plumbing Before You Buy Reliable plumbing in a home is something many people take for granted—until they’re faced with a serious, messy, costly, and,...
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Reasons to Hire a Home Inspector to Check the Electrical System for Fire and...
For the home-shopper searching for the ideal place to move the family, it’s important to ask this critical but often forgotten question: Is the property safe? Sounds like a no-brainer, right? Many...
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Home Inspection Checklist: What Your Inspector Looks for When Checking a...
When shopping for a new home, this adage always applies: The more you know about the property, the better the choices you can make when deciding how much you’re willing to spend and if the home is...
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Home Inspection Checklist: What Your Inspector Looks for When Checking a...
As you shop for a new home, it’s easy to be drawn in by a property’s strong curb appeal—perhaps a pristine wraparound porch, an eye-catching bay window, the stunning masonry work of a retaining wall,...
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Why Home-Shoppers Should Pay Attention to the Ventilation/Insulation Checkup...
Proper ventilation and sufficient insulation may not top the list of things you’re looking for when checking out a home on the market, but any good home inspector will tell you that both of these...
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Looking for a Home in Hot Weather? Don’t Forget to Have a Thorough Inspection...
In some regions of the country, it’s popular for families to put their homes on the market in the spring and summer, when the property looks its best and warm breezes welcome in a parade of prospects....
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Found the Perfect Home? Don’t Forget to Have a Home Inspector Check its...
There have been many heroes throughout the course of American history, but ask a homeowner in the midst of a summer heatwave to name the greatest of them all and there can be only one answer: Willis...
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