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Composite Wood Siding: A Home Inspection Checklist
In recent blog posts, we’ve discussed the importance of never waiving a home inspection—a critical mistake many homebuyers are making to gain a supposed advantage over competing bidders in this...
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Home Inspection Checklist: Getting a Grip on Handrail Problems
Try this experiment: The next time you’re out for a Sunday drive or walking around your neighborhood, take a good look at the front steps of the homes you pass. In the springtime, you’re likely to see...
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Building Real Estate Customers for Life—Choose Your Home Inspector in Boulder...
The most successful real estate agents understand that when they take care of a client the right way, the reward isn’t merely a one-time commission. Instead, world-class service and carefully planned...
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Kitchen Home Inspection Checklist: Part 1
Statistically, the kitchen is one of the most used rooms in a home. In a typical house—especially one with a couple of teenagers—you can expect a steady parade of hungry snackers opening and closing...
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Before You Buy, It Pays to Have Your Air Conditioning Inspected
A-Pro Cooling System Inspection in Boulder Congratulations, you’ve found the perfect home! Or so you might think. When the temperature soars into the 90s in the middle of August, will your air...
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Kitchen Home Inspection Checklist Part 2 Ovens, Ranges, and GFCIs
In last week’s home inspection checklist blog post, we began our exploration of the kitchen—one of the most well-used and problematic spots in a home. After covering plumbing, the kitchen exhaust...
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Home Maintenance Inspections: Your Weapon Against Costly Surprises
You take your car in for regular oil changes and winter checkups. You wouldn’t think about skipping your six-month teeth cleaning appointment. You may not enjoy your annual doctor’s physical (who...
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Get a Pre-Purchase Plumbing Home Inspection in Boulder Before You End Up All Wet
When in the market to purchase a home, a quality-installed and properly functioning plumbing system should rank at the top of your must-haves. It’s no secret that water, whether rushing or dripping,...
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Kitchen Home Inspection Checklist: Part 3
In our third and final installment of what a home inspector looks for when checking out a kitchen, we explore common defects found with built-in microwaves, cabinetry, drawers, garbage disposals, and...
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Kitchen Home Inspection Checklist
Statistically, the kitchen is one of the most used rooms in a home. In a typical house—especially one with a couple of teenagers—you can expect a steady parade of hungry snackers opening and closing...
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A-Pro Summer 2021 Newsletter
Let the Summer Sales Season Begin As we welcome in warmer weather and anticipate a hotter real estate market, your friends at A-Pro Home Inspection want you to know that we’re here whenever you or...
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Pre-Purchase Plumbing Home Inspection in Boulder
When in the market to purchase a home, a quality-installed and properly functioning plumbing system should rank at the top of your must-haves. It’s no secret that water, whether rushing or dripping,...
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Inspecting Roof Coverings Checklist Part 3: Slate
In our ongoing look at roof coverings and the problems reported on by home inspectors, we’ve already explored issues associated with asphalt shingles and cedar shakes/shingles. If you’ve been reading...
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Inspecting Roof Coverings Checklist Part 4: Metal Roofs
In this next installment in our series about roof coverings and common problems, we’ll be checking out some of the things your home inspector will be looking for when assessing a metal roof—an option...
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Inspecting Roof Coverings Checklist Part 5: Tile Roofs
For our final blog post in our series about inspecting roof coverings, we look into the ins and outs of a roof type known for its distinctive style, resistance to heat and salt spray, and long service...
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Split Cooling Systems—Some Common Problems Your Home Inspector May Discover
We thought the scorching month of August would be a great time to honor one of America’s most notable inventors and discuss another important part of a complete A-Pro 500-point home inspection. First,...
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Home Inspectors Use Their Ears to Perform Complete Inspections
When home inspectors talk about inspections being “observational,” that may imply that the professional who checks out your home from roof to foundation only uses their sense of sight to assess the...
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How Home Inspectors Use Their Nose to Sniff Out Trouble in a Home
As we discussed in last week’s blog post about how home inspectors employ their sense of hearing to discover potential problems in a home, today we’ll be exploring an inspector’s use of their...
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Hiring a Home Inspector in Boulder? Find One with Just the Right Touch
In the last couple of blogs we looked at how home inspectors use their senses of smell and hearing to detect problems in a home. Today we turn our attention to another invaluable tool in the...
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Hire a Home Inspector Who Knows the Tools of the Trade
The last few weeks we’ve focused on how home inspectors use their different senses to detect potential problems in a home: sight, hearing, smell, and touch. That leaves us with taste, which doesn’t...
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