Hint: When is the last time you saw a good stucco job?
Answer: Hopefully you can see the many openings and exposed membrane around the EIFS stucco. It is clear that any surface water will run behind the EIFS and do significant damage. Another question is "How old do you think this house is?" Answer: Brand New!!
Thank you,
Richard
Comments in this blog posting are the intellectual property of Richard Acree, President, HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC, and contributing members of the Active Rain Real Estate network, and are intended to educate and otherwise assist home owners, sellers and buyers, building owners, sellers and buyers, realtors, real estate investors, property managers, and lenders in the process of owning, buying or selling homes or commercial buildings. HABITEC is a residential (home) and commercial building inspection company serving Middle Tennessee including Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Mt. Juliet, Hendersonville, Dickson, Belle Meade, Columbia, Spring Hill and more! In addition to building inspections HABITEC offers Environmental Services for mold assessments, radon testing and water quality analysis. Additional information about HABITEC can be found on our website at www.habitecinspections.com, or call 615-376-2753.
Richard Acree is the author of the HABITEC Home and Building Inspections Blog and founder of the ActiveRain Group Tennessee Home and Building Inspectors. All are welcome to join and see more blogs like this one.
Clue: Yes, the gutter spike is bent, but the real issue is in the gutter.
Answer: Look at how much accumulation of shingle granulation is present in the gutter. This is a good indication of the deterioration of the shingles on the roof. Next look up at the darker lower edge of the first row of shingles. The dark area is where the granules have departed the most, leaving exposed felt material. A sure sign these shingles are nearing the end of their useful life expectancy.
Thank you,
Richard
Comments in this blog posting are the intellectual property of Richard Acree, President, HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC, and contributing members of the Active Rain Real Estate network, and are intended to educate and otherwise assist home owners, sellers and buyers, building owners, sellers and buyers, realtors, real estate investors, property managers, and lenders in the process of owning, buying or selling homes or commercial buildings. HABITEC is a residential (home) and commercial building inspection company serving Middle Tennessee including Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Mt. Juliet, Hendersonville, Dickson, Belle Meade, Columbia, Spring Hill and more! In addition to building inspections HABITEC offers Environmental Services for mold assessments, radon testing and water quality analysis. Additional information about HABITEC can be found on our website at www.habitecinspections.com, or call 615-376-2753.
Richard Acree is the author of the HABITEC Home and Building Inspections Blog and founder of the ActiveRain Group Tennessee Home and Building Inspectors. All are welcome to join and see more blogs like this one.
FALL HOME INSPECTION SALE!
HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC, (HABITEC) is pleased to announce that our FALL HOME INSPECTION SALE starts September 2, 2008 and goes through December 20, 2008!! During this time, if our schedule will allow, HABITEC will beat by 10% any reasonable and written price for a Home Inspection that is offered in the Nashville, TN Metropolitan Area to include the Tennessee counties of Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, Sumner, and Cheatham.
For this limited time you can have the thoroughness of a HABITEC Home Inspection at the best price in the Nashville Metro Area!
Call Now at 615-376-2753!!
This offer does not include Environmental Services or Commercial Building Inspections. HABITEC may not be able to schedule this inspection due to other constraints. Inspections that are contracted for within the guidelines of this offer must be completed within the dates set forth above. A HABITEC representative will be the sole determinant of the reasonable and written criteria above. The competitive offer for a Home Inspection must be forwarded directly to HABITEC in writing using fax, email or US mail and must be the same written offer submitted to the Client from a Home Inspector or Home Inspection company licensed in the State of Tennessee through the Tennessee Department of Commerce Home Inspector Licensing Program. Competitor offers relayed verbally or otherwise forwarded indirectly to HABITEC will not be accepted for this sale. Competitive offers must include the name of the company and individual submitting the offer to the Client and must include contact information including telephone number, email address and title. Only 1 competitor price offer for each individual home will be considered for this sale. HABITEC will not engage in a bidding war or bidding competition for this sale. Should the Client accept this offer and a HABITEC price for the Home Inspection be established and agreed upon either verbally or in writing, then that price is the final price and no subsequent competitor price will be considered for this offer. All conditions, terms, limitations and exceptions of the Contract for Home Inspection and Environmental Services from HABITEC will apply to this offer. The minimum price for any Home Inspection included in this sale is $200.
Comments in this blog posting are the intellectual property of Richard Acree, President, HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC, and contributing members of the Active Rain Real Estate network, and are intended to educate and otherwise assist home owners, sellers and buyers, building owners, sellers and buyers, realtors, real estate investors, property managers, and lenders in the process of owning, buying or selling homes or commercial buildings. HABITEC is a residential (home) and commercial building inspection company serving Middle Tennessee including Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Mt. Juliet, Hendersonville, Dickson, Belle Meade, Columbia, Spring Hill and more! In addition to building inspections HABITEC offers Environmental Services for mold assessments, radon testing and water quality analysis. Additional information about HABITEC can be found on our website at www.habitecinspections.com, or call 615-376-2753.
Richard Acree is the author of the HABITEC Home and Building Inspections Blog and founder of the ActiveRain Group Tennessee Home and Building Inspectors. All are welcome to join and see more blogs like this one.
HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC, is please to announce we are hiring for a full-time position as a Home Inspector!
HABITEC is looking for an experienced Home Inspector who can fulfill the requirements posted on our website at www.habitecinspections.com/employment.aspx. Pay will be commensurate with experience. The applicant will be responsible for booking and completing Home Inspections, assisting with Commercial Building Inspections, and completing radon tests, water quality analysis, and mold assessments.
In addition to the minimum requirements posted on our website, preferred experience will include at least 2 years as a Home Inspector with at least 100 inspections. The applicant should be familiar and experienced with computer generated Home Inspection reports including embedded digital pictures. Radon measurement certification with NEHA is preferred. Mold assessment training and experience is preferred. The applicant should be licensed in the State of Tennessee as a Home Inspector and should be able to provide three (3) references from the real estate community of realtors. The applicant can expect to conduct Inspection services within the Nashville Metro Area.
Those interested should contact Richard Acree at HABITEC at 615-440-6539, or using email at richard@habitecinspections.com.
Thank you,
Richard
Comments in this blog posting are the intellectual property of Richard Acree, President, HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC, and contributing members of the Active Rain Real Estate network, and are intended to educate and otherwise assist home owners, sellers and buyers, building owners, sellers and buyers, realtors, real estate investors, property managers, and lenders in the process of owning, buying or selling homes or commercial buildings. HABITEC is a residential (home) and commercial building inspection company serving Middle Tennessee including Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Mt. Juliet, Hendersonville, Dickson, Belle Meade, Columbia, Spring Hill and more! In addition to building inspections HABITEC offers Environmental Services for mold assessments, radon testing and water quality analysis. Additional information about HABITEC can be found on our website at www.habitecinspections.com, or call 615-376-2753.
Richard Acree is the author of the HABITEC Home and Building Inspections Blog and founder of the ActiveRain Group Tennessee Home and Building Inspectors. All are welcome to join and see more blogs like this one.
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Residential (Home) and Commercial building inspections, mold inspections and evaluations, radon testing and water quality analysis. WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT YOUR SAFETY AND INVESTMENT! PH 615-376-2753
HABITEC HOME AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS, LLC, is a full service Residential and Commercial Building Inspections company with Environmental Services for mold testing and evaluations, radon testing and water quality analysis. We have three inspectors who are trained, tested, licensed, insured and experienced! Richard Acree, President, has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Structural Engineering and a Masters of Science in Business Administration. Ron Rittiner, Chief Inspector and Business Manager at HABITEC, has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Richard and Ron were trained as Home Inspectors by the ITA/Kaplan Training Institute. Also working at HABITEC is Rick Cozby, formerly of House Sense. Rick has over 14 years as a Home Inspector in Middle Tennessee and has inspected over 4000 homes!
We are available 7 days per week. Reports are computer generated with embedded digital pictures for greatest clarity. Many say our reports are the best and most comprehensive in the business. We list our references on our website with their phone numbers and email address so you can contact them directly. Please visit our website at www.habitecinspections.com. Thanks for inquiring about HABITEC!
Richard Acree and Ron Rittiner 
Rick Cozby
Residential home inspections are available for single-family homes, townhomes and condominiums. Commercial building inspections are available for apartment buildings, industrial distribution centers, office buildings, retail centers, recreational clubhouse facilities and more. Environmental services include mold inspections and mold evaluations, radon testing and water quality analysis. Mold evaluations involve mold inspections/surveys and sampling with laboratory analysis to complete the mold evaluation. Radon testing is completed on site with a Continuous Radon Monitor. No need to ship cannisters to a lab where they may get damaged or contaminated. Water quality analysis is mostly completed on site. A laboratory analysis is available should there be an on-site indication of an issue.
These home were both Inspected by HABITEC! We have inspected from 1000 sqft up to 9000 sqft (photo above, right), and from new to over 100 years old! Please call us at 615-376-2753. Thank you!
From Hal H: Since our house was built in 1897 and has original, modern and recently constructed portions, it was a real challenge for an Inspector.HABITEC's expertise and thoroughness was what we neededThey did a great job and found important issues we needed to know about. I highly recommend them!
From Stephan F: The HABITEC inspector did a great job when he inspected my house. He was prompt, thorough, professional and courteous. He found some discrepancies I was not aware of and showed me how to get them fixed. Their report was excellent! I especially liked the digital photos. The photos made clear exactly what the discrepancies were and where they were located.I would be pleased to recommend HABITEC to anyone for their residential home inspection.
From Owen E: The guys at HABITEC Home and Building Inspections have helped me a lot during 2007. They Inspected the construction of my new home in different phases of construction and found numerous items the builder had overlooked. Finally they inspected the new house before we closed and found more mistakes by the builder. Their report made it obvious what needed to be fixed and the builder got right on it. Now we have moved in and we love the house. I am sure they saved me a lot of headaches. They also looked at the house [a Home Inspector's Review] I was selling and told me what I needed to do to bring it up to speed to sell it. The sale went well and we had little to do for the closing. Again HABITEC saved me time and money! Anybody building, buying or selling a house in Middle Tennessee should call HABITEC in first. You'll come out way ahead!
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