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Home Buying Tip #088, Do It Yourself Fails We See When Touring Homes – Water Heaters

by Jon Boyd | Dec 1, 2023 | Construction, Home Evaluation, Home Inspection, Plumbing

Home Buying Tip #088, DIY Common Fails We See When Evaluating Homes When looking critically at homes with our home-buying clients, we often see Do It Yourself (DIY) work in houses. Often, it is terrible. One of the most common DIY failures we find is water heater...

Home Buying Tip #096 If you are looking at older homes you need to be looking at outlets. – Ann Arbor Buyer Agent

by Jon Boyd | Nov 13, 2023 | Construction, Electrical, Home Evaluation, Home Inspection

There are a lot of things to consider when touring homes to purchase. But some things can kind of float under the radar because most home buyers haven’t spent much time living in older homes. One example is outlets, or lack thereof. This is especially true if...

Home Buying Tip #110, Acoustic Tile And Questions You Should Be Asking

by Jon Boyd | Oct 19, 2023 | Construction, Home Buying, Home Evaluation, Home Inspection

If you were ever in the basement of a home built in the 1950s or 1960s you have probably walked under acoustic tile. It was an inovative product that was very popular into the 1980s and is still used today. But the questions are: 1. Why was it used where it was used?...

Home Buying Tip #071, Considerations When Choosing A Home Inspector

by Jon Boyd | Oct 17, 2023 | Construction, Home Buying, Home Evaluation, Home Inspection

In Home Buying Tip #071, we highlight the importance of choosing a thorough inspector who is happy to answer all your questions and may even let you look into the attic on their ladder. While some inspectors may rush through inspections to satisfy regular real estate...

Home Buying Tip #051, Five Things To Look At In Basements, Water Intrusion

by Jon Boyd | Oct 17, 2023 | Construction, Home Buying, Home Evaluation, Home Inspection

In our market in southeastern Michigan, most homes have basements, and there are a lot of basement problems. One time we were looking at six Ann Arbor homes on our first time out with a first-time homebuyer couple. Four of the six homes either had current basement...

Home Buying Tip #024, Comparing Floor Plans From a Typical 1930s Home To A More Modern 1970s Home

by Jon Boyd | Oct 13, 2023 | Construction, Home Evaluation, Home Inspection, Home Ownership

Each decade brings different developments, but for this tip, we’ll just compare a typical 1930s home with one from the 1970s for a similar-sized home. This is the type of information that is very useful for home buyers to consider, but that often does not get...
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