by Jon Boyd | Nov 17, 2019 | Construction, Home Buying, Home Inspection
This is a Northside home where the water had backed up and flooded the laundry room area. The water seemed to be clean and not sewer water. The seller called a local plumbing company and the plumber who arrived looked very young to me. He looked at the flood around... 
by Jon Boyd | Apr 19, 2019 | Buyer Agency, Home Buying, Home Inspection, Moving
There is a lot of conversation inside the industry right now on listing agents doing photo editing on their listing photos. Some photo editing can really be misleading, but some can actually be useful for us on the buying end. The comment I commonly hear from our... 
by Jon Boyd | Apr 2, 2019 | Home Buying, Home Inspection, Home Ownership
We recently helped a couple purchase a home with a nice bathroom featuring a separate tub and shower. The tub was what we call a spay tub, whirlpool tub, jetted tub or a bubble tub. A popular manufacturer for these tubs is the Jacuzzi company. But not all of these... 
by Jon Boyd | Mar 16, 2019 | Buyer Agency, Construction, Home Inspection, Home Ownership, Moving
In this first video, we see a mostly finished bathroom in a high-end home after the painting contractors have just finished. Unfortunately, the quality of the painting work is sub-standard. I don’t think the builder was going to be upset about this as the paint... 
by Jon Boyd | Feb 27, 2019 | Condominiums, Home Inspection
Most real estate agents in our market will be happy to help you buy a property and they will call themselves a “buyer’s agent”. Even though legally they are usually either an undisclosed dual agent or a designated buyer’s agent. Setting aside... 
by Jon Boyd | Feb 27, 2019 | Construction, Home Inspection, Home Ownership
In the summer of 2017 I witness one of those really strange occurances. A lightning strike set the neighbor’s yard on fire. Or at least that is what it looked like. It turned out the lighting current went out into the yard via the steel gas line and it actually... 