frisco home inspection

Man Jailed on Voyeurism Charge

21 days

by ClintonR in frisco home inspection, General

divdivSorry, readability was unable to parse this page for content./div/div

Change stresses importance of home inspection for buyers

21 days

by ClintonR in frisco home inspection, General

divdiv id=article-content readability=59
!– Soundslides receptacle –
!– text part of article –
pa href=http://www.wtop.com/?nid=635amp;sid=598708Darci Marchese/a, wtop.combr //pp
WASHINGTON – Buying or selling a home? Better get used to the concept of as-is.
/pp
The Greater Capital Area Association of REALTORS (GCAAR) and the Northern Virginia Association of REALTORS (NVAR) issued a revised contract for many home sales in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia, starting Jan. 1, 2012.
/pp
bUPDATE:/bi WTOP has learned that not all homes in Maryland will be sold as-is from now on.
/i/pp
The change only impacts homes sold in locations which use the regional contract: Northern Virginia, D.C. and much of Montgomery County.
/pp
However, the rest of Maryland falls under the Maryland Association of REALTORS (MAR) contract, so counties such as Prince George’s or Charles won’t have to abide by the new rules which say homes are sold as-is.
/pp
It will be business as usual, meaning sellers will have the obligation to ensure that everything mechanical and electrical in the home is in proper working order.
/pp
It means assumptions a buyer once could make no longer exist.
/pp
Up until now, a buyer could assume that the heating, cooling, washer/dryer and anything mechanical or electrical was working in the home properly when it’s time to move into it.
/pp
Not anymore.
/pp
The entire house is sold as-is, explains Eldad Moraru of Long and Foster. The seller has no obligation to ensure that anything is in normal working condition. Now it’s all negotiable.
/pp
What does that mean?
/pp
Moraru says it puts a greater pressure on the buyer to determine what they want fixed in the home prior to a sales contract. And Moraru says more importantly than ever, buyers need a good home inspector.
/pp
Buyers will use the frisco home inspection to determine what they want addressed or fixed in the home. Sellers then have the option of agreeing to the fixes, negotiating some of the fixes or offering money to the buyer to make the improvements themselves.
/pp
Does the change put the ball in the court of the seller?
/pp
One would argue it benefits the seller — I’m not convinced, says Moraru. He thinks the change will make things clearer and more transparent for both buyers and sellers of homes.
/pp
There will be less surprises. Or at least that’s the goal.
/pp
iFollow a href=https://twitter.com/dmarchesewtopDarci Marchese/a and a href=http://twitter.com/wtopWTOP/a on Twitter./i
/pp
(Copyright 2012 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.) /p

style type=text/css![CDATA[
.googlead-afc {
margin-top: 40px;
}
.googlead-afc span {
font-size: 12px !important;

}
]]/style

/div/div

Photos: Check out Calverton artist’s work at Riverhead Free Library

21 days

by ClintonR in frisco home inspection, General

divdiv class=text clearfix readability=29

!– AddThis Button Begin –
div id=attachment_31745 class=wp-caption aligncenter readability=3a href=http://media.timesreview.com.s3.amazonaws.com/riverheadnewsreview/files/IMG_9910.jpgimg class=size-full wp-image-31745 src=http://media.timesreview.com.s3.amazonaws.com/riverheadnewsreview/files/IMG_9910.jpg alt= width=475 height=343 //ap class=wp-caption-textBARBARAELLEN KOCH | Calverton artist Dennis Link, now 65, with his self portrait from 1971./p/div
pSelf-taught artist Dennis Link of Calverton had an opening reception in the Elizabeth Fox Overton Gallery at Riverhead Free Library Saturday afternoon./p
pfrisco home inspection is how he makes his living, but creating art is his “passion,” he said./p
pHe said he was raised in Brooklyn and started drawing with colored crayons at a very early age. His mother gave him and his sister “Paint by Number” sets for their birthdays, but very quickly he said he couldn’t follow the rules./p
p“Once I started, I couldn’t stop,” he said./p
pHe was inspired by the movies “Lust for Life” and “Agony and Ecstasy” and so he started to paint with more detailed and energetic brush strokes./p
pIn his 20s, Mr. Link focused on raising a family and building his real estate career and didn’t return to art until his 50s./p
p“Art makes me forget all my problems,” he said. “It lets me be in the moment, like meditation.”/p
pHis paintings, in pastels and oils, are taken from famous works of art he has studied. He said he doesn’t try to copy them, but be inspired by them, studying the brush strokes and the light. Paintings in the show, hosted by the Friends of the Library, are inspired by the works of DaVinci, Gauguin, Vermeer, Modigliani, VanGogh, Rouault, and Pollack./p
pThe show will be on view through the month of January./p

/div/div

Web service reveals hidden fees of buying a new home

21 days

by ClintonR in frisco home inspection, General

divdiv id=content readability=27#13;
#13;
!– Content Page –#13;
#13;
#13;
#13;
#13;
#13;
#13;
#13;
#13;
!– Article Pages –#13;
#13;
br /#13;
#13;
img src=../../../../upload/IT/News/zhomep631.png alt=Web service reveals hidden fees of buying a new home title=Web service reveals hidden fees of buying a new home height=80 width=120 /#13;
You’ve finally signed the down payment cheque to buy your dream house – mission accomplished, right? p#13;
Not so fast. What about lawyer’s fees, land transfer taxes, property#13;
taxes, a href=http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/Home/News.asp?id=56538amp;bSearch=True target=_blankhome insurance/a, monthly utilities#13;
and the cost of a home#13;
inspection? Better not put that cheque book away so fast. /pp#13;
Many homebuyers are so focused on down payment and mortgage costs that#13;
they don’t even consider all those additional fees that can add#13;
thousands of dollars to the cost of home ownership, says Alyssa#13;
Richard, founder and CEO of Toronto startup a href=http://www.ingdirect.ca/en/mortgages/closingchecklist/index.html target=_blankMyClosingCosts/a. Trying to#13;
find estimates online for all of those fees can be as frustrating and#13;
time consuming as hunting for the perfect house in the first place, she#13;
says. /pp#13;
“I came across a Web site in the states that does this in the U.S. and#13;
I was like wow, really cool site. But nothing (like it) existed in#13;
Canada,” says Richard. /pp#13;
!– RELATED LINK !–#13;
/p#13;
p#13;
So she recently launched myclosingcosts.ca as an online calculator for#13;
all the fees that Canadian buyers could be hit with when purchasing a#13;
home. /pp#13;
!– YOUTUBE VIDEO BOX !–#13;
/pdiv class=caption aligncenter readability=2#13;
p class=caption-textMyClosingCost’s entry into a href=http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/videoContest/ target=_blankThe#13;
$1,000 Minute/a./p#13;
/div#13;
p#13;
There are already several cost calculators or checklists on the Web to#13;
help buyers tally various closing fees, including some offered by a href=http://www.royallepage.ca/CMSTemplates/calculators/buying_cost.aspx target=_blankRoyal#13;
LePage Canada/a and a href=http://www.ingdirect.ca/en/mortgages/closingchecklist/index.html target=_blankING Direct Canada/a. Though Richards#13;
has entered a#13;
competitive online field, “there’s room for more than one place where#13;
this information exists,” she says. /pp#13;
!– RELATED LINK !–#13;
/pp#13;
br /#13;
She also says her site can offer much more detailed cost estimates#13;
because users can enter more specific data than on competing sites. On#13;
the Royal LePage site, for example, users can only enter three types of#13;
data (including one as vague as “miscellaneous costs”) compared with 11#13;
types of information on myclosingcosts.ca. And unlike ING’s site,#13;
myclosingcosts.ca actually calculates the land transfer tax based on#13;
province and municipality. /pp#13;
!– SUB HEADING !–#13;
span class=sectionCalculates monthly affordability /span#13;
br /#13;
“There’s a lot of static (Web) content in Canada like you should budget#13;
one to two per cent for closing costs,” Richard says. “But what does#13;
that mean and when is it going to come out (of your bank account)? That#13;
could be $500 or $5,000. It’s important. We want to tell people your#13;
property taxes will be this (amount) because you live here (in a#13;
certain neighbourhood).”/pp#13;
The site doesn’t just calculate one-time costs like legal fees. It also#13;
helps determine if a buyer can afford a home over the long term by#13;
calculating monthly carrying costs like mortgage payments, home#13;
insurance and monthly debt payments.br /span class=sectionPage Navigation/span 1) a href=News.asp?id=65498amp;PageMem=1The closing costs of buying a home usually not considered. – Page 1/abr /2) a href=News.asp?id=65498amp;PageMem=2Corporate world doesn’t appeal to entrepreneur. – Page 2/a/ppa class=pageNext href=News.asp?id=65498amp;PageMem=2 Next Page gt;gt;/a#13;
#13;
#13;
a class=pageBack href=javascript:history.back()lt;lt; Back/a#13;
/pp#13;
/p#13;
#13;
#13;
#13;
#13;
/div/div

Photos: Check out Calverton artist’s work at Riverhead Free Library

27 days

by ClintonR in frisco home inspection, General

divdiv class=text clearfix readability=29

/div/div

Ask the Experts

27 days

by ClintonR in frisco home inspection, General

[]Q: What does a frisco home inspection look at? A: A frisco home inspection looks at the whole house including the exterior, structure, plumbing, heating, electrical, insulation, roof, cooling, and interior of the home.

Periodic home inspections make sense for everybody, not just buyers and sellers

27 days

by ClintonR in frisco home inspection, General

divdiv class=gel-pane gpagediv readability=36#13;
pYou probably take your car in to your mechanic for regular maintenance, but do you give the same kind of care to your largest investment: your home?/ppKeeping up on your home’s maintenance issues will help you identify problems early, which could help save you money in the long run./ppThough many people think of a frisco home inspection as a tool to use only when they are buying or selling a home, hiring a home inspector can be useful for homeowners who have been in their house for a number of years./ppMost people are too busy with work, kids and everyday life to properly maintain their home, said Mike Chamberlain of MC2 frisco home inspections, LLC in Plainfield. Their number one investment tends to get put by the wayside and not taken care of. We can come in and do a frisco home inspection for a current homeowner and let them be aware of some of the items that are being neglected because they are so busy./ppChriss Cheatham with Homeworx Inc., Indianapolis, recommends her company’s Home Preservation Inspection every 12 to 18 months./ppWe have yet to perform an inspection that the homeowner did not learn or discover something new about their home, Cheatham said. When we are performing an inspection for a homeowner, as much as anything else, they appreciate the inspection findings and utilize this information as input when prioritizing repair needs./ppChamberlain said he frequently sees problems with homeowner do-it-yourself projects for which the proper building permits were not pulled or the work was done improperly, and often, unsafely./ppElectrical items and plumbing items are probably two of the most common violations that we see, Chamberlain said. People that watch a little too much HGTV get in and do electrical work themselves and will double tap on breakers (using one circuit breaker for multiple wires) stuff like that. Another one would be if the homeowner had an addition put onto the house and didn’t obtain a permit. That would probably hold up the closing (if the homeowner tried to sell) quite a bit until the permits are obtained./ppCheatham said she often sees issues related to poor insulation and exposed moisture entry points./ppThe most common maintenance items found during a home preservation inspection involve caulking around the home’s windows and doors, Cheatham said. Recommendations are made to make sure gutters are cleaned on a routine basis and that downspouts are free of debris. Homes of all eras benefit from regular and routine exterior maintenance to prevent moisture entry from creating larger issues and concerns./ppJust as with a frisco home inspection for buyers, reputable inspectors will look at your plumbing, heating, electrical, structure and roof./ppHome inspectors are required to be licensed in Indiana, but it’s always good to do a little extra homework. Ask for proof of insurance and independent certification, like the National Association of Home Inspectors or the American Society of Home Inspectors./ppCost will vary according to the size of the home and other factors, such as if there is a basement or crawlspace, but typically ranges from $200 to $400./p#13;
/div/div

Home inspections 101

27 days

by ClintonR in frisco home inspection, General

divdiv readability=5A frisco home inspection is a critical part of the home-buying process. But do you know how to choose the right inspector, what to expect when the inspector comes to evaluate a home, and what things the inspector will — and won’t — look for? p

Due to the importance of understanding what to expect with a frisco home inspection, and because of recent changes to Massachusetts frisco home inspection regulations, there are a number of things you should know before starting the process.
Here are 12./pp
i– Jesse Nunes, Boston.com/i

/p/div/div

Home inspections 101

42 days

by ClintonR in frisco home inspection, General

/p/div/div

Joseph Tharpe’s secret to success: never give up

42 days

by ClintonR in frisco home inspection, General

divdiv id=articleBody class=articleBody readability=63div class=articleViewerGroup id=articleViewerGroupspan class=articleEmbeddedViewerBox/span fd-type=start fd-id=default/div class=articlePosition1 readability=0div
div readability=10LADDER OF SUCCESS
pbJoseph Tharpe /b/pp/p
/ppbTITLE:/b Co-owner, along with his wife
/ppbBUSINESS:/b Pillar to Post frisco home inspection franchise for east San Gabriel Valley
/ppbLOCATION:/b 122 E. Walnut Ave, Suite A, Monrovia /p
pb CONTACT:/b 626-841-9000, a href=mailto:earthquakesolutions@earthlink.netearthquakesolutions@earthlink.net/a
/ppb SECRET OF SUCCESS:/b Never give up the dream
/pp//div/divp

/p/divspan fd-type=end fd-id=default//divspan fd-type=start fd-id=default/ p MONROVIA – A home is only as strong as its foundation.

/ppAnd that’s also true of a career.

/ppJoseph Tharpe, 29, has been gainfully employed – by others – for the past 15 years. But during all of that time he was looking ahead to the day when he could open his own business.

/ppTharpe dropped out of high school at age 16 to help support his ailing mother. It’s been an adventure ever since.

/ppI felt I had to help my mom, as a single parent she had taken care of me, Tharpe said. So working is just something I’ve done. My mom had diabetes, and eventually passed away. But then I got married so I just kept on working. I never really had the time or the finances to go back to school.

/ppTharpe and his wife Heather held a series of jobs, but none that really sparked their interest.

/ppIt just seemed like we were in dead-end situations, Joseph Tharpe said. And we both wanted an occupation where we were our own boss.

/ppWe spent a lot of time researching what was out there, and finally decided that getting a franchise in Pillar to Post was the way to go. We both went through their training, which was really intensive, and, on Dec. 1, we opened for business.

/ppPillar to Post is one of North America’s leading frisco home inspection companies. The Tharpes’ franchise stretches from San Gabriel to Burbank.

/ppHeather Tharpe currently works for a florist. She admits the change from flowers to floorboards is a bit out of her comfort /pzone.

pI would have been worried except that Pillar to Post’s training sessions were really, really thorough, she said. They have a great support system in place.

/ppHer only concern, she said, is that the couple only has one set of tools. But she figures that will soon change.

/ppA frisco home inspection company seemed pretty much recession-proof, Joseph Tharpe said. People are going to need our services, and with all the homes changing hands right now in Southern California home inspectors are more in demand than ever. Personally, I don’t know why anyone would buy or sell a home without getting it inspected by an independent party.

/ppThe majority of the Tharpes’ clients will be real estate companies, although private parties can also contract for their services.

/ppNeither Tharpe has a background in construction, but both feel the training provided by Pillar to Post, along with a large dose of common sense, should make their franchise successful.

/ppI do have a background in the automotive industry, so there is some mechanical ability there, Tharpe said. The biggest thing is you need to pay attention to what you are doing. With frisco home inspection you have to consider all aspects of the home, from plumbing to electrical to the structure.

/ppTharpe figures the new venture will be exciting becaue every home is different, and so every job will be different.

/ppThe way the deal works, whether we are hired by the real estate company, the buyer or the seller, we are unbiased in our report, he said. It’s really like being detectives, looking for anything that’s not right.

/ppWhen we are finished we prepare a written report. The means we put our work on the line, which is the way it should be. Obviously, if we miss things we going to lose customers.

/ppI guess the only drawback is that you’re going to get dirty. Then again, working around cars is pretty dirty business so that’s nothing new to me.

/ppAlthough the Tharpes’ just opened for business, they have four or five jobs already lined up.

/ppPillar to Post does a great job of contacting real estate companies, so it looks like we are going to be real busy real soon. And that’s exactly what we have been looking for.

/ppI finally have something that’s not just a job, it’s a career. I’m my own boss and I get to work with my wife. That’s the American dream come true.
/pp
i//ppFor more San Gabriel Valley business news, follow twitter.com/sgvnbiza href=http://twitter.com/sgvnbizgt;twitter.com/sgvnbizlt;/agt;#10; lt;pgt;lt;a href=’mailto:jim.mcconnell@sgvn.com’gt;jim.mcconnell@sgvn.comlt;/agt; #10; lt;pgt;626-962-8811, ext. 2306lt;/igt;#10; lt;br style= clear:both=/br/span fd-type=end fd-id=default//p/div/div