First Friday at Top of The Park

HoMo is rockin'

The wrong way to keep a basement dry

Out at a home inspection today. Here is a typical problem we see with
people who use these gutter extensions. They sometimes just fall off.

Buyers on a roof during an inspection

I think it is a good idea for someone to be on the roof with the home
inspector.

If the buyers don't want to go up I will.

You can learn a lot about your home.

Radon system outside the home

Really ugly MLS photos (From Orlando)

We have plenty of ugly MLS photos here, but we have to work with these agents, so I'm sharing some from Orlando.

Here is a link to the whole page from a photographer who doesn't want to publish their name or contact information. (He/She takes nice pictures, but collects ugly ones contributed by other real estate people.)

MLS Trash Can

Home that have been "abused"

We sometimes talk about homes that have suffered from abuse from their owners.

A friend of mine ran across this example in a home he bought recently.

The furnace had been run for years without a filter.

Here is what he saw when he opened it up and looked at the air conditioning coils:



Here is what it should look like:



You can imagine how this impacted the unit's efficiency for both heating and cooling.

This is something that I think any buyer agent should understand and be able to talk about. This isn't highly technical and it certainly isn't a buyer's agent's job to open up a furnace, but, a buyer agent should understand this.

However, many, many of the "pretend buyer agents" think they shouldn't talk about shortcomings of homes and shouldn't point out anything critical because they don't want to be accused of being home inspectors. Strange.

Remember if you want an unconflicted, true buyer agent to help you with your home buying, call us.


Jon Boyd, Broker/Manager
The Home Buyer's Agent of Ann Arbor, Inc.
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Septic field inspection

When you buy a home with a septic field, it is important to have an
evaluation of the field done.

In Washtenaw county the county has standards and a specific
requirement for an evalation to be done prior to change of ownership.

But in other Michigan counties you are on your own.

The interpretation of the report is critical also.