Maintaining a house is a lot like maintaining ourselves. We do our best to keep our body’s systems in the best shape possible so we can live to a ripe old age. That means regular checkups, eating right, taking medicine when it’s called for, protecting ourselves from the elements (e.g., sunscreen at the beach), and […]

As builders and aspiring homeowners know, 2021 was a challenging year for new residential construction projects. Supply chain problems, labor shortages, rising material costs (particularly with lumber), and other factors saddled the industry with significant burdens that stretched production timelines and caused budgets to balloon. What will 2022 look like in terms of new home […]

Let’s Make it a Great 2022! As we bid farewell to 2021, all of us at A-Pro are looking forward to promising news in the real estate industry. What will the New Year bring us? Depending on who you talk to, expert forecasts for housing in 2022 range from very encouraging to so-so. Being glass-half-full […]

In last week’s blog post, we began our list of New Year’s resolutions for the health of your house, including getting a Home Maintenance Inspection, finding the root cause of nagging problems like slow draining tubs and sinks, and other tips that don’t cost a lot but yield big rewards. Since we only scratched the […]

Good home inspectors do much more than perform visual/operational inspections of a property. For both buying and selling clients, an experienced and certified inspector, like those at A-Pro, can serve as a fountain of knowledge about not only what needs to be repaired or replaced, but also how to maintain and get the most useful […]

As we near the end of the year and welcome the melodious sounds that can be heard everywhere during this magical time, we couldn’t help but think of some of the yuletide music that seems to have been written with home inspections in mind: “Up on a Rooftop”; “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” (or inside, if […]

In this time of giving thanks, the team at A-Pro Home Inspections would like to wish our friends in the real estate community and the homebuyers and sellers we serve all the blessings of the season. As we gather around holiday tables to reflect on the past year, the folks at A-Pro are profoundly grateful […]

With autumn upon on us, it seems appropriate to return to a topic that can’t be emphasized enough, especially during this time of year when leaves literally rain from the sky and winter’s ice and snow aren’t far behind: Don’t neglect your gutters. This is a particularly important message if you’re in the market for […]