Norway Hill Home Inspections Blog
Adventures in Home Owning: How to Winterize Your Summer Home
Dear Homeowner, In a few months time, it will be impossible to go for a dip in the nearby lake. That shiny grill and the glass bar you use so much in the warm months will be rendered obsolete with a few feet of snow. The large bay windows that give you such excellent...
Adventures in Home Owning: Cons to Buying an Old Home
Dear Homeowner, During the first two weeks of this month, we asked you the question: to build, or not to build? This week, we finally reach the final part of our second question: to buy, or not to buy? One of the more obvious potential downsides of buying a previously...
Adventures in Home Owning: Pros to Buying an Old Home
Dear Homeowner, To buy, or not to buy? That is today’s question. Over the past two weeks, we covered some of the pros and cons of buying a newly built home. This week we are going to look at the positives and negatives in choosing a house that has already been built...
Adventures in Home Owning: Cons to Buying a New Home
Dear Homeowner, We began last week by posing the question: to build, or not to build? This week we will continue exploring that question but will delve into the cons that exist when building a new home for yourself. Hand in hand with the biggest pro of building your...
Adventures in Home Owning: Pros to Buying a New Home
Dear Homeowner, To build, or not to build? That is today’s question. The decision to purchase any home is a deeply personal one, but to purchase a home that you will observe quite literally being built from the ground up is perhaps the most personal of all. Like any...
Adventures in Home Owning: Renting vs. Owning
Dear Homeowner, Or should we say home renter? Of course, there is no one way to own the place we call home: some call home a place that has been offered to them, some call home a place they pay a mortgage for, and some call home a place they pay a landlord for. To be...
Adventures in Home Owning: Home Seller’s Checklist Before an Inspection
Dear Homeowner, You’ve triumphed over the challenges of homeownership and now you have made it to this pivotal moment in your journey: saying goodbye to one home and welcoming in another. However, before you take the next step in your adventure you must complete a...
Adventures in Home Owning: Questions to Ask an Inspector Before Hiring Them
Dear Homeowner, Congratulations! You’ve made it to an exciting part of your home owning journey. Whether you are considering hiring an inspector to explore what may become your future dream home, or you’re in need of an accurate assessment of a trusted home you have...
Adventures in Home Owning: Ways to Save Money on Cooling Your House
Dear Homeowner, The summer months are upon us, and with them come some of the most rewarding parts of our journey as homeowners: nights spent out on patios and porches, burgers and vegetables sizzling on the grill, cool pools and whirring water sprinklers. However,...
Adventures in Home Owning: 5 End of Summer Home Maintenance Tips
Dear Homeowner, It’s that time of year again: the days are getting shorter, school lists are arriving in the mail, and the air has just an edge of crispness to it. You and your home have made it through another summer, and now it’s time to prepare for one of the...
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