Central Florida Building Inspectors Learning Center
Welcome to the Central Florida Building Inspectors Learning Center. Our blog is focused on home inspections and other home and safety related subjects. The topics are based on our experience providing home inspections in and around Orlando, FL.
Make it your business to hire the best home inspector
By knowing as much as you can about the home you want to purchase, plus its condition, helps prevent paying out extra repair costs in the future. One of the best ways to ensure that the financial decision you are about to make is a wise one is to have a pre-purchase...
Key questions you need to Ask your Home Inspector
There are multiple options available for you to consider when you are looking to hire a home inspection service and the most qualified inspector. In some cases, the lender or the real estate agent will recommend a company or certain inspectors that they know of in the...
What’s the Point of a Four-Point Inspection?
When a homeowner is looking to satisfy the insurance requirements when they are looking at a home owner’s insurance policy, a four point home inspection is required to be carried out. A four-point inspection will cover the key areas of your home that are highly likely...
Don’t neglect the one thing that keeps you warm comfy and safe… your roof!
Keeping your roof in good condition is very important; let’s be really honest here, how often do you check the roof or do you even check it at all? Most people are too busy with carrying out their other daily duties to think about checking the condition of the roof...
Why is my Home Insurance Company Requiring a 4-Point Home Inspection?
As each year passes, people celebrate a birthday and get another year older, and houses have birthdays too, so to speak. If you live in a home that was built in 1989, then that means it’s 25 years of age and that age represents a higher risk to home insurance...
What is included in a Home Inspections Report?
When you are looking through suitable properties as a homebuyer, you need to be certain the investment choice you are about to make is a wise one. The only way you can get a clear picture of the home you want to purchase is to request a home inspection. Inspections...
Keep your home in Shape and Free of Major Repairs
Your home needs to be regularly checked, and maintained in order to keep on top of any repairs. The reason you need to keep on top of maintenance is that you don’t want to neglect issues, which can amount into costly repairs. As the homeowner, you don’t want to be...
Is it important to have your roof inspected?
The roof is exposed to the elements of each passing season. It should be able to withstand years of exposure to the wind, rain, snow and sun. The average lifespan of a roof will depend on a number of factors, i.e. what type of materials it’s made from and what type of...
What’s the point of a pre-listing inspection?
When you want to sell a home, anyone who considers buying it might want a home inspection first. Therefore, it would be more beneficial for the seller to get the inspection over the prospective buyers. It’s within your best interests to find issues in your home and...
A Home Inspection: Invaluable to both the Seller and the Buyer
When it comes to buying a home or selling one, it can be a very stressful for both parties. A home inspection is an accurate way of obtaining a detailed report of what problems or issues there might be on the property and the structures on it. A professional...
Why it’s important to have a Home Inspection before Buying a House
) It is very important that you have a home inspection done on any property that you are looking to buy before there is any finalization on any signing. Having a professional inspector view the property is by far one of the top and most important choices...
Tips on How to Paint the exterior of your home
Following on from the previous blog, here are a few tips that you need to keep in mind if you want to apply a new coat of paint to the exterior of your home. This is especially important before putting it up for sale on the market. The first thing is to decide whom...
The home buyers guide to a home appraisal
The process of buying a home can be very complex to say the least. You have probably set your eyes on and visited countless properties in order to find the one that you want to call home. Once you have found that “home” it will be time to submit a strong purchase...
Improve the Chances of a Home Sale by Inspecting these Items
When you are looking at putting your home or property on the market, it’s in your best interests to make sure that your home is in a suitable condition to be sold. You want your home and its surrounding area to appeal to homebuyers coming around to look at it. Make...
Your Roof and Foundation the Ticking Time Bombs in your Home you can’t Afford to Ignore
For some homeowners the thought of taking on repairs and meeting the costs of those repairs just makes them put it off even longer. Homeowners need to know that some of the repair problems found in their home need to be fixed immediately. If these items, i.e....
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