In today’s wild market, it can be enticing for buyers to provide a competetive offer by waiving the home inspection. However, home inspections were born to help reduce liability after the closing. Fortunately, there is a solution: listing side inspections. There are many different ways to format a listing-side inspection, and we are happy to work with sellers (and agents) …
Snuggling Safely in the Snowy Season
It’s that time of year. We all love a cozy, warm fireplace right now… But, did you know that certain types of wood, when burned, leave behind a substance called creosote? There are various degrees of creosote buildup. If not cleaned regularly, creosote buildup can become dangerous in your chimney (becoming combustible). Most areas of a chimney are not visible …
Warm Up & Give Back: Make-A-Wish Soup Drive
Feel good about what you eat, and what you do. We at aHarmony Home Inspection LLC have partnered with Coldwell Banker Realty Services to make this a simple possibility. Order soup from our friends at Heavenly Cuisine Custom Catering, and the profits will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. With a variety of soup choices from Chef Mark’s exclusive kitchen, there is …
Sellers: How to Help Ensure a Smooth Home Inspection Part Five
This is the fifth of our series for sellers about how to help the home inspection process go smoothly. In this part of the series, we talk about gutters and downspouts. Making sure that they’re cleaned and properly aligned will let let us inspect them thoroughly – and also leave a more favorable first impression of your home! Have any …
Sellers: How to Help Ensure a Smooth Home Inspection Part Four
This is the fourth of our series for sellers about how to help the home inspection process go smoothly. In this part of the series, we talk about accessibility. Making sure we can access and view every room in the home keeps us from having to come back for a revisit – and the less time we have to be …
Sellers: How to Help Ensure a Smooth Home Inspection Part Three
This is the second of our series for sellers about how to help the home inspection process go smoothly. In this part of the series, we talk about light bulbs! It may sound silly and small, but making sure your light bulbs are working before we stop by is just another way to keep the inspection process going smoothly. Have …
Sellers: How to Help Ensure a Smooth Home Inspection Part Two
This is the second of our series for sellers about how to help the home inspection process go smoothly. In this part of the series, we suggest resetting programmable thermostats to manual controls – and don’t worry, we’ll be sure to put them back just the way we found them! Have any questions or want some more advice? Leave a …
Sellers: How to Help Ensure a Smooth Home Inspection Part One
This is the first in our series for sellers in how to help the home inspection process go smoothly. We want to make sure there aren’t any hiccups in this part of the process, because selling a home is hard enough without worrying about the home inspection! In this part of the series, we talk about making sure your security …
Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors
With the new year well upon us and the unpredictable Pittsburgh weather seeming like it’s calming down – and there’s no snow to shovel (for now) – we can start focusing our home maintenance efforts inwards. It’s a good time of year to start checking our detectors – they’re easy to forget about until they start blaring away, ruining your …
The New a Harmony Home Inspection Website has launched!
The new a Harmony Inspections Website has been launched. Take a look around the site, and please contact a Harmony home inspection to schedule a home-inspection in Western Pennsylvania today!