BeSure Home Inspection Service Blog

This morning I arrived at my inspection a little early. I found that there was a fresh coating of 2"s of snow on the side walk. So I grabbed my shovel and cleared it off so that my client and the Realtor would have a clear and safe access to the inside of the home. When they both arrive they both...

With the sub zero temps that we are having, if you have testing equipment, laptop, cell phones, Ipod's that has a LCD screen in them it is highly recommended that you bring them inside. Yes I know that the battery is suppose to keep the LCD screen from freezing. But I have lost equipment because ...

Last night as I was coming home after a inspection, I found a car in a ditch of water with the headlights on so I stopped. It was on a no were back road. I found a 16 year old young girl sitting there crying, shaking from the cold and holding her cell phone. I managed to get here to roll down her...

I inspected a home in the Great snow belt of Ohio 2 weeks ago. The roof was covered with snow that was starting to melt and it had the nice ice sickles hanging from the gutters. The down spouts were frozen solid with ice. I got into the house and found that there was moisture showing thought in s...

With the rising cost of energy always on the rise. We need to be always on the look out for way so save energy. One of the cheapest and easiest ways is to check the chalking around your windows and doors. If it is bad or there is none, buy your self a box of chalking and go to work and sealing ou...

It is get that time of year that we have to be thinking about getting all of our records around to prepare our taxes. Six years ago, I switched over to Quick Books to keep track of my accounting records, inspections, sales, mileage etc. At the end of the year, all I have to do is hit the tax butt...

During the holidays it seems that I have a lot of extra paper laying around the house for some reason. So that got me thinking and I am always looking for ways to "GO GREEN". So here are some tip for the holidays that you might want to consider. Put your used wrapping paper to work again as packa...

It's that time of year and with the rising cost of heating, people are taking to using alternative heating method. Some of these means are leading to Carbon Monoxide deaths. So when you are out and about looking at homes, take a look around for the CO2 detectors. The flu and carbon monoxide (CO) ...

After reading threads on how Home Inspectors were preforming illegal electrical inspection. Well I made some phone calls and this is the email that I got back from the Ohio Board of Building Standards with a hard copy letter for my file. So I thought that I would include a copy of the email here ...

I complete a home inspection Friday for a FSBO. Well they had the home all decked out with Christmas lights which I was really surprised to see. But to each to their own on how they want to sell their home. The home was a very nice home with only a few minor correctable problems except one major ...