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Home Inspector - Superior Home Inspections - Greater Albuquerque Area - InterNACHI 10041206

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2015 

 A picture is worth a thousand words. But this is Wordless Wednesday, so sit back and enjoy the presentation. Hopefully, you will never hire a contractor that gives you results like this, or if your sweet Uncle Bob says "Hey, I can come over this weekend, go get us a 12 pack of beer and we'll kno...
04/29/2015
I had an inspection the other day in the beautiful town of Rio Rancho, New Mexico. It's almost a suberb of Albuquerque, but it's a separate little area that has grown to be almost as large as Albuquerque... it may be larger!Anyway, this was an older home, built in 1981. The first thing I noticed ...
04/27/2015
They say you should take the road less traveled... be adventurous! But what if the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason? What if you head down this road but you can see there is trouble ahead? How will you handle this roadblock? Will you merely be able to step aside, go around it, or ...
04/21/2015
Patches... even our old friend Clarence Carter would have to agree that there is a right way and a wrong way to patch a roof. My Inspection in Rio Rancho the other day led me to an Investors finding and purchase of a distressed home. The usual things were apparent when I arrived, like overgrown l...
04/20/2015
Woo Hoo... time for Active Rain Spring Meetup! Our meeting will be on Wednesday, May 14th @1:00PM at Casa de Benavidez! The restaurant is located at: 8032 4th St NW, Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM 87114Casa de Benavidez has a 50 year old tradition, Paul and Rita Benavidez's dream of serving tradi...
04/16/2015
We all know the classic song from Led Zeppelin... that's what came to mind for me when I saw this picture. What the... Yep, the Stairway To Nowhere! Now, it took months of planning, Architects galore, Contractors were scratching their heads, Sub -Contractors going, "what's the problem?" to get th...
04/15/2015
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A little over a week ago I done an inspection in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. This particular house was built in 1990. The house was vacant (I love that) and everything was accessible! There was a closet on the backside of the hallway bathroom that had an access door to the bathroom plumbing. I opened...
04/13/2015
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