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Home Inspector - Superior Home Inspections - Greater Albuquerque Area - InterNACHI 10041206
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Thievery, poaching, banditry, purloining... happens quite often on construction sites. Builders have to deal with this, homes they are building cannot be locked up and secured till the windows and doors are installed. Sad, but true. Some Contractors will hire a security service to patrol the area...
09/17/2015
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Every Home Inspector must go into the attic area, if one exists and has a access to do it. Going up into a strange attic can be an adventure sometimes, and sometimes you see some nifty stuff! Sometimes, you get a good laugh, and sometimes there is some head shaking. I always lead the way with my ...
09/14/2015
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Chimneys, a large percentage of homes have them. They provide a means of exhaust for our fireplaces, and free standing stoves. They usually protrude through the roof, or on the side of the house that still protrudes through the eaves area of the roof. That is why it's so important that they be fl...
09/01/2015
Jack wakes up with a huge hangover after attending his company's Christmas Party. Jack is not normally a drinker, but the drinks didn't taste like alcohol at all. He didn't even remember how he got home from the party. As bad as he was feeling, he wondered if he did something wrong.   Jack had t...
08/27/2015
I did an inspection on a home that was over 50 years old the other day. It is in a popular area of town called Nob Hill. It is a college like atmosphere, not far from UNM (University of New Mexico). Very old historic community, a lot of the homes there have been restored, remodeled, some of them ...
08/26/2015
A Home Inspection is a serious thing. You hire a Home Inspector to view the condition of your proposed home and report to you an honest, thorough opinion of the homes condition on the day of the inspection. A house is a big investment! Wouldn't you want to know the truth about what the condition ...
08/21/2015
Not sure if anybody knows about my Baseball career, as short as it was one afternoon in Madrid New Mexico. Yes, it was a short career, but a memorable one indeed! Well, it was memorable for me...                                             Playing every position in the infield and batting 4th in ...
08/19/2015
A couple weeks ago I did a Pre-Listing Inspection on the house in western Albuquerque. I don't know the whole story, but the owners adult son was care taking or living in the house while the parents were trying to get it ready for sale. Evidently, it was a rental that just got stale... I can rela...
08/17/2015
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Well, here I am back to the grind.... I returned from a sweet  vacation to the Chicago area to visit with an old buddy of mine from waaaay back! Rick and I were in the Army together from early 1971 to mid '72. We were roommates in Germany, we bought a car together and explored almost all of Germa...
08/12/2015
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There are days set aside for special events, celebrations of past events, tributes to persons that have sacrificed... I would like to deem July 24th as an Electrical Holiday! I did a Pre-Listing Inspection the other day here in beautiful Albuquerque in the north valley. House was built in 1963, t...
07/27/2015
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Fred Hernden, CMI

Albuquerque area Master Inspector
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