Jack Gilleland Home Inspection Services

This year as I run down the list of division leaders I'm not really surprised until I get to the National League Central Division,  The Cincinnati Reds.  Living in Dayton just 60 miles north of Cincinnati you almost have to be a Reds fan, but being a Reds fan can have it's punishments more often...

It's almost time.  The first game is on September 2, and all of the Buckeye supporters are chomping at the bit.  We play Marshal in the (now traditional - Big Ten vs Mid-American Conference) season opener. By the way, the preseason polls are out (I know, who listens to the pre-season polls) and ...

Kettering, Ohio is the largest suburb of Dayton and is probably one of the most well known.  Named for the famous inventor and philanthropist Charles F. Kettering probably one of its most notable citizens. The area now known as Kettering was first settled by John Patterson Sr. in 1798 and in 184...

I got a an email today from, not a client, not the buyers agent and not a concerned neighbor; but from the sellers agent relaying a concern from the seller.  Okay, at this point there are a bunch of home inspectors out there saying "uh.... oh".  This is the house in question and a photo of the ar...

Huber Heights     This photo is of a lock in the canal that was begun on July 21, 1825 from Lake Erie to the Ohio River.  Here the canal passed through an area now called Huber Heights, Ohio.  Huber Heights is one of the newest incorporated cities in Montgomery County.  This lock is in Carriage H...

Trotwood is where I spent much of the first 17 years of my life, so if there is one suburb of Dayton that I might be qualified to describe it is Trotwood.  Immediately after saying that I have to say that in researching information on Trotwood there was a multitude of things I didn't know. The fi...

Just to the North of Clayton and across the Montgomery County line into Miami County is the small town of West Milton.  A first in this series that I can honestly call a "hangout" during my teenage years.  The summer nights could find me in my '57 Chevy Bel Air driving north on State Route 48 he...

As you can see the first game is with Marshall University and they will be in Columbus to win.  This is one of those "Everything to Lose and Nothing to Win Games" that most larger schools play at the beginning of the season.  All of the Big Ten schools have been adding MAC schools to their sched...

  Brookville, Ohio is growing community west of Clayton that has 5,289 citizens (as of the 2000 census).  It started as a general store, like many small suburbs of Dayton, established by Warren Estabrook in 1832.  In 1874 it was incorporated with a total citizenry of 425 people.   Brookville thr...

When your looking for the perfect property for your new or expanding business, what do you look for?  The perfect size and the perfect location?  Definitely.  Without satisfying these two factors you can't expect your business to be around very long.  Is there anything else that might effect you...