How Inadequate Permits Affect Home Buyers

230918 Home Buyers Public Service Announcement Flippers and Remodelers don’t always Pull and Close permits. Some permits are pulled as “Remodeling” and the “Required” Mechanical and Structural permits have been pulled. Prior to your home inspection, confirm remodeling permits were pulled and closed. Though Flippers are required to disclose defects when they sell a property in Wisconsin, they have a vested interest in the sale, so they may be on the fence when it comes to their “opinion” as to what constitutes a defect that…

Public Service Announcement – Home Inspections on the Rise (3-minute read)

A number of homes have been purchased in the past several years without a home inspection. Insufficient housing stock led to prioritizing our home buying decisions with emotions rather than logic. Ok, home buying is typically an emotional decision, but we still need to bring logic into the equation, or our dream home may be a nightmare or worse, not ours for very long. Prioritizing emotions over logic often led to consequences of tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars of defects discovered only…

How to Choose a Home Inspector in Milwaukee

In this How to Choose a Home Inspector in Milwaukee video Donn covers: 5 Ways to Find the Right Home Inspector 7 Screening Questions to Ask Home Inspectors and 5 Points to Consider When Researching a Home

Home Inspection Customer Incentives when you hire Anderson Home Inspection!

Sunday, August 26, 2018 Hello friends! Donn Anderson here and I'd like to share with you some incredible savings, discounts and giveaways! I've teamed up with InterNACHI (Int'l Assoc of Certified Home Inspectors) Abenity—an elite deals program, and this program makes it possible for me to say Thank You and share the deals program with YOU! These elite deals include discounts from Bass Pro Shops, Costco, Sam's Club, Sprint, Firestone, Papa John's, DirecTV, T-Mobile, Dell, Target.com, Verizon Wireless, Overstock.com, Brooks Brothers, Gold's Gym, LA Fitness,…

Home Buying / Home Inspection Risk Reduction – During the Inspection (Part 2 of 3)

How to Get the Most Out of Your Home Inspection (Part 2) To help make your home inspection a productive and satisfying experience, here are practical steps you can take during the inspection to better understand the condition of the property. Review the Standards of Practice Even if you’ve already read the Wisconsin Standards of Practice (SoP), review them again before your inspection. Remember: A home inspection is not all-inclusive, and it is not a maintenance to-do list. It focuses on identifying major defects that…