Are Mold Assessments Worth the Expense?

One of the most important priorities of a Silk professional home inspector is, we look for moisture intrusion and a lack of proper ventilation, the two main factors responsible for the development of mold. Mold assessments can be useful such as if there’s a...

Home Pitfalls by Decade

The easy-to-use chart below can be used as a guide to understand the types of issues a home inspector may find when they inspect homes built in various decades. A downloadable PDF file containing the chart can be found here which also includes a handy “Life...

Home Components Life Expectancy Chart

The following chart is excerpted from a publication by the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors (InterNACHI) containing the life expectancy of nearly every imaginable home component and home system. Keep in mind this is only a guide. The estimates...

Home Inspection for Real Estate Investors

Have you ever wondered what are some of the things home inspectors look for when inspecting a home? In the video presentation, Silk Inspections CEO John Freudenberg discusses some of the major systems issues that can be deal killers for both home buyers and real...