Happy Fall! Before you break out the pumpkin spice and Halloween decorations, take some time to check your house for wear and tear after a long Texas summer. Later this season, you'll need to do some Fall stuff like clearing leaves from the gutters and getting your chimney cleaned, but as much as we wish we could bust out those sweaters and jackets and put a fire in the fireplace, it's still in the 90's here in North Texas. So here are some post-summer home maintenance tips f

If you’re in the real estate biz, you may be aware that the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC), which is the governing body over real estate licenses and standards, just made some changes to the approved Home Inspection Report for Texas Home Inspections. These changes became effective Sept. 1, 2021, and this week we thought we’d go over what they are and what they mean. Water Inspection reports are now required to call out the type of piping used in water distribution. Examp

A close friend who is buying a house asked the other day whether she should bother with a home inspection. Her offer had just been accepted over eight competing offers on a house in Allen, TX, and she was just entering the option period. “There’s nothing a home inspection is going to tell me that will keep me from buying this house,” she said. Nothing? Really? So if you buy the house, and, SURPRISE! You need a new A/C, there’s a sewer leak, and you need to do costly foundatio