“House Herpes” Invasion of the bed biters!
Bed Bugs: Inspecting for the New “House Herpes” by Nick Gromicko and Rob London Bed bugs are small, flightless, rust-colored parasites that feed on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded...
View ArticleValentine? Passionately pink panels?……………………..What is it?
What’s it for? (Valentine passion pink panels) and What is it? This home had two of these, one on each slope of the roof. There are two obvious problems. One is that the gutter empties onto the...
View ArticleInvasion of the house snatchers! They’re not teenagers but they’ll eat you...
Invasion of the house snatchers! They’re not teenagers but they’ll eat you out of house and home! It happened here. At a million dollar estate, a beautiful house in semi rural ‘horse’ country. With...
View Article(AP) The apartment was dirty with mold. Insurance wouldn’t settle. An OMG File.
The apartment was dirty with mold. Insurance wouldn’t settle. It was A.P. An OMG File. I was calling to investigate a ‘mold’ problem that turned out to be dirt, soot in fact. I asked my...
View ArticleHe Got Away. I Didn’t Catch Him …But I Know Where He Lives !
He Got Away. I Didn’t Catch Him …But I Know Where He Lives ! Who do you think has moved in here, Some furry, nut-gathering denizen of the surrounding boreal forest? No doubt you can picture some cute...
View ArticleHow do you slowly blow up your neighborhood?
Here is a good example of the difference between a good inspector and everyone else. Nobody else would have given this tiny plant a second thought. It’s far from being an emergency but it exactly the...
View ArticleKnow what you are looking at? Easy, Read the signs, Follow them!
Know what you are looking at? Easy, Read the signs, Follow them! DO you know? Well there’s a couple of my foot prints there in the attic floor insulation. But there’s more. A lot more. All over the...
View ArticleYUCK Cockroaches!!!!
In the Montreal area cockroaches are relatively rarely encountered in residential inspections. They can be more common in some types of commercial buildings though, and to say they are rarely...
View ArticleOne Of The First Things You Should Do After Moving Into Your New Home
This is not a re-hash of the usual “Top Ten Things To Do When…..”. These maintenance clean ups are really perodic chores that we need to be doing always, not just after a move or before a sale. Thats a...
View ArticleAbsence of Body Or Alien Invasion?
Absence of Body Or Alien Invasion? Scary? Yes! Is it a Halloween prop or a science fiction horror film of alien invasion? Is it arriving through a bend in space, And Materializing in front of your...
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