The Article Courtesy of About Your Home Inspection A house with undetected water leak will deteriorate the house's value with damages due to water leaks. Not only that but, undetected water leaks will  end up with huge water bills.  Here are some ways to easily detect water leaks. Home water leaks waste 1 trillion gallons of water per year, and 10 percent of American homes have leaks that waste 90 gallons of water a day, according to the EPA. Fixing easily detectable leaks like Continue Reading ...

Helpful information from About Your Home Inspection Nobody wants pests in and around one's home. There are certain areas inside the house where these pests stay but we often overlook. Pests can be hiding just about everywhere - whether you can see them or not. When you know where to look, there are preventative measures you can take to help avoid a pest infestation problem in your home. Terminix shares details on the unexpected, "secret" places pests can be hiding. Sinks and Continue Reading ...

The Article Courtesy of About Your Home Inspection A home with very limited decors making it a clean and modern design is known as Scandinavian style. Clean, minimalist and modern aesthetic is how best to describe it. As homeowners look for ways to refresh their spaces, Scandinavian style has become ever more prominent and popular among designers and interior decor experts. The clean, modern, minimalist aesthetic shows up in interiors and exteriors, from streamlined furniture to Continue Reading ...

  From your friends at About Your Home Inspection Beautiful homes are often considered beautiful because of the structure, furnishings, finishing and flooring. Having shiny wooden flooring is not easy to maintain, here are some tips to clean your wood floors. Although most people envision their dream home with shiny wood floors, many consumers are unaware of the best way to care for them, according to a 2017 survey conducted by the National Wood Flooring Association. "Not Continue Reading ...

The Article Courtesy of About Your Home Inspection Finding a perfect house to transform into your perfect home is not easy. Use this checklist to help you decide before you make an offer. House hunting can feel like an adventurous new chapter in your life. If you're lucky enough to find the property that checks off all the "must have" boxes - appearance, size, price, location - it's easy to fall in love. Not so fast. Before making an offer on any property, it's smart to take a deeper Continue Reading ...

Helpful information from About Your Home Inspection You find the perfect house, you build a lovely home you jazz it up with the nicest furniture and viola! You have the best home, but don't forget to protect your home with  smoke detectors.  Prevention is always better. Think of all the items you replace regularly - your cellphone, lightbulbs and even your toothbrush. But when was the last time you replaced your smoke alarm batteries, or even the alarms themselves? It's easy to overlook, Continue Reading ...

Helpful information from About Your Home Inspection Having a clean and good smelling bathroom says a lot about the homeowners.  Help clean your bathroom faster and more efficient with the help of some tech tools available. (BPT) - If you're like most Americans, you prefer to have an immaculate bathroom - you just don't like cleaning it. In fact, in a recent study by Kohler (conducted by independent research firm Vision Critical), 42 percent of consumers admitted cleaning the toilet Continue Reading ...

Brought to you by About Your Home Inspection Having a spacious and beautiful outdoor space is always a go-to celebration area. Here are some top trends to update the look of your outdoor living space. Outdoor living spaces rank first among special function rooms desired by consumers, according to the American Institute for Architects, and so homeowners are expected to be going all-in for the outdoors in 2018. Trex Company, a maker of premium decking and railing, has gleaned insights Continue Reading ...

The Article Courtesy of About Your Home Inspection Redecorating your home this 2018? Mosaic and mix and matching are some of the top trends this new year. Here are more trending designs for 2018. Whether you're redecorating your home, changing up that old carpet for warm hardwood flooring, or just longing for a fresh coat of paint and some new accents in the living room, the design trends this year are all about texture, style and surprises. It's hardwood floors celebrating knots and Continue Reading ...

From your friends at About Your Home Inspection Jazz up your kitchen a bit this 2018.  Here are some of the trends for your kitchen this 2018  to transform your kitchen  from flat to fab. It's your home's focal point. The site of some of your best moments and the base of operations for entertaining - it's your kitchen, and no room in your home is more valuable. A magnificent kitchen defines a home, and bringing your kitchen to this level means capitalizing on today's top Continue Reading ...