Often Overlooked & Costly Repair Item For Home Buyers

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Well, hey there. Paul Foster, I got a question for you. It’s going to be the most often overlooked and costly repair item on a home inspection that buyers often look at. And the question really is like the buyers like ad, don’t worry about that one.

The realtor says, I gotcha. That’s okay. Right. And they kind of overlook it because you’re looking at something else and then it comes back and just like bites them in the butt. All right. Let’s talk about that. What do you feel that one is?

It could be one of several different things. I’m going to say that the grading and drainage away from the home is probably the most overlooked issue.

Grading and drainage.

You know, when you did six inches in every ten feet of drainage away from the home. So we got to have a slope, right? New homes will always have a slope. Older homes, all that slope will go away because there’s all kinds of settlement and all that stuff gets washed down. Right. But we want at least six inches from wood siding from the ground.

We want at least four inches from brick just to keep any of the past, the water. We don’t want water to wick up inside the walls. You know, we want we poles all the way around the brick. We want drip screen all the way around there. Also, just to keep the elements out, you know, to help preserve, you know, extend the life of the home without any issues.

All right. So drainage and grading. Most important and often overlooked, because what that’s going to take is it’s going to take effort. Right. And you’re going have to get out there and you’re have to do something. You’re going to have to somebody’s going to have to, like, sweat, right?

And you’re going to have to. But you’re only going to hire a contractor to come out and do that. But we don’t want a flat surface. We don’t want water pulling next to the home, to the home. We just don’t want those things to cause issues with the foundation.

Once we alleviate all that stuff, then the home will perform as intended. Mm hmm. Sorry. That’s a super good point. Thank you for covering it. Let’s hit the ball and move on.

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