by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 5, 2025 | Home Inspection
You don’t need me to tell you that buying a house is a big deal. And if you don’t work in this business and aren’t a general contractor yourself, you probably don’t know as much about buildings and homes as you would like to. That’s were home inspectors come in. A... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 5, 2025 | Home Inspection
Wind-mitigation inspections are an inspection of a home’s to determine how likely it is to withstand wind damage from severe weather conditions like hurricanes but also generally high wind speeds found in some parts of the country, like Florida and Houston. The... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
What is a Home Maintenance Inspection? A home maintenance inspection is home inspection performed on a home that is not currently the subject of a real estate transaction (i.e., not on the market), and it’s purpose is to provide an outline to homeowners of the current... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
There are no guarantees or warranties in the home inspection industry, just fine print. We see quite a few of the more unscrupulous and shady Home Inspectors in San Antonio like to advertise their “guarantee” or a “warranty” that they offer in hopes that... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
While I enjoy discussing with clients what I’ve found in the inspection and answering their questions about what type of professional to call or what some possible solutions are to the issue at hand, I never enjoy trying to prioritize repairs. Part of the reason for... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
We’ve already talked about what a home inspector does, and we’ve covered what the home inspector looks at, but what is the home inspector looking for? Anybody could look at the checklists we post for your information and look at the components, but what does any of... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
Let’s consider that a vast majority of people have no idea that the profession of home inspections even exists until they start the home buying process, its really easy for people to question the value of a home inspector. With the average home inspection price, even... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
How long a quality home inspection takes to perform is dependent on a number of different variables: 1) Is your home inspector following a required standard of practice from a regulative authority or organization? In San Antonio and the State of Texas in general, home... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
Unless you live in a relatively rural or isolated area, there probably are multiple home inspectors to chose from one you enter the option period of your contract. In the San Antonio area alone, there are probably a hundred different inspectors you could call, granted... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
The short answer is no, you don’t need to be present for the home inspection. We will send you a copy of our pre-inspection agreement for you to sign digitally, and we will also send you a Square invoice that you can pay with a credit card without ever leaving the... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
Depending on the experience level of the buyer and how “hands-on” they want to be, it is usually the home-buyer themself that sets up the home inspection in San Antonio. After signing all the necessary documents and entering your contract period for your potential new... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
A first-time home-buyer is pretty self-explanatory: you’re buying a home for the first time (probably the biggest purchase you’ll ever make), and aren’t very familiar or experienced at it, so you’re bit nervous and worried about what you’re doing. Maybe that last part... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
“What do we do about this? How much is this going to cost? Who is going to pay for it!” The list goes on. There are a lot of questions you may have about what to do next after you receive your home inspection report, and we’ll try to outline them for you here. Hold on... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
I need to give myself a shameless bump as if you live in the San Antonio or New Braunfels area and you need a home inspector, you could just call me up of course. If you happen to live outside of the South Texas area, we can give you some more advice as to what you... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
My previous experience as a tradesman and contractor is what led me to discover my love of inspecting buildings, and it also gives me more accurate insight on what really goes into properly repairing and remediating the conditions and defects found in a typical home... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
If this is your first time buying a house, you are probably overwhelmed. That’s OK though, everybody is. The house itself can be particularly concerning if you don’t know what you’re looking at. Considering most people don’t work in the construction... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
Getting ready to sell your San Antonio Home? Want to ensure the smoothest transaction possible? Take these steps to make the buyer’s home inspector a happy camper. Doing these things may prevent the home inspector from having to make a return visit on the seller’s... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
A Quick-Rundown of Your Home’s Insulation Uninsulated walls and attics lose (or gain) heat much more quickly than adequately insulated walls. This costs you a lot of money over both the long-term and short-term, with obviously high energy bills but additional... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
When trying to get every dollar of your property’s listing price, it is important to make sure your home is inspectoin ready and free of obvious problems. Help yourself get a better home inspection when your buyer has their inspector walk through your house for... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
Spray Foam Attic Insulation Spray-foam insulation offers the best attic insulation that money can buy. There are two types: shut cell and open-cell, also known as 2-pound and ½-pound, individually. They sport insulation values with upsides of around R-6.5 and R-3.6... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
There’s a reason that home inspector was cheap. Have you ever signed up for what you thought was a free service like searching for a contractor through Porch, Home Advisor or Angie’s List and gotten your phone blown up with calls for the next few days straight? That... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
Before answering this question, it’s important to note that home inspections, in San Antonio or any other part of the country, are not pass or fail. Home Inspectors are not code-cops, but consultants trying to provide a client with a snapshot in time of the overall... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
You’ve just signed a contract on a beautiful home and booked Ensure Home Inspections San Antonio to perform an inspection tomorrow morning. The home is clean and organized, but there is still furniture, including beds, drawers, couches, etc. in most rooms of the... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
“Do you check for Radon? And what the heck is radon anyway?” After having this question pointed at me, I decided I needed to do an FAQ entry. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas, that is both odorless and tasteless. Radon can emanate from certain... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
Different Home Inspectors market themselves in different manners, and at different price points, depending on the services they offer and what they include in their inspections. Most home inspectors even have an a-la-carte menu of ancillary inspection items and... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
What Exactly is it That a Home Inspector Does? When I tell people I meet that I’m a home inspector, they most often have a strangely puzzled look on their face. “What does that mean?” “I inspect homes for people, usually before they buy them but not always.” It... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
What Is a Home Inspector Looking At? If you are new to the homebuying process, this is a common and understandable question. We get asked this question from every other customer who calls us, and from a consumer’s point of view, it’s a very important one: what exactly... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 4, 2025 | Home Inspection
In a vast majority of cases, the home-buyer or home-seller is the person that is paying for the home inspection in San Antonio, TX. One reason is simple: a home inspection is a consultation service looking to represent the purchasing or selling individuals. This is a... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Sep 7, 2024 | Home Inspection
3 Tips for Finding the Best Home Inspector for Your Home Inspection: Of course, if you were buying a home in San Antonio, Texas area I would tell you to give me a call as you won’t find anyone better (probably, maybe), but I don’t travel all over... by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Sep 18, 2023 | Home Inspection
15 Problems San Antonio Home Inspectors Face in 2023 Home inspectors in San Antonio, Texas frequently encounter various challenges and difficulties during their inspections: Extreme Weather: San Antonio can experience very hot and humid summers, making... 
