Shawn Santos
Why inspectors cannot rush the job.
As an inspector and an investor/landlord I see a lot of stuff in homes. Most of the stuff I come across are not big deals. I repeat MOST...
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Shawn Santos
- Aug 8
- 1 min
This is why sewer line inspections are needed.
A day after I completed my last blog post I completed a sewer scope for the daughter of a close friend of mine. Initially the client did...
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Shawn Santos
- Jul 16
- 1 min
Sewer line camera inspections- Are they really needed?
Let me start off by saying that we do ALOT of sewer inspections. I am a firm believer that you cannot honestly judge the operation of a...
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Shawn Santos
- Mar 14
- 2 min
Uncovering the Mystery of Home Inspector Pricing: How Inspectors Determine Inspection Fees
Buying a home can be exciting but very overwhelming. It's one of the biggest investments that someone will make during their lifetime....
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Shawn Santos
- Jan 17
- 1 min
When you're looking for a place to live, do you have one of these in your place?
I did an inspection the other day and came across this fire panel. Fire alarm panels have a main panel (located in this pic), and an...
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Shawn Santos
- Jan 12
- 1 min
Is your fireplace putting your family at risk?
As I was driving home the other day, I spotted these exhaust stains, as well as signs of the vinyl siding on this home beginning to melt....
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Shawn Santos
- Jan 10
- 1 min
Why hanging drywall under your staircase is imperative.
Yesterday I was at a #homeinspection in #lynwood and it was a new build home. This home had 1/2" drywall under the staircase, and I was...
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Shawn Santos
- Jun 27, 2022
- 1 min
WATER.... GREAT TO DRINK, BAD TO SEEP INTO YOUR HOME.
Water is one of the greatest natural recourses in the world. Without it, mankind would be non-existent. There are a few exceptions to...
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Shawn Santos
- Apr 29, 2022
- 1 min
GOT TERMITES? This is what their damage looks like, and the havoc they wreak if left untreated
Yesterday one of the homes we inspected was your basic flip house. What I mean by that is they took a really bad house, put nice marble...
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Shawn Santos
- Apr 25, 2022
- 1 min
Have you ever cleaned your washers pump filter?
Throughout many home inspections we notice that not many people know that these filters exist, and that they never get cleaned. Typical...
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Shawn Santos
- Apr 22, 2022
- 1 min
Is your water TOO HOT?
One of the most common, easy fixes we find in home inspections is water heaters turned up TOO HIGH. While this seems pretty nit-picky,...
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Shawn Santos
- Dec 13, 2017
- 2 min
Buying a home during winter months.
So winter is here. As I am typing this its 18 degrees outside, without the wind chill. Doing home inspections is pretty rough in the...
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Shawn Santos
- Nov 9, 2017
- 2 min
Monday's Inspection..
On one of my inspections yesterday I came across an electrical panel made by Federal Pacific. They made millions of Stab-Lok breakers...
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Shawn Santos
- Oct 25, 2017
- 2 min
Fall is here!
As everybody knows, October is here! Which means the days get shorter, the nights get longer, and the temperature is beginning to drop! ...
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Shawn Santos
- Oct 13, 2017
- 2 min
My First Blog!
Welcome everyone to my first blog! I plan to post a new story/topic every week from either an inspection I went on, home maintenance...
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