A physical for your home?

March 28, 2008

Your Charleston home might need a physical I was talking with one of my clients today about a few requested repairs to be made in order to close the sale of his house. He’s lived there for about 15 years and has always taken good care of his home, he’s added some nice upgrades and fixed anything that broke. But when all is said and done, that’s reacting to problems rather than being proactive.

And as I was describing that all homeowners probably do pretty much the same thing as him, I used the analogy that most people visit their doctor and have a physical or checkup on an annual or semi-annual basis. I suggested that most homeowners would be well served to get their home checked out at least every 3 years by a home inspector so that any problems that were lurking out of sight could be addressed before they became major issues, kind of like preventative medicine.

What do you think about getting a physical for your home.

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