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What Your Home Inspection Should Cover
Siding: Look for dents or buckling
Foundations: Look for cracks or water seepage
Exterior Brick: Look for cracked bricks or mortar pulling away from bricks
Insulation: Look for condition, adequate rating for climate
Doors and Windows: Look for loose or tight fits, condition of locks, condition
of weatherstripping
Roof: Look for age, conditions of flashing, pooling water, buckled shingles,
or loose gutters and downspouts
Ceilings, walls, and moldings: Look for loose pieces, drywall that is pulling
away
Porch/Deck: Loose railings or step, rot
Electrical: Look for condition of fuse box/circuit breakers, number of outlets
in each room
Plumbing: Look for poor water pressure, banging pipes, rust spots or corrosion
that indicate leaks, sufficient insulation
Water Heater: Look for age, size adequate for house, speed of recovery,
energy rating
Furnace/Air Conditioning: Look for age, energy rating; Furnaces are rated
by annual fuel utilization efficiency; the higher the rating, the lower your
fuel costs. However, other factors such as payback period and other operating
costs, such as electricity to operate motors.
Garage: Look for exterior in good repair; condition of floor—cracks,
stains, etc.; condition of door mechanism
Basement: Look for water leakage, musty smell
Attic: Look for adequate ventilation, water leaks from roof
Septic Tanks (if applicable): Adequate absorption field capacity for the
percolation rate in your area and the size of your family
Driveways/Sidewalks: Look for cracks, heaving pavement, crumbling near edges,
stains
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If you're in the Home & Real Estate market to buy or sell your home in the Preston Hollow, Park Cities, Highland Park areas, call me. You can rely on my 24 years real estate experience, legal background and local market knowledge. My strengths are service, negotiations, diplomacy and making the home buying and selling process fun and easy for you. I grew up in Dalton, Georgia around my family's jewelry business. I learned at a very early age how to place my clients on the pedestal they deserve. Getting you what you want is my ultimate aim.
Designations, Affiliations, Awards: Certified Residential Specialist; Accredited Buyer's Representative; Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist; Certified Home Marketing Specialist, Certified Negotiating Specialist; Founding Associate Keller Williams Elite; Keller Williams International Gold Medalist
BERNICE EDELMAN
Dallas Realtor
Keller Williams Elite Properties
8201 Preston Road, Ste: 265
Dallas, Texas 75225
214-420-3771 Office
214-384-7700 Cell
bedelman@kw.com


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