{"id":377,"date":"2008-04-21T13:41:43","date_gmt":"2008-04-21T17:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/21\/pretty-houses-still-need-home-inspections\/"},"modified":"2008-04-21T13:41:43","modified_gmt":"2008-04-21T17:41:43","slug":"pretty-houses-still-need-home-inspections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/21\/pretty-houses-still-need-home-inspections\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Houses Still Need Home Inspections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I went to preview a house for a client.  It was a &#8220;pretty house&#8221; that had recently been <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flipping\">flipped<\/a><\/strong>.  Just about everything had been redone; new kitchen, baths, paint, windows, everything.  It was even staged very nicely, straight out of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhg.com\/\">Better Homes and Gardens<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I can see a buyer walking into this house and being very impressed.  It would be easy for a person to envision themselves living there, and not having to do a thing except move in.<\/p>\n<p>I almost skipped looking at the basement of this home because it wasn&#8217;t finished.  I&#8217;m glad I didn&#8217;t because there was something weird going on.<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/lallycolumn.jpg' title='lallycolumn.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/lallycolumn.jpg' align=left hspace='6' alt='lallycolumn.jpg' \/><\/a>Have you ever seen one of these adjustable <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lally_column\">Lally columns<\/a><\/strong> in a basement?  Maybe you even have one in your home to help provide some extra support where there is a little sagging.<\/p>\n<p>I have one in my own basement.  It helps support a sagging corner in my entryway.<\/p>\n<p>This house had a lot of adjustable Lally columns.<\/p>\n<p>So what does this mean for a buyer?  Potentially nothing.  I&#8217;m not a home inspector, nor a structural engineer.  Based on what I&#8217;ve heard on various home inspection, these really aren&#8217;t supposed to be used for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.octoberhome.com\/articles\/adjustcolumn\/adjustcolumn.html\">permanent support<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Just a friendly reminder&#8230;<strong>as a buyer, no matter how pretty the house, please consider having a home inspection conducted by a reputable professional.<\/strong>  Not only will they educate you on how to operate your new home, they may also unearth some mechanical, structural, or safety issues that need to be addressed.  A pretty house is no good if it&#8217;s not a safe place to live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I went to preview a house for a client. It was a &#8220;pretty house&#8221; that had recently been flipped. Just about everything had been redone; new kitchen, baths, paint, windows, everything. It was even staged very nicely, straight out of Better Homes and Gardens. I can see a buyer walking into this house and being very impressed. It would be easy for a person to envision themselves living there, and not having to<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt three\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/21\/pretty-houses-still-need-home-inspections\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1568,1581],"tags":[2157,2306],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buying","category-inspections","tag-flip","tag-home-inspection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}