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Water is Not Going Down the HoleThe three most common issues with a sewer backup are a mighty hefty clog, tree roots that have begun strangling your pipes and/or your pipes have reached the end of their lives and have collapsed.Though we may get excited to see the water go down the hole, we have to refrain from putting the family pets down the hole, choos-choos down the hole and most logically grease or paper towel and the like down the hole. This may sound easy, but for those of us who have kids, a main sewer line clog could happen right under your nose with little to no warning. With a house full of little ones who knows what’s going down your drains.Tree roots could be hindering the use of that main sewer line also. Not too long ago I bought a house, my first house. I did everything … Continued

© BHGRE.com You have put an offer on your dream home. It is on a cul-de-sac in a lovely neighborhood where the neighbors say “hi” when they see you and your kids can finally play basketball in the driveway without the worry of getting hit by a car. The home is a new construction so you’re confident that it will pass the inspection with flying colors. As you’re rushing around to get everything completed to close in a timely manner, you hire an inspection company well below the average cost of an inspection. Things are going great and you got a great deal on your inspection, which came back the same day. The home passed with flying colors! There are no issues that are cause for alarm. Moving day arrives and you and the kids are lugging boxes from the truck to different rooms in the house. When you go … Continued

Has Meth Been Cooked in Your HomeThough the use of meth-amphetamines has increased, the production of the drug in the US has decreased. This is good news for the real estate business, but you can never be certain that your home was not used as a lab unless you have it tested.As I was doing research for this blog, I ran across a couple of stories where families moved into homes that were previously meth labs and were unaware. Both instances I read that the kids got sick and developed symptoms of ADHD before they decided to get their homes tested for drug traces. In both cases, at least three times the legal limit were discovered and the families had to vacate their property.Why You Need to Ask QuestionsA company called Meth Mob in Utah specializes in the clean-up of seized homes across the state. They do about 100 houses … Continued