Forever Home Inspection Guest Writes For Redfin!
How fun is this! We were absolutely thrilled to be selected to give our expert advice to the well-known and informative real estate blog Redfin. Education and empowerment is a major pillar of our company. If a homebuyer walks away from a home inspection with questions we clearly have not done our job to the best of our ability nor to our own standard of excellence. So when we were contacted by Redfin about an opportunity to educated and empower a greater audience the answer was, “heck yes'!”
Redfin Features Forever Home Inspection
Redfin asked us what our contribution would be for an article they were putting together called, “The Most Common Repairs You Need to Make Before Selling.” It was a no-brainer. The number one thing we report that a home is lacking is guttering.
Luckily we had very recent content already published about this exact topic! We wrote an article about how guttering is often overlooked and even seen as a cosmetic addition rather than an essential system that works to protect the integrity of the structure against moisture damage and to protect the integrity of the structure against the possibility of moisture attracting termites.
The very short answer to, “why gutters?”, would be this:
It may seem like gutters are a trivial add-on to a property. In reality, missing gutters can lead to structural damage down the road. What happens is that water pools against the exterior wall, eroding the gradient, making a way for more and more water to stand over time alongside the exterior of the home. Long term, when the water has nowhere to go it is absorbed into the elements of the home causing irreversible damage to the foundation and siding. (Source)
