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Tips to make a home ready for sale - Helium
Tips to make a home ready for sale
Helium
Hire a reputable home inspector to look over your home so you are aware of all the potential problems. Don't just gloss over the repairs, but truly fix what ...
Free home buying and selling advice in "How To" booksMidland Free Press
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“Consumer Protection With Home Inspection” Law Impacts Homebuyers - RealEstateRama (press release)
“Consumer Protection With Home Inspection” Law Impacts Homebuyers
RealEstateRama (press release)
... new law to be very valuable to buyers. “HUD counseling programs will help homebuyers seek the right qualifications in a professional home inspector. ...
Is your drywall dangerous? - Stock Markets Review
Is your drywall dangerous?
Stock Markets Review
If you are buying a new home, it is important you hire a qualified home inspector to check for any problems, not just the drywall. ...
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Granite Construction Inspections Announces Richard Overton of Cardiff by the ... - PR Web (press release)
Granite Construction Inspections Announces Richard Overton of Cardiff by the ...
PR Web (press release)
... and InterNachi, a home inspector organization focused on technical skills and business management with a wealth of online resources. ...
It isn't easy being green - Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
It isn't easy being green
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
... don't hear much about it because it's basically unattainable unless you're very, very wealthy,” says Mike Jordan, a home inspector and green verifier. ...
A Read on Warranties - San Angelo Standard Times
A Read on Warranties
San Angelo Standard Times
Chartrand advises buyers to always hire a qualified home inspector to determine if the heating, air conditioning and other features are in working order. ...
“Consumer Protection With Home Inspection” Law Impacts Homebuyers - Business Wire (press release)
“Consumer Protection With Home Inspection” Law Impacts Homebuyers
Business Wire (press release)
“HUD counseling programs will help homebuyers seek the right qualifications in a professional home inspector. There are no universal qualifications within ...
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Homeowner's persistence yields results - Baltimore Sun (blog)
Homeowner's persistence yields results
Baltimore Sun (blog)
After signing the contract, she used a variety of professionals recommended by her real estate agent, from the title company to the home inspector. ...
Mouse turds and ghost dandruff: rewiring an old house - Washington Times
Washington Times
Mouse turds and ghost dandruff: rewiring an old house
Washington Times
... and it had been expanded over the years through what the home inspector called the “non-standard” practice of stapling extension cords to the walls. ...
Polluted Water Found Statewide
July 26, 2010 - Three months ago, environmental regulators in Delaware received a blunt warning from the Environmental Protection Agency after workers in Dover drilled a deep test well where federal investigators were tracking shallow groundwater pollution.
Check first before drilling, the EPA said, or pay the price for endangering the public’s water.
The letter warned that the drilling might allow the "extensive" contamination to leak into "deeper water-bearing zones used by the City of Dover for drinking water."
At issue are toxic chemicals spreading underneath one of the most iconic spots in Delaware – The Green, a town square where Caesar Rodney and other signers of the Declaration of Independence once gathered and political life in Delaware still thrives.
Today, docents in period costume lead tours on the brick walkways and lush lawns near the General Assembly. Crowds gather on The Green for summer concerts, in some places just 26 feet above soils tainted by the residues of coal, gas and dry-cleaning solvents.
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Check first before drilling, the EPA said, or pay the price for endangering the public’s water.
The letter warned that the drilling might allow the "extensive" contamination to leak into "deeper water-bearing zones used by the City of Dover for drinking water."
At issue are toxic chemicals spreading underneath one of the most iconic spots in Delaware – The Green, a town square where Caesar Rodney and other signers of the Declaration of Independence once gathered and political life in Delaware still thrives.
Today, docents in period costume lead tours on the brick walkways and lush lawns near the General Assembly. Crowds gather on The Green for summer concerts, in some places just 26 feet above soils tainted by the residues of coal, gas and dry-cleaning solvents.
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Illinois Tougher Than Feds on Water Contamination
July 25, 2010 - Tucked in the southeastern suburbs of Cook County, there is a town on the brink of a budgetary disaster.
But a $2 million budget hole is the least of its worries.
A chemical has leached into a well in Sauk Village.
It's the same chemical that surfaced in a deep well in the scandal-marred village of Crestwood.
Because of the misdeeds uncovered in Crestwood, stricter state laws aimed at preventing another similar scandal and informing the public of contamination sooner were what led to the state clamping down on Sauk Village's use of the well.
The water contamination in Sauk Village is vastly different than that of Crestwood - the former stopped using the tainted well after alerted to its contamination and took it offline for public supply. Water samples have since come up clean.
Crestwood officials, however, were found to have kept use of that community's well as a portion of the village's total water supply hidden from regulators who had rendered it unsafe years before.
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But a $2 million budget hole is the least of its worries.
A chemical has leached into a well in Sauk Village.
It's the same chemical that surfaced in a deep well in the scandal-marred village of Crestwood.
Because of the misdeeds uncovered in Crestwood, stricter state laws aimed at preventing another similar scandal and informing the public of contamination sooner were what led to the state clamping down on Sauk Village's use of the well.
The water contamination in Sauk Village is vastly different than that of Crestwood - the former stopped using the tainted well after alerted to its contamination and took it offline for public supply. Water samples have since come up clean.
Crestwood officials, however, were found to have kept use of that community's well as a portion of the village's total water supply hidden from regulators who had rendered it unsafe years before.
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Special Report: Delaware Drinking Water at Risk
July 25, 2010 - Tainted groundwater is spreading across thousands of acres in northern Delaware and has reached the Potomac Aquifer, which supplies drinking water to people across much of Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey.
In some areas of the upper Potomac near Delaware City and New Castle, concentrations of benzene, vinyl chloride and chlorinated benzenes are so high that exposure poses an immediate health threat. Elevated levels of these industrial byproducts significantly increase the risks of cancer. Sustained exposure could kill.
Northern Delaware is home to some of the worst chemical dumping grounds in America, a legacy of broken promises and corporate misdeeds. Regulators working for Delaware and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have long claimed that the deep clay layers above the aquifer protected it from the foul waters discharged by chemical and petroleum manufacturers.
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In some areas of the upper Potomac near Delaware City and New Castle, concentrations of benzene, vinyl chloride and chlorinated benzenes are so high that exposure poses an immediate health threat. Elevated levels of these industrial byproducts significantly increase the risks of cancer. Sustained exposure could kill.
Northern Delaware is home to some of the worst chemical dumping grounds in America, a legacy of broken promises and corporate misdeeds. Regulators working for Delaware and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have long claimed that the deep clay layers above the aquifer protected it from the foul waters discharged by chemical and petroleum manufacturers.
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PA Drinking Water An Issue In Marcellus Shale Debate
July 23, 2010 - Drinking water is one of the biggest concerns for people in the debate over Marcellus Shale drilling.
Bill Eakin, of Avella, says his once-pristine well water is now contaminated and that it has killed his garden and made him and his wife Shirley ill.
He blames the Atlas Energy Company which has been drilling for natural gas close by for the past two years.
"Oh, I know because me and my wife have been itchy all the time," he said. "Before when we drank it we had diarrhea and had rashes everything," he said.
Bill is not alone. More than 1,200 people crammed into a federal EPA hearing. Many are accusing the drilling company of contaminating ground water and the waterways.
Opponents want a moratorium on the mining of the natural gas-rich Marcellus Shale which lies about a mile below the ground.
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Bill Eakin, of Avella, says his once-pristine well water is now contaminated and that it has killed his garden and made him and his wife Shirley ill.
He blames the Atlas Energy Company which has been drilling for natural gas close by for the past two years.
"Oh, I know because me and my wife have been itchy all the time," he said. "Before when we drank it we had diarrhea and had rashes everything," he said.
Bill is not alone. More than 1,200 people crammed into a federal EPA hearing. Many are accusing the drilling company of contaminating ground water and the waterways.
Opponents want a moratorium on the mining of the natural gas-rich Marcellus Shale which lies about a mile below the ground.
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Restoration Program Cleans Up Abandoned LA Wells
July 24, 2010 - Over the past fiscal year, the state's Oilfield Site Restoration Program has closed and erased from sight 177 orphaned wells and related production equipment in Caddo, Union, DeSoto, St. Martin, Assumption and Terrebonne parishes.
But there's an untold number of other potentially hazardous sites around the state waiting to be cleaned up after oil and gas exploration and production companies walked away, leaving behind wells, production facilities, rusty pipes and tank batteries.
Kjel Brothen, director of the program under the state Department of Natural Resources' Office of Conservation, said the state identifies and prioritizes as many sites as it can each year with the $4 million that's paid into a fund by companies producing oil and gas in the state.
An orphan well or site is one that the company responsible for it cannot be located or legally determined. If the responsible party is identified, the state seeks reimbursement for all costs.
Many of the sites are away from residential areas, Brothen said, but some are in neighborhoods.
"Typically, homeowners are very happy to get equipment out of their backyards," he said.
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But there's an untold number of other potentially hazardous sites around the state waiting to be cleaned up after oil and gas exploration and production companies walked away, leaving behind wells, production facilities, rusty pipes and tank batteries.
Kjel Brothen, director of the program under the state Department of Natural Resources' Office of Conservation, said the state identifies and prioritizes as many sites as it can each year with the $4 million that's paid into a fund by companies producing oil and gas in the state.
An orphan well or site is one that the company responsible for it cannot be located or legally determined. If the responsible party is identified, the state seeks reimbursement for all costs.
Many of the sites are away from residential areas, Brothen said, but some are in neighborhoods.
"Typically, homeowners are very happy to get equipment out of their backyards," he said.
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COTGREAVE v. CORRIS - Leagle.com
COTGREAVE v. CORRIS
Leagle.com
Nolte then testified that if the home inspector had found a condition in the driveway that had to be addressed, the inspector would have placed a comment in ...
Don't let your (hot) water go down the drain, recirculating systems can be ... - Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Don't let your (hot) water go down the drain, recirculating systems can be ...
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Zolton Cohen is a Kalamazoo-based newspaper columnist and former American Society of Home Inspectors-certified home inspector. Write to Zolton B. Cohen, ...
Extraordinary services of Manhattan Beach Certified Home Inspector - PR-USA.net (press release)
Extraordinary services of Manhattan Beach Certified Home Inspector
PR-USA.net (press release)
If the vendor of the home was sensible he will go to a Manhattan Beach Home Inspector Service which expertise in Manhattan Beach real estate inspection. ...
Texas roofer offers 'Open Letter to Oklahoma' - NewsOK.com
Texas roofer offers 'Open Letter to Oklahoma'
NewsOK.com
Think about the day you go to sell it and the home inspector said that the roof is scuffed up. The installers followed the same migratory path that the ...
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A Cleanup That Remains Stalled
July 23, 2010 - For over 30 years, Edgewater has worked hard to replace its image as a home of polluted factory sites with one of luxury homes, upscale shops and a beautiful walkway along the Hudson River.
But beneath certain areas like the City Place Promenade on River Road, lie contaminates and pollutants that have never been completely removed.
Although the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been monitoring the area known as the Quanta Resources Superfund property since 1986, it has not removed contaminants from the area or required the owners to do so since it classified the area as a Superfund site in 2002.
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But beneath certain areas like the City Place Promenade on River Road, lie contaminates and pollutants that have never been completely removed.
Although the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been monitoring the area known as the Quanta Resources Superfund property since 1986, it has not removed contaminants from the area or required the owners to do so since it classified the area as a Superfund site in 2002.
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Tests in PA Confirm Contamination Near Old Fuel Leak
July 22, 2010 - Residents near a Susquehanna Twp. gas station where a 17-year-old fuel leak was never cleaned up weren't surprised to hear that levels of benzene and other contaminants appear to exceed acceptable levels in some spots around their homes.
But until the extent of the contamination is known, homeowners won't have a good idea what the cleanup will involve.
More than two dozen residents of Redwood and Alden streets, behind the gas station at Progress Avenue and Union Deposit Road, gathered at Progress Fire Hall Wednesday evening to learn the preliminary results of geologist Gary Calvert's probe into leaks from the station.
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But until the extent of the contamination is known, homeowners won't have a good idea what the cleanup will involve.
More than two dozen residents of Redwood and Alden streets, behind the gas station at Progress Avenue and Union Deposit Road, gathered at Progress Fire Hall Wednesday evening to learn the preliminary results of geologist Gary Calvert's probe into leaks from the station.
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