Seattle Craftsman Homes: What You're Really Buying
A century-old Seattle Craftsman is the city's most-loved housing type — and its most misunderstood. What ages well, what fails, and what inspectors hunt for.
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All 31 articles tagged “Inspections.” Researched for Greater Seattle, written in plain English.
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Buying a Home Sight Unseen: The Safeguards That Make It Sane
Buying a Seattle home you've never visited is doable with the right scaffolding: live video tours, an inspector as your eyes, and remote-closing logistics.
Steep Slope Lots in Seattle: What Buyers Need to Know
ECA designations, geotech reports, drainage, retaining walls, and the earth-movement insurance gap — how to evaluate a Seattle hillside home.
Buying a House With Code Violations in Seattle: Cure It or Price It
Open code violations follow the property, not the seller. How to find them in SDCI records, what they cost to cure, and how to negotiate before closing.
Selling a Home After Water or Fire Damage: The Honest Path
Insurance claims, repair documentation, and disclosure decide how a damaged-home sale goes. The sequence that protects your price and your liability.
Ask an Inspector: What Seattle Homes Hide (a Composite Interview)
A Q&A with a composite Seattle home inspector: moisture, side sewers, roofs, crawl spaces, and the questions buyers should actually ask during an inspection.
Old Seattle Homes: Knob-and-Tube, Oil Tanks, Side Sewers
The three pre-war Seattle home risks that hit insurance, lending, and your wallet — knob-and-tube wiring, buried oil tanks, and failing side sewers.
Pre-Listing Home Inspection: Should Seattle Sellers Get One?
A pre-listing inspection costs a few hundred dollars and creates disclosure obligations — but it can prevent deal failures. Here's the honest tradeoff.
Selling a Seattle House With an Old Oil Tank: A Playbook
Buried heating-oil tanks are routine in older Seattle homes — and routinely handled. How to find yours, what decommissioning means, and your options.
Buying a Former Rental Property: What to Check First
Former rentals can be good value — if you know the deferred-maintenance patterns to look for and what tenant occupancy means for your timeline.
Insurance and Older Homes: What Underwriters Flag
Old roofs, knob-and-tube wiring, oil tanks, aging plumbing — how insurance underwriters look at older Seattle homes and what buyers should do about it.
Selling a Seattle Home With Foundation Issues: Bids Beat Mysteries
Foundation problems don't stop Seattle homes from selling — undefined ones do. Why an engineer's report and contractor bids are your best pricing tool.
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