New York Home Inspectors BLOG

Buffalo, NY Home Inspector John Villella, owner of All Pro Home Inspection talks about home maintenance - even in during the winter. Winter is hard on homes and there's a long list of things that could go wrong such as frozen pipes, water intrusion, ice damming and other winter problems. All of these can be expensive to fix and difficult to fix under winter conditions. But with a little preventative maintenance, you can help save yourself some grief, and your wallet. You haven't done any maintenance and it's now the middle of winter - it's OK, there's still time and you may just prevent a problem from occurring in doing your home maintenance now. Here's a small list of ideas that should help as a guide: Roof - Climb on a sturdy l  [more info...]

Buffalo Home Inspector John Villella, owner of All Pro Home Inspection recommends checking your home while doing spring cleanup. Spring is the perfect time to take a look around the exterior of your home. While you're out cleaning the landscaping beds and cleaning up the yard don't overlook the exterior areas of the home. The cold temperatures of winter, high winds and snow and ice can cause problems with many building components and systems of the exterior of the home and left undetected or not being properly repaired can cause addition problems and even costly repair issues later. Here are a few ideas of things you should review along with some easy home maintenance suggestions that you can complete. If your roof is safe to walk and   [more info...]

Western New York Home Inspector John Villella, owner of All Pro Home Inspection explains the importance of having working CO Detectors in your home. Having a working CO Detector in your home is just common sense, but I am always amazed while conducting home inspections daily the amount of homes that do not have this life saving detector in the home. It's a $30 investment for a good CO Detector and can save your life. In New York State it's now law that a home seller have a CO Detector installed in the home prior to closing. Here's the section of the NYS Law: Subdivision 5-a of Section 378 of the N.Y. Exec. Law, which was added by Chapter 257 of the Laws of 2002, requires that a carbon monoxide detector meeting the manufacture, design  [more info...]

WNY Home Inspector John Villella, owner of All Pro Home Inspection explains the benefits of having a newly constructed home inspected. I was asked the other day if new home should have a home inspected. The simple answer is - Absolutely. Why would a new home buyer not desire to be educated to the condition of a new home? The answer is simple - they're misinformed, but it's not their fault. I'm not going to play the blame game, because it's more important to provide some information to educate consumers that are out buying newly constructed homes. There are really two home inspection types that consumers can request when their new home is being built. The first is Phase Inspections. This occurs when the home is inspected at  [more info...]

WNY Home Inspector John Villella, owner of All Pro Home Inspection, comments about seller inspections and why it's important for sellers to have one completed. Seller Inspections, Pre-listing Inspections, Pre-Contract Inspections and the list goes on and this type of inspection is called many names, but what's important is the fact that this type of home inspection service is available to sellers. And more importantly sellers need to understand the benefits of having this inspection completed and why they should not overlook making one more small investment in their home to be able to reap larger profits. Having your home inspected prior or shortly after the listing contract is more important today than ever before. It's a competitiv  [more info...]

Western NY Home Inspector John Villella, of All Pro Home Inspection, addresses the "Uncle John" Syndrome and why homebuyer's commonly make this mistake. Ok, you're buying a home and you want to have an inspection, but you don't believe you need a professional home inspector to complete this for you because Uncle John used to be a contractor and can look at the property for you. Sound familiar? We can replace the word "John" with any other, but I love to call this the Uncle John Syndrome. I can see it now - what's wrong with Uncle John he's a good guy, he worked in construction and he knows what's best for me. Might all be true, but good old Uncle John can not complete an unbiased inspection for you for a number of reasons and that's  [more info...]

Buffalo Home Inspector John Villella, of All Pro Home Inspection, talks about if homeowners should attempt a repair or use a professional to do it right. John Villella, owner of All Pro Home Inspection cautions homeowners from completing repairs on their own. It is always recommended that the homeowner only attempt repairs if they have the technical knowledge and tools to do the job properly. All too often homeowners attempt to do repairs only to find themselves in a much worse position - even if they get the task completed. Many times the non-professional repairs are completed only to end up costing additional money or even continued deterioration or damage to the system or building component. Plus, many repairs are not complete  [more info...]

Buffalo Home Inspector John Villella, of All Pro Home Inspection, provides advice to home buyers regarding selecting the correct home inspector/company. We all know that buying a home is a largest investment both financially and emotionally and that having a home inspection completed will help protect your investment and your family. Having the right home inspector or company complete the home inspection is becoming the real question everyone needs to be more concerned with. Having helped thousands of people in the buying and selling process it is more important today than ever to educate the public that there are real differences between home inspection inspectors/companies. Here in New York State home inspectors must be licensed and  [more info...]

Gasport Home Inspector John Villella, of All Pro Home Inspection, has helped thousands of Western New York homebuyers make sure they know what they are buying. All Pro Home Inspection has assisted thousands of people fulfill the American Dream of home ownership. Communication and customer care are two of the many traits that are the pillars of All Pro Home Inspection's company philosophy. Educating our customers and knowing that we provided them with all the information needed for them to be able to move forward in the transaction is very rewarding. Everyone deserves to be able to achieve peace of mind and the All Pro Team will not forget our mission and that's why thousands of people have experienced the All Pro Difference... Where  [more info...]