Home Buyers, Protect Yourselves

It is amazing how much time a person will spend analyzing and comparing hair-dryers, electric can openers and cell phones before making a purchase. Then… when it comes to purchasing a house for their family to safely enjoy, people will completely abandon common sense. The typical homebuyer will research the neighborhood, search for a house,…

Building Codes

If you’ve bought a new house in the past, if you’ve built a house before, you may have heard someone say “This house is built to Code”. Just exactly what does ‘Built to Code’ mean? ‘Built to Code’ can mean many things. It can create confusion and misunderstandings. It can also create a false sense…

Expanding New Home Market Dangers

With the recent good news about how New Home Construction and Sales are on the rise, many new homebuilders are staking out a ‘claim’ in the South Texas market. San Antonio has fared well from a new construction standpoint. Now the bad news… With a decreased new home inventory comes a now familiar pattern; the…

Smoke & Mirrors, the Change Order

Building a new home? Well, some of you are in for quite a ride. If you choose a homebuilder whose contract is vague when it comes to the builder’s responsibilities, yet precise when it comes to their customer’s (YOU) responsibilities and penalties for failure to comply, you may be in for an unpleasant and costly…

Northeast ISD, Opportunity Knocks for Homeowners

San Antonio homeowners again have an opportunity to benefit from the Adult Continuing Education programs offered by the NEISD. The fall classes are getting underway. Sign up now at https://communityed.neisd.net or call (210) 407-0140, option 3 This year, homeowners who want to learn from Fred Buck, one of San Antonio’s most experienced Home Inspectors have…