HomeTeam featured in the Chicago Tribune

The article discusses how potential home owners can avoid making big mistakes when buying houses. In it, multiple home-owners give entertaining and informative descriptions of the various issues they encountered when buying their first homes. Greg Haskett weighs in as the expert source of information, as Vice President of Services for HomeTeam Inspection, an Ohio-based national franchise. He discusses the most common deficiencies that his inspectors find in homes, and why it’s important to hire an inspector—because they’ll tell you exactly what you’re buying into and essentially resolve the majority of the issues mentioned in the article. Given the massive circulation of the Chicago Tribune and its national affiliates, this article is an excellent way to spread the word about the importance of home inspections, and endorses HomeTeam as a reliable and accredited source of this service. Check out a portion of the story below or read the full article here.

Scary first-time buyer mistakes and how to avoid them



New or old, every home has issues, said Greg Haskett, vice president of the Milford, Ohio-based HomeTeam Inspection, a national franchise.

"It's not if the house has a defect, but whether you want to buy it with that defect," he said. "Hiring a home inspector tells what you are buying."

Drainage issues, aging roofs, improperly built decks, inadequate attic insulation and defective drywall top the list of problems his inspectors find, said Haskett. When red flags arise, he said, an inspector brings in specialists who advise the buyer on specifics, such as lead-paint testing.

"It's not necessarily that the house had a 'bad' builder; his reputation may be OK," said Haskett. "But the builder may have had a bad sub who used a substandard product." (Read More)