Mark Hatheway's (markhatheway553) Blog

I just did a bank inspection of a small (20,000 sq. ft) 3 story commercial office condo.  The first two floors were totally vacant and the third floor had a small professional office tenant that was using about 15% of the available space. When I asked the building manager why there was so much va...

Pre-listing home inspections I have to say that I don't do that many pre-listing inspections but I believe that in this market it is time and money well spent by a seller. I just did one this morning. This house had a lot of cool features like an indoor pool (not common in CT), a huge 3 bay detac...

I am a licensed home inspector in Connecticut.  These days we all know buyers are scarce, so there is no reason for sellers to make the process difficult.  When it comes time for the home inspection, please give your sellers and buyers these tips. For the sellers: Please leave your pets, especial...

I want to share a heart-breaking story. I hope that the advice below will help save you or a loved one from lung cancer. I was recently called to do a radon test in an older home. The owner had done a test from a Home Depot kit and it came back at 13 pCi/l. The EPA recommended max is 4 pCi/l. Unf...