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Why Start the New Year With a Home Inspection?

A group of family and friends celebrating the New Year with sparklers around a beautifully lit dining table before a home inspection.

The holiday season is a time for joy, family gatherings, and celebrations. However, it can also bring unique challenges for homeowners, especially when it comes to your plumbing system. With the increased kitchen activity and more guests using water and facilities, your plumbing can face unexpected strain. From clogged drains to overworked water heaters, being […]

What’s Lurking in Your Attic?

A professional inspector examining common attic hazards in Austin homes. Starting with the interior of an attic, surrounded by wooden beams, insulation, and ductwork.

Attics are often overlooked spaces in homes, used mainly for storage, and can hide significant attic hazards that compromise safety, health, and efficiency. In Austin, where the climate ranges from hot summers to damp winters, attics face unique challenges. Issues like poor ventilation, pest infestations, outdated insulation, and hidden structural hazards are surprisingly common. Understanding […]

The Evolution of Home Inspections: Then and Now

Home inspector using specialized equipment to inspect a home's sewer line.

Home inspections are an important part of buying or selling a home today. It wasn’t always this way. Not so long ago, buying a house meant crossing your fingers and hoping for the best. Over the years, the home inspection process has evolved dramatically, providing more assurance for both buyers and sellers. Let’s take a […]

Homeowners Insurance 101: What You Need to Know

Homeowners Insurance 101: What You Need to Know

Next to your home inspection from TLC Home Inspections, homeowners insurance is the next best investment for protecting your property. However, purchasing this type of insurance can be overwhelming, especially if you’re unsure how it works and what it covers. To help you understand homeowners insurance better, we’ve put together this guide that covers what […]

Fireplace Safety Tips for New Homeowners

Fireplace Safety Tips for New Homeowners

If you are a new homeowner, it is important to know about fireplace safety. Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t think about the dangers of fireplaces until it’s too late. While a home inspection from TLC Home Inspections, will help you with any necessary repairs, there are still some precautions you’ll want to take during […]

3 Ways to Beat the Texas Heat in Your Home

3 Ways to Beat the Texas Heat in Your Home

Living in Texas can be a challenge during the summer months. The temperatures reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit or more every day, and it feels like there is no relief in sight. While a home inspection from TLC Home Inspections, can identify sources of air leaks or tell you if your HVAC system is operating correctly, […]

3 Ways to Childproof Your Home

3 Ways to Childproof Your Home

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 2.5 million children die due to hazards in the home. What makes this statistic worse is that most of these deaths could be prevented through child safety measures in the home. Many parents understand the importance of a home inspection from TLC Home Inspections, but […]

3 Lawn Sprinkler Maintenance Tips

3 Lawn Sprinkler Maintenance Tips-sprinkler head watering the lawn

Throughout Austin, TX, many homeowners rely on lawn sprinkler systems to keep their yards lush and green. However, not everyone understands that they need to maintain this system and have it inspected regularly. Too often, the TLC Home Inspections inspectors don’t hear from a homeowner until it’s too late. That’s why we always encourage homeowners […]

Don’t Ignore These 4 Red Flags When House Hunting

You know the drill: always get a comprehensive property inspection of a house before you buy. But what can you do during the house-hunting process, when you’re looking at multiple properties? What can you do to know if a house should be dropped from your shortlist? You may not have the expertise of the inspection […]

4 Tips for Prepping for a Home Inspection

Prep for Home Inspection

Congratulations, you sold your home! It’s smooth sailing from here, right? You did all that work getting your house ready to sell. So what more is there to be done before the home inspection? TLC Home Inspections has a few tips you might want to keep in mind as you move into the final phase […]

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