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How to Identify & Inspect Historic, Old, & Kit Homes
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  • How to Identify & Inspect Historic Homes & Old Houses
  • How to Find a Qualified Home Inspector
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This document discusses How to Identify & Inspect Historic Homes & Old Houses, and provides a directory to help you find a qualified home inspector. Here we also provide links to home inspection standards and ethics, and home inspection methodology. Advice for home buyers includes how to choose a home inspector and how to get the most from a home inspection.

Advanced home inspection methods are presented stressing methods for increasing the detection of significant or safety defects at properties, technical expertise, and ethical conduct.

Advice is provided for people interested in becoming a home inspector as well as for home buyers or owners who need to hire a home inspector. © Copyright 2009 Daniel Friedman, All Rights Reserved. Information Accuracy & Bias Pledge is at below-left. Use links at the left of each page to navigate this document or to view other topics at this website. Green links show where you are in our document or website.

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