How Safe Is Your Tap Water?

We often take for granted how safe our home tap water is. In reality it may be more harmful than you think it is. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) mandates that all drinking water suppliers provide an annual quality statement. You can locate these reports at www.epa.gov. If you can’t find it there, then be sure to contact your local utility companies. If you like to test your water for contaminants, contact your local health departments or call the Environmental Protection Agency hotline at 1-800- 426-4791. These agencies will assist you in finding a state certified lab for water testing. Private Laboratories charge from anywhere from $15 to more than $100 depending on how many contaminants you test for. Households with small children or pregnant women should test their water for lead. Testing your water for contaminants is beneficial to your family’s health. If you experience your water having a odor or discoloration to it, you should have your water tested immediately.

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Get A Home Inspection Or Home Rejection

I can’t over emphasize the importance of a Home Inspection Report. For sellers this report should be included in your listing package, for buyers this will provide a clear view of any defects the home might have. Home sellers this report should be attached to your TDS (Transfer Disclosure Statement), on receipt of the report, the seller act to eliminate some or all of the deficiencies noted in the home inspection report. . When you bring any defects to code a new report should be ordered immediately. Home sellers will be protected down the road, by demands to correct defects or to adjust the sales price in order to close escrow. The listing agent should order this report on the seller’s behalf. The listing agent will lose control over the marketing and closing process, and expose himself to claims of misrepresentation, when the buyer or the buyer’s agent orders the report first. Home Inspectors are generally your Contractors, Structural pest control operators, architects and registered engineers. When hiring a home inspector you should look for these qualifications. Educational training in home inspection related reports, length in time in inspection employment, errors and omissions insurance, and professional and client references; and membership in the California Real Estate Inspection Association. A listing agent requesting a home inspection report should advise the home inspector that the seller, broker and all prospective buyers of the property will be relying on the report. This disclosure will avoid later (unenforceable) claims by the home inspector that the report was intended for sole use of the seller, broker, or buyer who signed the home inspector’s contract. Here is a South Bay area home inspection company http://www.southbayhomeinspections.com/ they specialize in enhanced home inspections, pool and spa inspection, lead testing, and air sampling and mold. This company stress the need for continual training of their inspectors, they also posses membership of highly professional accreditations. .

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