Healthy Home and Mold Inspections

​"Move-in ready" is a bold claim when the builder forgets the literal blanket over your house. 🥶🔥 ​Walked into this brand-new construction inspection in Northwest Arkansas expecting the usual finish work checks. Instead? Open up the attic access and find zero blown-in insulation. None. Zip. Just bare ceiling joists waiting to cook the house in July and freeze it in January. ​If this home had closed without an independent inspection, the new homeowner’s first clue would’ve b

If you are buying new construction in Northwest Arkansas, you might want to look closer at your contract. As a home inspector, I am seeing a concerning trend: the price tags on new homes are climbing, but the actual scope of what builders include is quietly shrinking. ​Years ago, builders stopped fully finishing garages. Then came homes without garage door openers. But on a recent new construction inspection I performed, the list of missing essentials went even further: no do

You know that signature "new house smell"? It’s actually the sound of brand-new building materials off-gassing chemical compounds into the indoor air. ​I just wrapped up a new construction home inspection in Centerton, Arkansas, and included an indoor air quality (IAQ) test. The results? Unhealthy, elevated levels of formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). ​When a new home is tightly sealed up without proper ventilation before the buyers move in, these chemicals t