Posted in Condo Inspection on May 9th, 2008
Farren West is the owner of Key Inspection Services and is a contributor to the Seattle Condo Blog.
Many people feel there isn’t a need to inspect new construction because the home has been “Code” inspected by the city. And, to a certain degree this inspection could be accurate but here’s my take as […]
Posted in Condo Inspection, Real Estate, Seattle Condos on Feb 16th, 2008
A couple of interesting bills are easily moving through the House and Senate concerning condominium reserve studies and reserve accounts. A reserve account is supplemental to an association’s annual operating budget and is used to fund major maintenance, repair and replacement of common elements. The purpose of the reserve account is to offset […]
Posted in Condo Inspection, Real Estate, Seattle Condos on Jan 11th, 2008
Farren West is the owner of Key Inspection Services and is a contributor to the Seattle Condo Blog. Farren can be contacted at KeyInspectionServices.com.
One can think of a building envelope as being similar to envelopes used to mail packages through the postal service. A standard package mailing envelope is used to […]
Posted in Condo Inspection, Real Estate, Seattle Condos on May 17th, 2007
Farren West is the owner of Key Inspection Services. This is the second article of Farren’s series for SCL. Farren can be contacted at FarrenWest (at) KeyInspectionServices.com.
Once you and your real estate professional have found the right condo to meet your needs, the best location/price/aesthetics/etc you will now begin the process to […]
Posted in Condo Inspection, Real Estate, Seattle Condos on May 3rd, 2007
(Please welcome contributing writer, Farren West, owner of Key Inspection Services. Farren will be writing a series of condo inspection related articles, which many buyers will find invaluable.)
Generally there are two types of condo/townhouse inspections. The first and most popular is the “Interior Only” inspection. This will cover everything from the sheetrock in, […]
