If you are in the market to purchase a home, it can be easy to fall in love at first sight. Do so at your own risk. While the overall appearance of a home is important, the quality is in the details. In this article, I provide a checklist of window issues you should consider when viewing a home.
Windows
If you are considering buying a home, you should have a checklist of things to review for the property. There is an old clich that eyes are the window to a person soul. In the case of a home, they can be a clue to the quality of the home building if you check the following:
1. The first item to check is whether the windows open and close properly. Quality windows should slide easily and with little noise. Cheap windows tend to stick and make grinding noises. If any window will not open or close at all, careful attention needs to be paid to why. Is it the quality of the window or has the house started moving because of foundation problems? Make sure you know the cause.
2. The second item to check is soft or mushy sills at the base of the window. Often you can identify a soft sill by a rotted look, but make sure to run your hand across the sills with...
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