Home Inspection Blog

You don't need a $30,000 kitchen remodel before selling your house. You might need a $7 furnace filter. That's not nearly as exciting. Nobody posts before-and-after pictures of their new furnace filter on Instagram. There's no HGTV show called Extreme GFCI Makeover. But after inspecting hundreds of homes throughout my career, I can tell you that inspection reports aren't filled exclusively with dramatic foundation failures, collapsing roofs and haunted electrical panels.

I'm excited to officially announce that Midwest Inspect is now serving clients as a licensed home inspector in both Illinois and Wisconsin. Illinois is where I originally became licensed and built Midwest Inspect. It's where I've crawled through attics, squeezed into crawlspaces, walked roofs, opened electrical panels and explained to countless homeowners that, no, the strategically placed bucket under the plumbing is not technically a repair. Now we're crossing the state lin

The Home Inspector’s Early-Fall HVAC & Safety Check The Midwest Homeowner Survival Guide: Summer → Fall — Part 4 Check these 10 crucial furnace maintenance tips for Illinois homeowners to ensure a safe and efficient transition into fall. Stay prepared with Midwest Inspect's safety checklist. The worst time to discover your furnace doesn’t work is the exact same morning everyone else in Illinois discovers theirs doesn’t work. You know the morning. Yesterday it was 78°. Today i