by Pristine Home Inspections | Aug 17, 2026 | Home Inspection Tips
Finished basements are among the most inspection-intensive spaces in a Central Illinois home, not because they’re inherently problematic but because finishing a basement conceals the things that inspectors need to see. The drywall that makes the basement look...
by Pristine Home Inspections | Jul 14, 2026 | Inspections
The sewer scope inspection is the one that doesn’t come up in most home purchase conversations until it should have come up earlier. A standard home inspection covers visible and accessible plumbing components. What it doesn’t cover is the sewer lateral;...
by Pristine Home Inspections | Jun 15, 2026 | Holmes Inspection
Heavy rainfall in Illinois reveals things about a house that dry conditions hide entirely. The foundation that looks fine in August tells a different story after three inches of rain in April. The grading issue that’s invisible during a summer showing becomes...
by Pristine Home Inspections | May 14, 2026 | Inspections
Do some looking before the inspector arrives, not to replace the home inspection, but because a buyer who has walked through a property twice with different questions each time, gets more out of the report than one who’s seeing everything for the first time on...
by Pristine Home Inspections | Apr 15, 2026 | Home Inspection Tips
Home inspections in Illinois produce surprises at a higher rate than buyers expect and sellers hope for, and the surprises aren’t random. The same categories show up repeatedly across the state’s housing stock because Illinois has a specific combination of...
