by Pristine Home Inspections | Oct 12, 2026 | Inspections
You walk through a house in Champaign and everything upstairs looks good. The kitchen has been updated. The floors look solid. The basement isn’t finished because there isn’t one. Then you notice the crawl-space access. What’s happening under there?...
by Pristine Home Inspections | Sep 10, 2026 | Home Inspection Tips
The house is brand new. The builder has inspected it. The municipality has been involved. Everything is under warranty. So why would you pay for another inspection? Because new doesn’t mean problem-free. A new construction home inspection in Illinois gives the...
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...
