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Home Inspections in Cherry Hills Village CO

By |2025-07-15T09:17:39-06:00July 14th, 2025|City Analysis|

About Cherry Hills Village Cherry Hills Village, Colorado is a small suburb located just south of Denver and north of Greenwood Village. This area is characterized by beautiful open spaces and parks, large lot sizes, and upscale homes. Some of its notable features include the Cherry Hills Country Club, the High Line [...]

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Crawlspace Inspections: What Do Inspectors Look For?

By |2025-07-01T09:52:37-06:00July 1st, 2025|Back to Basics, Crawlspace|

When considering a home, we often only focus on its aspects that are visible. But it is often the unseen components of a structure that play the most significant roles. One such area is the crawlspace - it plays a critically important part in the overall health, safety, and efficiency of a home. Crawlspace [...]

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Inspecting Appliances: What Do Home Inspectors Test?

By |2025-04-08T15:43:55-06:00April 8th, 2025|Ask Your Inspector, Pre-Purchase Home Inspections|

When you're considering purchasing a new home, a thorough home inspection is a crucial step to ensure you're making a sound investment. Choosing Scott Home Services means you can expect a full examination of all the major systems of the home - both inside and out. This even includes a variety of household appliances. [...]

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2024 Inspection Highlights and Interesting Finds

By |2024-12-13T11:01:00-07:00December 13th, 2024|Back to Basics|

Having been an inspection company for 18+ years, it's no surprise that we've seen a lot of crazy things on the job. But believe it or not, we always somehow come across new things year in and year out. So as 2024 comes to a close, we'd like to shed light on some of [...]

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Explaining Boulder’s 2024 COBECC Updates

By |2024-12-30T13:40:51-07:00November 15th, 2024|Energy Code Info, HERS Ratings|

If you are a builder that has worked in the City of Boulder, then you know that Boulder has its own subset of Energy Codes outside of the IECC standards that have been adopted. These codes contain amendments and additions to the standard IECC codes that they believe better serve the city as a [...]

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What’s Included in a Home Inspection?

By |2024-11-18T11:44:59-07:00October 28th, 2024|Ask Your Inspector, Pre-Purchase Home Inspections|

One of the most common questions we get from our customers is: What exactly is included in a home inspection. That is a tricky question to answer because it varies from home to home, and by the type of inspection. However, when we provide a general home inspection, we usually do just that. Give [...]

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How Do Solar Panels Work? (Understanding Photovoltaic Systems)

By |2024-12-30T16:14:08-07:00October 4th, 2024|Ask Your Inspector|

At Scott Home Inspection, we cover a broad amount of information during a home inspection. This means we can't always go into specific detail about each system a home has installed. In the last few years, we have seen a large increase in the amount of homes that have a Photovoltaic (PV) or solar [...]

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GFCI Outlets Explained – The Un-Shocking Truth

By |2024-12-31T12:40:52-07:00August 28th, 2024|Ask Your Inspector, Back to Basics, Electrical|

We've all seen those outlets with the little "test" and "reset" buttons on the face of the outlet.  These are called "GFCI" outlets.  The "GFCI" stands for Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter.   But what does that mean? And why are these types of outlets necessary? The Shocking Details Perhaps at some point in your life [...]

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Home Inspections in Louisville CO

By |2024-08-09T13:28:10-06:00August 9th, 2024|City Analysis|

About Louisville Louisville is a Colorado city located just west of Boulder. Originally established as a mining town in the late 1800s, Louisville became incorporated in 1882. Over the subsequent years, they city continued the to grow and develop due to its abundant resources of coal. Fast forward to today and Louisville [...]

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