Home inspectors document what they observe. That can include major concerns, safety issues, items needing repair, deferred maintenance, and relatively minor conditions that a buyer should simply know about.

Individually, these don't seem like emergencies. It's easy to add them to a mental list of projects to tackle "when there's time."

By July, many Houston homeowners have already weathered several rounds of thunderstorms. The rain has stopped, the sun is back out, and life returns to normal. It's easy to assume that if nothing obvious happened during the storms, your home escaped unscathed.

November in Houston is a strange season. One week it’s sunny and dry, the next you’re reaching for a jacket and wondering if your foundation just sighed. But those swings in temperature and moisture are good teachers—because this is when your home starts showing you what it needs.