Home Buyer
Schaefer’s 2016 Holiday Gift Guide for the New Homeowner
Making your list and checking it twice? If you have a friend or relative who just moved into a new house or apartment, consider an item or two off our Home Inspector-approved gift guide. While [...]
10 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Home Inspections
For more than 35 years, the team at Schaefer Inspection Services has been performing home inspections, checking out houses in Connecticut from top to bottom, inside and out, making sure every nook and cranny is accounted for. And for almost that entire 35 years, we’ve been getting asked the same round of questions regarding home inspections and what to expect. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions our clients have. […]
Lead In Water Testing Requirements For Government Home Loans
Lead In Water Requirements For Government Home Loans Recently Schaefer Inspection Service performed a home inspection inspection for a client on a home with municipal water. Her intended financing was CFHA and she told us [...]
Seller
How to Prepare Your Home for Sale
You have made the decision to sell your home, whether to up-size or down-size, move to a new area or just a new start. Below are some tips on how to make your house look [...]
9 Moving Tips You Haven’t Heard Before
Moving is never easy. When you’re packing up your entire life and shipping it off to somewhere new, you’re bound to hit a snag, no matter how much you plan and prepare. At Schaefer, we [...]
The Benefits of a Pre-Market Home Inspection
Whether it’s your first home or your fifth, selling your property can be nearly as complicated as it was buying it. One way to make the process less difficult is with a pre-market home inspection. [...]
Agent
Real Estate Agent Tool Kit
At Schaefer Inspection Service, we are incredibly grateful for the many referrals our real estate colleagues send our way. Between running from appointment to appointment, and closing deals left and right, we’re always in awe [...]
There’s an App For That! A Realtors Guide
Realtor Apps While many realtors currently use their phones as a means to connect with their clients through email and/or social media, many are still not taking advantage of the huge resource of applications that [...]
Home
Fall Maintenance
It’s Fall, the leaves are turning and falling to the ground, and that should be a sign to every homeowner to keep up with their Fall home maintenance. It may be called Fall maintenance, [...]
National Fire Safety!
October 7-13, 2018 It’s National Fire Prevention Week! This year's theme is: "Look. Listen. Learn. Be aware. Fire can happen anywhere." Have you ever wondered how fire-safe your home is? Are you sure that you have [...]
#NationalSafetyMonth Home Safety: Fire Edition
Schaefer Inspection Service wants to remind you and your family that it is National Safety Month. Protect your family against fire, so prepare today for a safer tomorrow. You can practice good fire safety year-round! [...]
Schaefer After Hours
Volunteer With Schaefer at the Connecticut Food Bank!
More than 140,000 children in Connecticut experience chronic hunger. As a family-owned business, Schaefer Inspection Service, Inc. knows the meaning of taking care of our children, and the children of Connecticut belong to us all. [...]