When you’re buying or selling a home in Mahoning, Columbiana, or Trumbull County, a standard home inspection is just the first step in protecting your investment. While a general inspection gives you a strong overview of a home’s major systems, ancillary services go deeper — revealing hidden issues that can lead to costly repairs or health risks down the road. At Mook Home Inspections LLC, we offer a suite of ancillary services designed to enhance your inspection experience,

What Homeowners and Buyers Need to Know Electrical grounding and bonding are critical safety components in every home, yet they are among the most commonly misunderstood systems we evaluate during a home inspection. At Mook Home Inspections LLC, we frequently identify grounding and bonding defects in homes throughout Youngstown, Ohio, as well as Boardman, Austintown, Canfield, Poland, and surrounding Mahoning Valley communities. This article explains what grounding and bondin

Selling a home in Ohio—whether in Northeast Ohio, Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Columbiana County, or the surrounding areas—comes with unique challenges. Older housing stock, seasonal weather conditions, and Ohio disclosure requirements can all impact a real estate transaction. One of the most effective ways to reduce surprises and improve outcomes is through a pre-listing home inspection. At Mook Home Inspections LLC, we provide professional pre-listing inspections throu

Your home’s heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system keeps you comfortable year-round — and it’s one of the most important systems we evaluate during a residential inspection. Below is a clear, practical guide to what we inspect on a typical home inspection in Ohio, the common defects we encounter, and what those findings mean for buyers and sellers. The procedures below follow InterNACHI’s Standards of Practice and Ohio’s licensed home-inspector Standards of

When you schedule a home inspection you’re probably expecting the inspector to “look things over” and tell you what’s wrong. But there’s an important distinction in the inspection world between a non-intrusive (visual) inspection — what you typically get during a standard home inspection — and an intrusive (or invasive) inspection that involves opening, dismantling, or otherwise disturbing building components. Below I’ll explain the difference, why it matters in Ohio, what an

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1. Overview: Your Safety Is Our Priority At Mook Home Inspections LLC, we conduct electrical inspections in accordance with the...

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