Storm Damage

As I'm sure you're well aware, there was a heck of a wind storm earlier this week. We saw trees down everywhere and many lost power. But hopefully most of you didn't lose what the owners of these houses did:

In case you're wondering that is not normal! Even in a strong wind storm you shouldn't see siding stripped away like that.  I've driven around a lot of neighborhoods since the storm went through. This is the only neighborhood with this kind of damage on multiple homes.

But you know what? A month from now when buyers come through they won't have a clue that this happened. They won't know that they should be asking questions about the quality of the construction.

So, if you're out looking at homes, always ask who the builder was. I'd recommend talking to a few of the neighbors and see how they feel about the quality of construction in their homes. And, if you're a buyer, immediately after a storm is a great time to explore neighborhoods and see how the storms affected the homes there.

One home with damage doesn't mean shoddy construction. But if there's a pattern in a particular subdivision all built by the same builder, it's worth some further investigation!