My name is Thomas Herbst I am a Home inspector in Bolton Ma area. I started Clayton Home Inspections in 1994 with the purpose of delivering a thorough home inspection in Bolton Ma so, homebuyers can feel good about moving into their new home. Prior to that, I was in construction since 1979. I started from the ground up and have a Pest Certification License over many years and Certified Wood destroying certification for many years now and retained my pest license and Home inspector License ever since.
This knowledge and Experience is useful when inspecting the structure also electrical system, plumbing system, heating system and looking for signs of active insect or damage, as insects can cause significant damage to a house. It is highly unlikely that you will find another home inspector with that much experience in House construction and pest damage Identification, along with that much experience in home inspections. Now, I’m not just talking about having a Home Inspection license. I’m speaking about having the genuine experience as a Contractor for almost 40 years who has overseen multi-million dollar house constructions. Anybody can get a Home improvement license.
If you want to find some of the best home inspectors near me in Bolton Ma, you certainly need to do some research. There’s nothing worse than moving into a house and then recognizing that you need to drop $10,000-50K into it immediately, all because of an unskilled home inspector.
First, go to the State’s Board of Home Inspectors’ website and make certain the inspector’s license is still effective. Next, check the inspector out at the Better Business Bureau. Check for complaints and read any reviews that may be posted.
Don’t go for the inexpensive home adviser home inspector. In this industry, oftentimes you usually get what you pay for. Whatever you’re spending for that house, it’s a lot of money and searching for a home inspector with a “bargain-basement hunter’s” mentality is certainly not the right method. Hope to hear from you soon.
Home Inspection Bolton
This is a significant part of a home inspection, as water is a home’s “worst adversary”. I am additionally inspecting the gutters and downspouts to safeguard they are taking the water far enough away from the structure.
I’m examining the walls/siding, fascia’s, rake boards, soffits, and windows. I’m also checking the structural integrity of the building. Inspecting for structural integrity and safety. Inspecting underside, as well (if possible). Examining the condition of the roofing material (ie: shingles, etc.). Also inspecting vent pipes, exhaust vents, and skylights.
In addition confirming fundamental reliability of the roof and making sure the attic is appropriately vented and insulated. Also examining the support system and for signs of water infiltration and Inspecting chimney (if present) and making sure there is a sufficient amount of insulation.
Walls, Floors, Ceilings, Doors & Windows Inspection. The State regulations only require that we operate one door and window per room. I go well beyond that.
State regulations do not require us to inspect appliances. I do not inspect and operate dishwashers, ranges, microwaves and trash compactors.
Inspect plus operate all toilets, sinks, tubs, and showers, checking for leaks and proper functionality. Also, inspect any exhaust fans.
Ensuring structural integrity, looking for signs of water penetration and also inspecting bulkheads.
Inspect and operate all boilers, furnaces and air handlers. Making sure each room has a heat source. Inspection of oil tanks is not mandated by the State but they are certainly included in my home inspection.
Inspect and operate all cooling systems in-season (ie: condensers, compressors, evaporator coils, heat pumps, etc.).
In addition Inspect plus operate all plumbing fixtures and observing for leaks in supply and drainage pipes everywhere. Inspecting there are no clogged pipes (backups). Water heaters are inspected.
Extremely important part of a home inspection from a cost standpoint, as well as safety. Also Inspecting all electrical panels and ensuring proper grounding of an electrical system. In addition Inspecting all visible wiring throughout the building for loose and/or exposed wires. The Home Inspection State regulations only require us to check one outlet per room. I go way beyond that.
I am also looking for any kind of insect damage (ie: carpenter ant, termite, etc.) My 15 years (previous) experience as a contractor along with my 24 years experience as a home inspector simply cannot be matched. If you or someone you know has more experience than me in each of these two fields (and can prove it) then I will gladly remove this claim.
Well water test
This test is highly recommended for any house with Well water. I can test for up to 26 items in the water (ie: bacteria, lead, iron, VOC’s etc.).
Radon Testing (add’l fee)
Radon
If there is a finished basement or if you plan on finishing it, then this test is highly recommended. There are also other situations that would constitute performing a radon test.
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Introduction to Bolton, Massachusetts
Partly because no major river completely transected the Worcester plateau, the important native corridors in this part of central Massachusetts followed overland routes. The primary east-west paths roughly followed today’s Long Hill Road to Main Street to Wilder Road. An alternate native route traversed Wataquadoc Hill via Old Bay Road. A north-south route through Bolton followed the Still River, probably along the line of Still River Road or slightly to its west.
Early travel by English trappers and traders utilized the native trails. Travel through the Bolton area was more frequent after 1636, when there increased overland movement between Massachusetts Bay and the settlements of the Connecticut River valley. In 1648 the northern alternate to the earlier Boston to Springfield route in use through the Lancaster territory as the third major colonial roadway of the Plantation Period, involving both the Old Bay and Main Street sections of what’s known as the “Bay Path.” A short time later, in 1656, the Massachusetts Bay Colony laid out the Concord/Lancaster Road along the existing north branch of the Bay Path that traversed the north side of Wataquadoc Hill.
The earliest route laid out by the Lancaster proprietors through Bolton was probably the way north to the “plumtrees and Groten” that followed the east side of the Nashua River. It was later relocated a short distance to the east to higher ground along the general line of Still River Road/Route 110, where it was officially laid out in 1674.
The territory now encompassed by Bolton was located just east of the Nashua River from some permanent camps of the Nashua (Nashaway) group of Nipmucks located in Lancaster and Sterling, and it is therefore unlikely that there were any substantial camps within Bolton’s present borders. Early native fishing sites within Bolton are likely to have been located at the ponds, and it is most likely that any camps associated with fishing, hunting, or gathering, were small, and of short duration.
During the seventeenth century, epidemics decimated the Indian population, and regional tribal wars killed many of their people. In 1643, the regional tribal leader, Sachem Solan, sold what later established by the General Court as the 10- by 8-mile Nashaway Plantation grant to the English, and most of the remaining Nashaways withdrew to the west.
The Nashaway Plantation represents the first land granted by the General Court in the central Massachusetts region. With the same boundaries, it incorporated as the town of Lancaster in 1653. The first English settlers made their homes in the clustered village at Lancaster “old common”. Gradually, the outlying parts of the town, includes the territory of Bolton, divided into privately-owned parcels in the second (1659), third, and later divisions of Lancaster lands, but only a few hardy farmers built houses on them. There are references to a road by Abraham Joslin’s house on the west side of Long Hill in 1670, for instance, and to Ens. John Moore’s house east of Wataquadoc by 1665. Some English farmers certainly utilized meadows and pastures in Bolton and would have entered the territory for hunting, mowing, and other transient activities.
In general, however, the region as a whole attracted only a small number of settlers during the period, with Lancaster holding only fifty families by 1676. Then, after a period of increasing unrest between the settlers and the Indians, King Philip’s War broke out in 1675. The English village at the center of Lancaster was destroyed, and settlers there were massacred or captured. The colonists abandoned the town entirely for several years.