Both the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Home Inspectors Standards of Practice state: “The Inspector shall note any evidence of underground fuel storage tanks.” Since underground oil tanks have the potential to be a huge liability for all parties involved it is...
The Dutch Colonial style home is often characterized by a distinct gambrel style roof, which is a roof with two distinct angles on each side. The double pitched roof sets the Dutch style apart from the more widely seen English colonial styles which feature a more...
Queen Anne style is a subset of the Victorian style home, sometimes confused with being the entirety of the Victorian style. The Queen Anne Style was named after the British Queen Anne who actually reigned some-150 years before her architectural style. While Victorian...
A dormer window is a window that juts out from the slope of a roof and has its own separate roof covering it in miniature. Dormer windows were created as a way to bring sunlight into an attic or loft space; they date all the way back to 12th century Europe but are...
Cape Cod-style homes originated in America in the 1700s. The name “Cape Cod House” was coined by Reverend Timothy Dwight IV who was president of Yale University in the early 1800s when he visited the Cape in 1800 and noticed the distinctive style. Cape Cod homes were...
