Andrew Cunningham-Moorat has built a career around his passions as a freelance photographer and home inspector in his local area. He also enjoys the history and culture of Scotland.
Exploring Nature: A Guide To Wildlife Photography
If you’re an amateur photographer, then exploring nature with your camera is an exciting and fulfilling way to spend your time. Wildlife photography can be particularly rewarding, but it can also be challenging.
Andrew Cunningham-Moorat is a professional home inspector who is passionate about wildlife photography. He combines his keen eye for detail with a passion for nature and photography to capture stunning wildlife photos.
To help you get the best shots possible, I’ve put together this gu...
10 Questions for Home Inspectors Before Inspection
As a home buyer, it’s crucial to know the condition of the property you’re interested in purchasing. A home inspection is an essential part of the home-buying process that can help identify any potential issues or concerns. However, not all home inspectors are created equal. To ensure you’re hiring a qualified professional, it’s important to ask the right questions before the inspection. Here are the top 10 questions you should ask your home inspector:
Are you licensed and insured?
It’s essen...
How To Prepare For A Home Inspection
If you are selling your home, the home inspection part of the process can be intimidating. You are so close to closing on your house, and this is the final step before you finalize the sale with the future owners. If any major issues come up during this inspection, it can affect the price you sell the home for.
As a professional home inspector, Andrew Cunningham-Moorat is an expert in examining key areas of residential homes and other non-commercial buildings. Today he shares his tips for pre...
6 Common Problems Found During A Home Inspection
Whether you are selling your house or buying your new home, you will have to go through the home inspection process at some point. An inspection can be the deciding factor as to whether or not someone purchases a house depending on what issues are present.
As a home inspection professional, Andrew-Cunningham Moorat has a careful eye for detail and is an expert at examining key areas of properties to ensure buildings are in a safe condition. Today he shares the 6 most common problems found dur...
What Are The 4 C’s Of Hunting?
Millions of people across the United States love to hunt. Hunting is a great way to connect with nature and locally source your own food. If you are a beginner at hunting, it is important that you learn how to do it in a safe and ethical way. This is where the four C’s of hunting come in, but what are they?
Careful. If you are going to hunt, you have to understand safety procedures. Knowing how to properly use hunting tools and being able to respond well in an emergency is vital.
Courteous. Y...
4 Tips For Landscape Photography
Plenty of people are out there taking pictures of the world around them on their phones. These pictures might be good, but there are a lot of tips and tricks you can use to take your pictures to the next level and really make them stand out among the crowd.
If you are using your phone, put it on the HDR setting if that is available. HDR stands for “High Dynamic Range”, and this will allow you to capture more details in the highlights and shadows than you otherwise would.
Plan out your locatio...
What Is Scotland’s National Animal?
Most countries in the world have a national animal – America has the bald eagle, Canada has the beaver, New Zealand has the kiwi, etc. Some national animals are more, let’s say, mythical than others. If you have ever been to Scotland or have an interest in Scottish history, you may have come across their symbol at some point.
Home inspector Andrew Cunningham-Moorat has taken a deep interest in his ancestral roots and the clan history of Scotland. Let’s take a look at the history behind Scotla...
7 Composition Tips For Wildlife Photography
Composition is a tricky thing to nail down as a beginner photographer – especially when it comes to wildlife photography! This type of photography involves a lot of patience and a good eye in order to catch the right moment that makes for a stunning photograph.
. Today he shares some of his tips for wildlife photography composition.
Get familiar with your camera settings. If you want to be professional, only use manual mode, and be ready for when something happens!
Get eye level with animals....
4 Safety Tips For Your First Scuba Dive
The ocean is truly the last undiscovered frontier on Earth, and you can only see so much by snorkeling around on the surface. If you love being in the ocean, you’ve probably thought about going scuba diving. There are some safety tips you should know about before you take the plunge.
who loves to go scuba diving. He shares his tip 4 safety tips you need to know before you go diving.
Get certified! It is extremely dangerous to go scuba diving without the proper know-how. By taking a class, an ...
Top 8 Problems Found During A Home Inspection
So, you found the house of your dreams, and the seller has accepted your offer. Congradulations! Before the deal is closed, however, you need to have your potential new home inspected. Depending on any issues present in the home, you may still be able to neogitate with the seller, or decide the house isn’t worth all the hassle after all.
Andrew Cunningham-Moorat is an independent home inspector with an eye for detail. As a professional in the industry, he shares the top 8 problems found durin...
Top 4 Tips for Viewing a Property
When on the property hunt, viewing new homes is an exciting time. You get to envision how you are going to live in your new property. Where will the furniture go? What color scheme will this room be? When viewing a new property, it is important to not get too caught up in the fantasy and take an unbiased approach. You want to learn as much as you can about your potential new home.
Andrew Cunningham-Moorat is a professional home inspector with an eye for detail. It is the home inspector’s job ...
Mississippi confirms 4 new fishing records
Fishing and hunting enthusiasts, like Andrew Cunningham-Moorat, have claimed new fishing records in the state of Mississippi in 2021 — some even set by children!
The records set by fishing hobbyists in Mississippi include:
Rodie Armes, 11, sets the youth record for catching Ladyfish with conventional tackle. The fish weighed 2 lbs, 11. 04 oz.
Blake Bosarge, 13, sets the youth record for catching Scamp with conventional tackle. The fish weighed 20 lbs, 12 oz.
Duston Conway set the all-around r...
NJ fisherman catches a record-breaking angler
In New Jersey, a local man just set a new record, according to the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife. Hunter and fisherman, Andrew Cunningham-Moorat shares the exciting news:
On September 30, 2021, Joe Satkowski of New Jersey reeled in quite the catch! Weighing in at a whopping 8 pounds, 10 ounces and measuring in at 26 inches long with a girth of 16.25 inches, the angler is the largest salmon caught in a landlocked lake. The previous record was for an angler that weighed five ounces less than...
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is a Home Inspector who specializes in noncommercial and residential home inspections. He also dabbles in photography.
Home Inspector
After taking up his own home restoration projects, Andrew Cunningham-Moorat ventured into a larger interest in structural examinations. Soon enough Cunningham-Moorat became a self-taught expert in home inspections — all by practicing on his own property. It wasn’t long before he made the interest official and pursued certification in noncommercial property insp...
Are Presale Home Inspections Necessary for Sellers?
In a bid to win over sellers, some buyers are opting out of home inspections. Andrew Cunningham-Moorat previously discussed why that may not be the best idea. Now real estate professionals are even suggesting that sellers consider taking on their own presale home inspections. Home Inspector Cunningham-Moorat discusses:
Should you have your home inspected before you decide to put it on the market? According to real estate experts: you might want to consider it. Much like home buyers are skippi...