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11-Month Warranty Inspection · Excelsior, MN

11-Month Warranty Inspection in Excelsior

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Excelsior · Hennepin County

11-Month Warranty Inspection in Excelsior

11-Month Warranty Inspection in Excelsior, Hennepin County, by Closer Look Inspectors. Excelsior is a historic Lake Minnetonka village of Victorian homes above the commons, and we calibrate every visit to that.

An 11-month warranty inspection times a full review to the end of a builder's first-year warranty — so the settlement cracks, nail pops and grading issues a first Minnesota winter reveals get repaired on the builder's dime.

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Tuned to Excelsior.

Excelsior housing runs to Victorian and early-1900s village homes, across the historic village grid above the commons, on lakeshore slope rising from Excelsior Bay — and that mix shapes what a 11-month warranty inspection here needs to find. Instrument-grade tools, a local eye, every visit.

Local conditions in Excelsior

Excelsior does not run a point-of-sale housing ordinance, which makes an independent inspection the only thorough, buyer-side read on the home. Excelsior sits in Hennepin County, in EPA Radon Zone 1, and MDH reports more than two in five Minnesota homes have radon levels that pose a significant health risk. Finished basements concentrate radon, and only a 48-hour test tells you the number. Footings here must reach the 3-1/2-foot depth Minnesota Rules 1303.1600 set for the southern frost zone, and that annual freeze-thaw cycle is what drives the settlement cracks, frost heave and ice-dam wear we calibrate every Excelsior visit to find.

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Questions

Common questions.

When exactly do I schedule it?
Around month eleven, leaving time to file the report before the one-year warranty closes.
What does it find?
Issues a full freeze-thaw cycle exposes — cracking, nail pops, and HVAC and grading items.
Is knob-and-tube wiring common in Excelsior's older homes?
It can be in houses that date to before 1950, though many have been updated in part. We check the panel and visible wiring in the basement and attic, note what type we see, and tell you if we find remnants. Insurers and lenders often have their own views, so ask them. An electrician can evaluate further. We photograph anything we see so a contractor can quote it.
Do you inspect Excelsior's Victorian homes?
Yes — the historic village stock brings original foundations, knob-and-tube-era wiring questions and moisture on lake-sloped lots, all of which get an experienced older-home read.
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