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11-Month Warranty Inspection · Falcon Heights, MN

11-Month Warranty Inspection in Falcon Heights

11-Month Warranty Inspection in Falcon Heights, MN by Closer Look Inspectors. A photo-mapped digital report within 24 hours.

Falcon Heights · Ramsey County

11-Month Warranty Inspection in Falcon Heights

11-Month Warranty Inspection in Falcon Heights, Ramsey County, by Closer Look Inspectors. Falcon Heights is a St. Paul suburb where two-thirds of the land is the State Fairgrounds and University campus, 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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Calibrated

Tuned to Falcon Heights.

Falcon Heights housing runs to 1930s to 1960s houses, including the University Grove modernist neighborhood, with later apartments and infill, across University Grove, the blocks around the State Fairgrounds and the University of Minnesota St. Paul campus, on gently rolling glacial upland north of the Mississippi River gorge — 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 Falcon Heights

Falcon Heights does not run a point-of-sale housing ordinance, which makes an independent inspection the only thorough, buyer-side read on the home. Falcon Heights sits in Ramsey 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 Falcon Heights visit to find.

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 a house near the Fairgrounds any different to inspect?
The structure is the same, but the setting can affect it. We look at how the lot drains, since parking and paved areas nearby can shed water toward a foundation, and at the condition of the exterior, trees and utilities. Crowds during the fair do not change the house itself. The main practical step is to view the property on a normal day and again in rain if you can.
What is unusual about the University Grove houses in Falcon Heights?
University Grove is a neighborhood of 103 architect-designed houses, planned in 1928 on land the University of Minnesota set aside for faculty. Owners hold the houses while the university owns the land and charges annual ground rent. The houses run from traditional styles to midcentury modern. Flat and low-slope roofs, large window walls, and original wiring and heating equipment need close attention. Two-thirds of the city is public land, mostly the university and State Fair, so the homes are concentrated. Ramsey County is EPA Radon Zone 1.
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