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11-Month Warranty Inspection · Oak Park Heights, MN

11-Month Warranty Inspection in Oak Park Heights

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Oak Park Heights · Washington County

11-Month Warranty Inspection in Oak Park Heights

11-Month Warranty Inspection in Oak Park Heights, Washington County, by Closer Look Inspectors. Oak Park Heights is a St. Croix bluff-top city of old Oak Park lots, retail corridor and newer subdivisions.

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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Local housing

Homes in Oak Park Heights.

Oak Park Heights housing runs to older houses in the original Oak Park plat and on the bluffs, mid-century homes near the commercial corridor, and newer townhome and single-family subdivisions, across the bluff-top streets above the St. Croix River, the Highway 36 and Highway 95 corridors, and the newer subdivisions, on St. Croix River valley bluffs and terraces in eastern Washington County — and that mix shapes what a 11-month warranty inspection here needs to find.

Local conditions in Oak Park Heights

Oak Park Heights does not run a point-of-sale housing ordinance, which makes an independent inspection the only thorough, buyer-side read on the home. Oak Park Heights sits in Washington 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 that Oak Park Heights-area homes face.

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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 a townhome in Oak Park Heights inspected differently?
The unit and its systems matter, plus the exterior parts you can reach. Roofs, siding and other exterior components are often the association's job, so we tell you what we see and suggest reading the association's documents and reserve information. Look closely at flashing, decks, drainage and common walls, which are typical trouble spots in townhome construction.
Oak Park Heights sits on St. Croix bluffs — what does that mean for inspecting?
Slopes matter. The city was platted as Oak Park in 1857 and re-platted as Oak Park Heights in 1938, with the 1932 Log Cabin and the Stillwater Overlook (1939) listed on the National Register. Homes on bluff edges and hillsides need checks for retaining walls, foundation movement, drainage and erosion. Older houses get a close look at basements, wiring and roofs. Newer subdivisions get grading, deck ledger and flashing checks.
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