About Our Inspectors
Closer Look Home Inspector has spent more than a decade reading Minnesota homes the way they should be read — as a careful, system-by-system diagnosis rather than a checklist run at speed. Our inspectors are InterNACHI-certified professionals who inspect across Saint Paul, the Twin Cities metro, and greater Minnesota, and the work is built around one idea: the buyer deserves the same understanding of the home that an experienced inspector has after walking it.
Minnesota gives an inspector a wide range of housing to know well. The capital city carries century-old systems aging out behind plaster walls; the inner-ring suburbs are full of postwar ramblers and split-levels with first-generation mechanicals; the outer metro and exurbs add 1990s-through-2020s subdivision construction with its own builder-defect patterns; and the lake communities bring shoreline grading and walkout foundations. Homes vary from one neighborhood to the next, and a generic national template misses what the house in question actually presents. Findings are graded honestly — routine maintenance, budget item, or the one thing you should not ignore — with no fabricated urgency and no inflated findings. We work for the buyer, the seller, or the owner who hired us, never the other side of the transaction.
The deliverable is always the same: a photo-mapped digital report within 24 hours, written in plain English, that maps every finding to a photograph and explains what it means and what to do about it. That report is built to act on and to negotiate with, and it is the reason buyers, sellers, investors, and real estate professionals across Minnesota return to Closer Look and refer us to the people they care about.
Plain-English, photo-rich, honest
Every inspection ends in a digital report that maps findings to photographs. We grade what matters so you are not left guessing which items are routine and which are serious. No scare tactics, no padding — just a clear read you can act on.
Instrument-grade, standard
Thermal imaging, moisture meters, and a sewer-scope option are available as add-ons on applicable systems. Pairing what the tools reveal with hands-on observation is how we keep a report both complete and trustworthy.
We work for you
We are hired by the buyer, seller, or owner — never the other party. The report reflects only what we observed, and it is yours to use however the transaction requires.