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Buyer's Inspection · Falcon Heights, MN

Buyer's Inspection in Falcon Heights

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Falcon Heights · Ramsey County

Buyer's Inspection in Falcon Heights

Buyer's 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.

A buyer's inspection is your own independent read on a home you have under contract — the report that tells you what you are actually buying and protects your negotiating position before the inspection contingency expires.

Falcon Heights is served by our Saint Paul team →  ·  (612) 457-1634

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Local housing

Homes in 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 buyer's inspection here needs to find.

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 that Falcon Heights-area homes face.

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Questions

Common questions.

When should I schedule it?
As soon as your offer is accepted, so the finished report lands inside your inspection window with room left to respond.
Who do you work for?
You, every time. We are hired by the buyer, never the seller, and the report reflects only what we observed on site.
Is a house near the Fairgrounds any different to inspect?
The structure is the same, but the setting can affect it. How the lot drains matters, since parking and paved areas nearby can shed water toward a foundation, as do 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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