Home inspection in Vinton.

Everything a newer home gets, plus the things only old houses have. Vinton is a county seat founded in 1849 with a National Register residential historic district in the center of town, so we expect stone or brick foundations, balloon framing, original plaster over lath, multiple generations of wiring in one wall cavity, and chimneys that once served appliances nobody uses now. We date the service panel and branch wiring, the supply and drain lines, the roof and the flashing separately, and we recommend a sewer scope on the older streets, where clay laterals run under mature trees.

Plan on two to three hours for an average home; larger, older or multi-unit properties run longer because there is simply more to document.