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Weldon, IA · Decatur County

Home inspection in Weldon.

Closer Look Inspectors provides home inspection in Weldon, Decatur County. Every Weldon inspection is documented in a photo-mapped digital report within 24 hours.

Local knowledge

Why Weldon homes need a local read.

Weldon is a Decatur County town laid out on August 3, 1880 after the Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad was built halfway across the county, home to the Weldon Depot, which operated from 1881 to 1946 and was listed on the National Register in 1991. We calibrate every Weldon inspection to the conditions that actually drive defects here — not a generic national checklist.

Weldon housing runs to houses from the railroad years after 1880, a peak of 323 residents in 1920, and later postwar and newer homes, across the extra-wide Main Street, the Weldon Depot area and the older residential blocks, on loess-mantled hills of the Southern Iowa Drift Plain in Decatur County, in the town named for the Weldon River.

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The report

Built to negotiate with.

Every inspection is documented in a clear, photo-mapped digital report delivered within 24 hours — written in plain English. Thermal imaging, moisture metering and a sewer-scope option are available as add-ons on applicable Weldon systems.

How it works

Four steps, no guesswork.

01

Get a quote

Build your free quote online in about a minute — or call us to talk it through.

02

We inspect

A patient on-site visit. Thermal, moisture and sewer-scope instruments available as add-ons.

03

Walkthrough

An on-the-spot rundown of the key findings, in plain English.

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Get the report

A photo-mapped digital report within 24 hours, built to negotiate with.

Questions

Common questions.

Weldon was platted in 1880 around a railroad depot. What does that tell me about older houses in town?
It tells us the oldest houses are probably well over a century old, so we inspect for age. We look at original foundations, floor framing and sags, older roofs and flashing, windows, and how the house has been added to over time. We check basement walls for efflorescence and moisture and note how roof water reaches the ground. At 0.19 square miles, lots are small, so drainage between neighbors matters. Decatur County is EPA Radon Zone 1, so a radon test belongs in the basement review, and a private septic needs inspection before transfer under Iowa Code 455B.172.
How long does an inspection take?
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.
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