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New Construction Inspection · Greenwood, MN

New Construction Inspection in Greenwood

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Greenwood · Hennepin County

New Construction Inspection in Greenwood

New Construction Inspection in Greenwood, Hennepin County, by Closer Look Inspectors. Greenwood is a Lake Minnetonka shore city on Saint Albans Bay, incorporated in 1956 out of Excelsior Township.

A new construction inspection gives a newly built home an independent review before your final walkthrough — because builders miss things, and an outside set of eyes catches them while the fix is still the builder's responsibility.

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Local housing

Homes in Greenwood.

Greenwood housing runs to lakeshore homes of many decades, from small older cottages and postwar houses to large rebuilt lake homes, on a city of only 0.36 sq. mi. of land, across the shoreline of Saint Albans Bay, the blocks along Highway 7 and the edge shared with Excelsior, on the glacial-drift shore of Lake Minnetonka, on the Saint Albans Bay side, at about 942 feet — and that mix shapes what a new construction inspection here needs to find.

Local conditions in Greenwood

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

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Questions

Common questions.

Why inspect a brand-new home?
Even new homes carry defects — flashing, grading and rushed finish work are common. Catch them before you close.
When should it happen?
Before your final walkthrough, so the items land on the builder's punch list.
What should I know about buying a small older cottage in Greenwood?
Expect age-related issues: shallow or uneven foundations, older wiring, limited insulation, and moisture in crawl spaces. Additions may not be tied into the original structure well. Each of these is worth separating into cosmetic issues and structural or safety ones. A cottage can be a good buy, and the report tells you what to plan for.
How does living on Lake Minnetonka change what gets inspected at a Greenwood house?
Greenwood covers 1.03 sq. mi., and nearly two-thirds of that is water, so most houses are tied to the shoreline in some way. Grading and drainage toward the bay, basement moisture and sump operation, docks and retaining walls that touch the house lot, and older lake cottages remodeled and added onto in stages are the things to watch. Those layered additions are where mismatched framing, wiring and roofing turn up. Hennepin County is EPA Radon Zone 1, so a 48-hour test belongs on a basement or walkout-level living space.
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