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Residential Inspection in Greenwood

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Greenwood · Hennepin County

Residential Inspection in Greenwood

Residential 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, and we calibrate every visit to that.

Residential inspection is the heart of Closer Look — close to 95 percent of what we do across Saint Paul, the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota. It is the umbrella over every home service we offer, with specialty services available as add-ons: the full home inspection, buyer's and pre-listing reviews, radon, sewer scope, thermal imaging, mold and moisture, foundation, roof, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, new-construction and 11-month-warranty work, well-water testing and older-home evaluations — one trusted, buyer-side read on a Minnesota house, photo-mapped and delivered within 24 hours.

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Tuned to 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 residential inspection here needs to find. Instrument-grade tools, a local eye, every visit.

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 we calibrate every Greenwood visit to find.

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Questions

Common questions.

What counts as a residential inspection?
Any owner-occupied or rental dwelling — single-family homes, townhomes, condos, duplexes and small multi-family up to four units. The full home inspection is the core, and radon, sewer scope, thermal imaging and the rest are available as add-ons when the property calls for them.
Is residential really most of your work?
Yes — roughly 95 percent of Closer Look inspections are residential. It is what we are built around, from century-old capital-city homes to brand-new metro subdivisions.
Which services can be added to a residential inspection?
Any of them: full home, buyer's, pre-listing, radon, sewer scope, thermal imaging, mold and moisture, foundation, roof, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, new-construction, 11-month warranty, well-water and older-home inspections. Specialty services are available as add-ons.
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. We check each of these and separate cosmetic issues from 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. We look at grading and drainage toward the bay, basement moisture and sump operation, docks and retaining walls that touch the house lot, and older lake cottages that were remodeled and added onto in stages. 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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