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Residential Inspection in Lilydale

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Lilydale · Dakota County

Residential Inspection in Lilydale

Residential Inspection in Lilydale, Dakota County, by Closer Look Inspectors. Lilydale is a Mississippi River-flats town, once a brickyard settlement and rebuilt after the 1965 flood.

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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Local housing

Homes in Lilydale.

Lilydale housing runs to a small stock of houses in a city of 809, with little of the old river-flat housing left after the 1965 flood, across the river flats near Pickerel Lake, the brickyard clay pits and the streets along Highway 13, on the Mississippi River floodplain below Decorah shale bluffs in Dakota County — and that mix shapes what a residential inspection here needs to find.

Local conditions in Lilydale

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

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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.
Do I need flood insurance for a house in Lilydale?
That depends on the specific address, not the city's name. The old Lilydale flats flooded repeatedly, and the town moved up to the bluffs, but a bluff-top property may sit well above any floodplain. Check the FEMA flood map for the parcel and ask a lender or insurance agent. A home inspection will not determine flood zone status, though grading and basement moisture are worth noting.
Lilydale flooded badly in 1965. Does that history still matter for a house here?
It does. Lilydale was built on a low floodplain and earned the nickname City on Wheels because residents lived in boats and trailers that could move when the river rose, and the 1965 flood left nearly every home in the old lower town flooded and many washed off their foundations. The brickyard that gave the area its industry used Decorah shale from the bluffs. Basement and crawl space moisture, sump and backflow protection, foundation cracking, and grading are the things to watch. We can also help you know what to ask about flood insurance. Dakota County is EPA Radon Zone 1.
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