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Residential Inspection · Maple Grove, MN

Residential Inspection in Maple Grove

Residential Inspection in Maple Grove, MN by Closer Look Inspectors. A photo-mapped digital report within 24 hours.

Maple Grove · Hennepin County

Residential Inspection in Maple Grove

Residential Inspection in Maple Grove, Hennepin County, by Closer Look Inspectors. Maple Grove is a high-growth northwest suburb built largely of 1990s-2010s single-family homes.

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 Maple Grove.

Maple Grove housing runs to 1990s-2010s single-family construction, across the high-growth subdivisions north and west, on rolling glacial-till sites — and that mix shapes what a residential inspection here needs to find.

Local conditions in Maple Grove

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

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 ages out first in a Maple Grove house built in the 1990s?
Usually the roof shingles, the water heater, the furnace or air conditioner and window seals, since all of these have reached the range where replacement is normal. Exterior trim and caulking around windows also wear out. None of this is unusual for a home of that age, but it helps you build a repair budget before you buy, and helps a seller understand what an inspector will see.
Are Maple Grove's newer homes worth inspecting?
Yes — even builder-grade newer homes show grading, drainage and workmanship issues we catch before closing.
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