Home Inspector in Grand Blanc, MI

Much of Grand Blanc Township filled in with subdivisions over the last thirty years. These houses look newer than they are, and many are now hitting the age where original systems wear out together.

• Original roofs near the end of their life
• First-generation furnaces and air conditioners
• Builder-grade water heaters past their expected life
• Attic ventilation that was never quite right

We tell you what is close to replacement so you can plan for it, or negotiate it.

Grand Blanc buyers often want a finished lower level for an office, a guest room or a home theater. More time spent downstairs is a good reason to test for radon, since it collects in the lowest living space. Our radon testing is set up during the inspection and handled by our own team.

We also check finished basements for egress windows, moisture behind the drywall and how the sump is set up.

Mold shows up in two places in these houses more than anywhere else: finished basements where a sump failed once, and attics where bath fans were vented into the insulation instead of outside. If we see the signs, mold testing tells you what you are dealing with.

The original city has a different story. Older frame houses near Saginaw Street and the blocks around it bring older wiring, plaster walls, smaller electrical services and sewer laterals that have been in the ground a long time. A sewer scope is worth it on most of them.

A pre-listing inspection from a home inspector in Grand Blanc gives sellers a head start. You see what a buyer's inspector will see, fix what is cheap to fix, and price the rest honestly. Deals hold together better when nothing big comes up halfway through. It also helps you plan preventive maintenance items before listing photos are taken.

Not every Grand Blanc address is on municipal water. Some homes on larger lots toward the township edges still run on private wells, and lenders often want proof the water is safe. We do well water testing ourselves, including the testing FHA, VA and RD loans call for.

With the hospital campus and the businesses along Saginaw Street and Hill Road, Grand Blanc has a steady stream of commercial property changing hands. We do commercial property inspections on offices, retail and small professional buildings, with the same thermal scan our residential clients get.

Chad Fisher has been inspecting since 1997 and grew up in the construction trades. His grandfather built custom homes for more than 65 years. When you hire a home inspector in Grand Blanc from us, you get that background on site and a report that reads like a builder explaining your home to you.