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Located in Troy Michigan, we inspect homes and commercial buildings in the following counties:
Please call us even if you are outside the area. We will make an effort to accommodate you, and your house inspection needs.
Take a look at a real sample report before you book — clear, photo-backed, and easy to read.
A InterNACHI certified home inspection in Detroit start at $405. Final pricing depends on the size, age, and condition of the property, plus any additional services. Older or larger Detroit homes often benefit from bundling a sewer scope and radon test together — bundling typically lowers the overall cost compared to booking each service separately.
Most Detroit home inspections run 2.5 to 4 hours on-site. Older homes — which make up the majority of Detroit's housing stock — can run longer due to the number of systems and materials that require closer attention. Plan to be present if you can. Your inspector will walk you through findings before leaving.
Detroit's residential neighborhoods — from Indian Village and Boston-Edison to Bagley and Grandmont-Rosedale — contain some of the oldest housing stock in the Midwest, with many homes built between 1900 and 1950. That means inspectors routinely look for knob-and-tube wiring, galvanized steel plumbing, clay tile sewer laterals, original single-pane windows, plaster walls with hidden moisture damage, and in some cases asbestos-containing materials in pipe insulation or floor tile. None of these are automatic deal-breakers, but all of them affect cost-of-ownership and negotiation leverage.
It's one of the most valuable add-ons for Detroit specifically. The city's sewer infrastructure is among the oldest in the country — clay lateral lines from the 1920s and 30s are still in service throughout many neighborhoods. Root intrusion from mature street trees and simple age-related deterioration are extremely common. A sewer scope can reveal a $10,000–$20,000 repair before you close — and it's a $235 add-on when bundled with your general inspection.
Any home built before 1978 may contain lead-based paint — and the vast majority of Detroit's housing stock qualifies. Detroit has also been actively replacing lead service lines (the pipes connecting the city main to the home), though not all have been replaced yet. We flag visible deteriorating painted surfaces during our general inspection and can discuss testing options. If you're concerned about lead service lines specifically, the Detroit Water and Sewage Department has a lookup tool where you can check a property's status by address.
Detroit's investment property market has brought a wave of renovated and flipped homes — some of which have been beautifully restored, and others where cosmetic updates have covered over deferred structural or mechanical issues. We inspect renovated homes with the same systematic process as any other, and we pay close attention to whether systems were properly permitted and updated or just patched over. A fresh coat of paint doesn't tell you whether the electrical panel was touched. We do.
Most Detroit inspections are available within 48 hours of your request. Your digital report is delivered within 24 hours of the inspection completing — fast enough to stay within a standard inspection contingency window.
We inspect properties throughout the City of Detroit, including Midtown, Corktown, Indian Village, Boston-Edison, Grandmont-Rosedale, Bagley, East English Village, Jefferson Chalmers, Woodbridge, and surrounding areas. We also serve the inner-ring suburbs that border Detroit, including Hamtramck, Highland Park, River Rouge, and Ecorse.