Grand Traverse County service area
Hiring a home inspector in Traverse City covers a wide range of houses: cottages on the Old Mission Peninsula, farmhouses near the orchards, newer builds out toward Acme and Interlochen. House to Home Complete Structure Inspections has inspected Michigan property since June 2000, and northern Michigan trips are booked ahead so the date lines up with your closing.
Free thermal imaging is part of every visit. The report reaches you within an hour, before we are even back on M-72.
Inspection file · Traverse City, MI
Northern Michigan inspections from an InterNACHI certified Michigan LLC with E&O and liability insurance, inspecting since 2000.
A lot of Traverse City area houses started life as summer cottages and were winterized one addition at a time. Different foundations under different rooms, crawl spaces under the old part, and insulation that stops where the original walls end.
A Traverse City home inspector has to trace each of those additions. Our home inspection service covers every system, and thermal imaging shows where the old and new parts of the house leak heat.
Glacial sand drains fast, which helps, but hillside lots above the bays move water downhill toward the house every spring. Sloped lots on the peninsulas, walkout basements and block foundations under old cottages all deserve a careful look.
Our foundation inspection checks walls, footings, framing and grading so you know whether a crack is cosmetic or structural.
Lake-effect snow off Lake Michigan piles up on Grand Traverse County roofs for months. Ice dams, undersized rafters in older cottages and poorly vented attics show up as stained ceilings and frost on the underside of the roof deck.
We check roof covering, flashing, attic framing and ventilation, and infrared imaging helps find the warm spots that start ice dams.
Once you leave city utilities, most homes run on a private well and septic system. A tank can look fine from the lid and still sit on a failing drain field.
Our well and septic inspection evaluates system and drain field performance, and it is VA, FHA, RD and USDA compliant.
Lenders often want a water test on a well property, and buyers moving up from the city usually want one anyway.
We pull samples for water testing with lab analysis through MDEQ and Merit labs, covering drinking and surface water.
Rural parts of the county and the townships around Kingsley and Interlochen can qualify for USDA and Rural Development financing, and those loans carry property rules of their own.
Our USDA compliant inspections also cover VA, FHA, RD, MICHDA and HUD requirements, including the VA NPMA-33 report.
Plenty of homes up here sit empty from October to May. Frozen supply lines and split fittings are common when a house was not shut down correctly.
We handle winterizing and de-winterizing, so a seasonal home can be closed for the season or opened back up and checked before a buyer walks through.
Traverse City is a long drive from Lapeer, so we book these jobs ahead. Summer fills up fast, and nobody wants to cross town during Cherry Festival week in early July.
Call early with your closing date and we will plan the trip around it.
The written report reaches you within an hour, even on out-of-town jobs.
Infrared scanning is included, not sold as an add-on.
NAMP certified mold testing for closed-up cottages and damp crawl spaces.
Most buyers who call us from up north want the full picture in one visit: house, well, septic, water and any environmental testing, from one inspector and one report.
If you searched for a home inspection company near me and found us instead, read what past clients say about the work. Then call with the address and your closing date.
Traverse City trips cover the towns around both arms of the bay. Downstate, we also offer home inspector service in Lansing, and on the Lake Huron side, our Alpena home inspections.
Homes along East Bay and the M-72 corridor east of the city.
Lake homes and wooded lots near the arts academy, mostly on wells.
Rural homes on wells and septic south of Traverse City.
Village and waterfront homes north on the East Arm of the bay.
Leelanau Peninsula homes and cottages along M-22.
Rural property and newer builds east along M-72.
Yes. We serve all of Michigan. Traverse City jobs are scheduled ahead so the trip fits your closing date.
Yes. We can de-winterize the home, restore water and then inspect, or inspect after you open it up.
Yes. We test drinking and surface water for contaminants using MDEQ and Merit labs.
Yes. Our well and septic evaluations are VA, FHA, RD and USDA compliant.
Yes. Our structure and foundation inspections look at walls, footings, framing and drainage.
Within an hour of the inspection.
Yes, free on every inspection.
Yes. We are NAMP certified and use lift tape, swab and spore trap air samples with lab analysis.
Looking for a home inspector near me up north? Call or text (810) 895-1836 with the address and your closing date. We answer all calls and texts.