Veteran-owned home inspections in New Baltimore and throughout Macomb County. Twenty-one years of military inspection discipline, applied to the biggest purchase of your life.
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New Baltimore Home Inspections
New Baltimore is two housing markets sharing one name. There's the historic waterfront core near Anchor Bay, with genuinely old homes on small lots and direct exposure to the water. And there's the large wave of subdivision construction from the 1990s through the 2010s spreading west and north. The inspection concerns are almost opposites.
In the newer subdivisions, buyers assume a twenty-year-old house is a safe house. It usually is, but it's now at the age where the first round of everything comes due at once: builder-grade windows losing their seals throughout the house, first-generation high-efficiency furnaces reaching end of life, original roofs at twenty-plus years, and grading that has settled since the builder walked away. I put that replacement timeline in writing so it doesn't arrive as five separate surprises.
Near the bay, the concerns shift to water. Shallow groundwater, sump pump condition and backup, foundation drainage, and open wind exposure on the roof and siding. Older waterfront homes in the core carry the additional questions any hundred-year-old house does — original wiring behind newer panels, and sewer laterals that have been in the ground a very long time.
On The Ground
Five patterns that show up again and again in this community — and exactly how I check for each one.
Windows, furnace, water heater, and roof all reaching end of life in the same few years. I give you the timeline, not a surprise.
Backfill continues to settle for years after the builder leaves, and negative grade at the foundation is the result.
Sump operation, backup, and discharge routing matter more here than a few miles inland.
Open exposure off the bay is harder on roofing, flashing, and siding than a sheltered inland lot.
Historic waterfront housing where the panel was modernized and the branch wiring behind it never was.
Serving all of New Baltimore including the 48047 and 48051 ZIP codes, the 23 Mile, Washington, and Green Street corridors, the Anchor Bay waterfront, and the subdivisions west toward Chesterfield Township.
Services in New Baltimore
A practical top-to-bottom evaluation of the home's major systems before you close.
From $399Learn more →Identify concerns before buyers do and reduce surprises during negotiation.
From $375Learn more →A second set of eyes before final walkthrough and warranty deadlines.
From $325Learn more →Continuous-monitor radon testing with written results. Michigan sits in an elevated-risk zone.
From $149Learn more →Camera inspection of the lateral sewer line — a costly defect a standard inspection can't see.
From $199Learn more →A return visit to verify the seller actually completed the agreed-upon repairs — before you close.
From $249Learn more →Focused inspections for condos, townhomes, and proactive homeowners.
From $375Learn more →Nearby
