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Home Inspection in Lansdowne, VA
A riverfront lower level in Lansdowne on the Potomac and a townhouse at The Village at Leesburg get the same walkthrough, then a report ranked by what to address first.
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What we check in a Lansdowne home
The inspection follows the same 12 areas, from the roof down to the grounds, within the agreed scope and safe access available. It is visual and non-invasive: finishes are not removed, and personal belongings are not moved. Select an area to see what is checked.
- Range, oven and wall oven run normally
- Dishwasher, disposer and microwave run
- Kitchen exhaust fan and the dryer vent exit
- Service entrance, meter and main disconnect
- Panels, breakers, grounding and bonding
- Sampled outlets and switches; GFCI, AFCI, smoke and CO detectors
- Siding, flashing, trim, eaves, soffits and fascia
- Every exterior door and a sample of windows
- Walkways, driveway, stoops, porches, decks and railings
- Foundation walls, slabs and the basement
- Any accessible crawlspace
- Signs of movement, water penetration and wood touching soil
- Vehicle door and opener on their normal controls
- Auto reverse and photo eye safety sensors
- Walls, ceiling, floor and the fire door into the house
- Grading and drainage at the foundation
- Retaining walls and vegetation against the house
- Downspout discharge, walkways, driveway and steps
- Heating and cooling run on their normal controls
- Energy source, method and thermostat location noted
- Visible ducts, filter, condensate drainage and equipment condition
- Floors, walls, ceilings, stairs and railings
- A sample of doors and windows opened and closed
- Accessible attic: insulation depth, ventilation and framing; fireplace and damper
- Sink, faucet, drain and disposer run
- Dishwasher connection checked for leaks
- Cabinets, drawers, counters, floors, walls, ceiling and exhaust fan
- Main water and fuel shut-offs located
- Water heater, its venting and TPR valve; pipe materials
- Every toilet flushed; every sink, tub and shower run
- Coverings, flashing, vents, skylights and chimney
- Gutters, downspouts, eaves and rake
- Roof structure from inside the attic where accessible
- Visible framing, beams, posts and joists
- Masonry walls and the chimney structure
- Settlement signs: cracks, out of square openings, unlevel floors
Every inspection follows a written standard of practice. Need additional testing? Explore radon testing, termite inspection, mold testing and water testing, then confirm your selected services and timing when booking.
Add a package to the inspection
Three packages built around the home inspection. Package prices are for the add-on services only and are added to the inspection price. The savings are against booking the same services one by one.
Home Essentials
The perfect starting point
Home Advantage
Most popular for homebuyers
Home Enhanced
The ultimate peace of mind
Warranties must be requested when you book, not after the inspection. Radon and thermal imaging can also be added on their own. Read more about each package.
What a home inspection actually involves
No jargon, no surprises. Here is the whole visit, start to finish, so you know what you are booking before you book it.
You book, we confirm
Online or by phone, in a few minutes. Your agent can book for you. Add radon, termite or a package at the same time, and we confirm the appointment with you before the visit.
The walk-around
Roof, siding, grading, decks, the garage and the grounds first. The inspector photographs what they find as they go, so the report shows you exactly where each item is.
Systems and accessible spaces
The inspector checks accessible electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling components and operates equipment with normal controls when conditions allow. The report identifies areas that could not be inspected and any recommended follow-up.
The walkthrough and the report
You see the main findings in the house itself. The written report follows online with photos, priorities and what to do about each item.
Lansdowne, plantation land to fairway
Lansdowne was built on former plantation land beside the Potomac, where a Federal-style manor called Belmont went up between 1799 and 1802, long before golf courses and planned neighborhoods surrounded it. A lower level near the river, a house circling the old manor grounds, and a unit above retail at The Village at Leesburg each raise a different question for an inspector.
A 1799 manor, later golf greens
Homes near the river and the golf course share one concern more than any other: how water moves around a lower level that sits closer to grade than a typical basement. The inspector checks that level's walls for cracking or staining, looks for a working sump pump or perimeter drain where one exists, traces gutters and downspouts to see where they actually discharge, and reads the grading around the foundation for any slope that carries water toward the house instead of away from it.
Belmont, the Federal-style manor now surrounded by golf villas, was built between 1799 and 1802 for Ludwell Lee; IBM Corporation later owned the estate and never occupied it before it became a country club in the 1990s.
Retail below, residences above
A residential unit built above or beside retail space at The Village at Leesburg shares a roof, a mechanical room or a plumbing chase with whatever borders it, and the inspection notes those connections where they are visible from inside the unit. In Coton Commons, a more conventional townhouse still gets checked for crawlspace access, any addition since the original construction, and the garage vehicle door and opener tested on normal controls.
Ground south of Leesburg toward Lansdowne sits on a diabase belt with a shrink-swell clay above it; Loudoun County's own geology pages warn that this clay expands and contracts enough to crack a foundation season to season.
Home inspections around Lansdowne
Lansdowne sits in Loudoun County, and the same inspectors cover the whole county. Every place below has its own page.
Lansdowne home inspection, put simply
What Lansdowne buyers ask about Belmont, the river, and new construction.
Lansdowne isn't an incorporated town. Who handles permits and records here?
Loudoun County issues the permits and keeps the inspection records for a Lansdowne address, since the community has never incorporated on its own. LandMARC, the county's public land management system, lets you search permits and land development records by address without an account. None of this changes how the visit itself is booked or priced.
Belmont Country Club surrounds a historic manor house. Does that affect the homes built around it?
Not directly. The manor itself is a separately protected historic structure, while the golf-course homes around it are recent construction, inspected on their own merits: roof, electrical panel, plumbing, and grading near the foundation. Bring the home's completion date if you know it, since construction finished at different points as the community filled in around the older grounds.
What does the inspection cover for a unit above retail at The Village at Leesburg?
Your unit and its own systems: electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling, windows, doors and finishes, plus whatever it shares directly with the space below or beside it, such as a roof or a mechanical room. The retail space itself and any building-wide systems the property manager controls sit outside a single-unit visit, so ask what the association or landlord actually maintains.
Some sections of Lansdowne are still being built out. Does new construction still need a full inspection?
Yes. A punch list from the builder's own closing walkthrough regularly misses items a full inspection catches: roof coverings, the electrical panel and breakers, plumbing lines under real pressure, and grading around a lot that may not have fully settled. Confirm which phase of the community your address falls in, since a finished section can sit right next to an active one.
Should I plan to be there for the Lansdowne inspection?
Either way works. Some buyers attend the whole visit, others only the walkthrough near the end, and some are comfortable reading the photo report online afterward. The walkthrough tends to answer the most questions fastest, since the inspector can point at a finding directly in the house rather than describing it in writing only.
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