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Home Inspection in Landover, MD
A licensed Maryland inspector checks a Landover foursquare or a garden apartment the same way: roof, systems and foundation, then a photo report you can hand your agent.
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What we check in a Landover 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.
Foursquares, duplexes and garden apartments
Landover grew up on farmland that gave way to brick foursquares, then to postwar duplexes and garden apartments as commercial development filled in along the Beltway. A 1936 foursquare, a paired duplex and a garden apartment each carry different systems, so the inspection starts by confirming which of those applies before anything else gets checked.
Foursquares and paired postwar houses
Kentland and Columbia Park hold brick foursquares and paired postwar houses built in more than one phase, some tracing back to farmland that stood before the neighborhood existed. The inspection checks the roof covering and its flashing, reads the foundation walls for cracking, and opens the electrical panel to identify the type of wiring and confirm breaker capacity. Where a house is one half of an attached pair, the inspector notes the party wall and any sign that a neighboring unit's roof or plumbing has affected it.
The Maryland Historical Trust's survey of Landover's Wilburn House, a foursquare built in 1936 on what was once the Kaldenbach farm, calls the form one of the area's most common house types.
Shared roofs above rental units
Garden apartment buildings near Landover's commercial corridors often share one roof and one plumbing chase across several units stacked side by side. For a rental unit inspection, the scope covers the electrical panel or subpanel serving that unit, plumbing fixtures, heating and cooling equipment on normal controls, and the windows and doors. A shared roof section above more than one unit gets noted for its condition, along with any recent repair visible from the ground, since water entering one apartment's ceiling can often be traced to a point well beyond that unit's own walls.
Prince George's County's DPIE portal includes a Permit History search by street address, letting a buyer look up what was permitted on a Landover foursquare, duplex or garden apartment building before making an offer.
Home inspections around Landover
Landover sits in Prince George's County, and the same inspectors cover the whole county. Every place below has its own page.
Landover home inspection, explained
What Landover buyers and renters ask before booking an inspection here.
Landover is not its own city. Who keeps its permit records?
Landover is an unincorporated community, so Prince George's County's Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement keeps the building permit history for the address, searchable online by street address through its own portal. Maryland's SDAT covers ownership and assessment history the same way for every county in the state. There is no separate Landover government to contact, so the county's own records are the ones that apply.
How does the inspection handle a Landover garden apartment or duplex?
The same core scope applies as any home: the roof covering, foundation, electrical panel, plumbing supply and drain lines, and heating and cooling on normal controls. What changes is what surrounds the unit. In a duplex, the inspector notes the party wall and anything visible about the attached side; in a garden apartment, the roof and plumbing chase may be shared across several units, and the report identifies what that sharing means for a single unit's findings.
Should I add radon testing to a Landover home inspection?
It is worth considering. The EPA's radon zone map is meant to guide area-wide programs, not to clear or flag any one specific house, and the agency recommends testing every home regardless of its mapped zone. A standard home inspection does not include a radon test; it is offered as a separate service you can book for the same visit, with the result reported to you directly rather than folded into the inspection findings.
What is out of scope in a Landover garden apartment building?
The building's shared roof structure, the grounds, parking areas and any leasing office or clubhouse belong to the property owner or management company as a whole, not to a single unit, so they sit outside a single-unit inspection. What is covered is the unit itself: its electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling equipment, windows, doors and interior finishes. Ask the property manager about any recent roof or plumbing work on your building before you book.
Is it necessary to attend the inspection in Landover?
It is not required. Some buyers prefer to join for the final portion of the visit to see findings firsthand and ask questions about the electrical panel, the attic access or any other item in person. If you cannot attend, the photo report documents each finding clearly, and a phone call afterward can cover anything that needs more explanation.
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