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Home inspection
From a company-built duplex on a curved street to a Turner Station house near Bear Creek, a licensed inspector's report says what to fix and what can wait.
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Every inspection covers the same 12 areas, from the roof down to the grounds, and the report is organized the same way. It is visual and non-invasive: nothing is opened up, and nothing you own is moved. Tap any area to see what is checked.
Every inspection follows a written standard of practice. Radon, termite, mold and water testing can be added to the same visit.
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.
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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.
No jargon, no surprises. Here is the whole visit, start to finish, so you know what you are booking before you book it.
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.
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.
Panel cover off. Water heater, furnace and air conditioning run with their normal controls. Every fixture, every room, the attic, and the basement or crawlspace.
You see the main findings in the house itself. The written report follows online with photos, priorities and what to do about each item.
Bethlehem Steel built roughly five hundred stucco and slate-roofed homes here in 1916, laid out on curved streets in the shape of a boat, with the smaller community of St. Helena nearby built for shipyard boarders in that same push. Turner Station, closer to Bear Creek, filled in on its own timeline instead. That difference in original purpose still shapes what an inspection finds house to house.
A semi-detached home from the 1916 construction push shares a foundation or roofline with its attached neighbor, so the inspection reads that shared structure alongside the unit itself, noting where a bathroom or kitchen was clearly added since the original steelworker-era layout. The roof covering and flashing are checked from the eaves, the foundation and any accessible crawlspace are read for water penetration, and the electrical panel is opened to check breakers, grounding, and any unfilled slots.
Explore Baltimore Heritage documents roughly five hundred homes built by the Dundalk Company in 1916 for Bethlehem Steel workers, laid out on curved streets shaped like a boat.
St. Helena's houses began as compact housing built for shipyard boarders, smaller than the family homes built the same year nearby, so a kitchen or bathroom added by a later owner often sits in a converted room rather than in its original spot. The inspection follows plumbing supply and drain lines to see how a later fixture was tied in, tests windows and doors for how they open and close, and checks attic insulation and ventilation wherever the access allows.
The Dundalk Historical Society records St. Helena as housing built for shipyard boarders during the same 1916 push that produced the larger Dundalk Company homes nearby.
Dundalk sits in Baltimore County, and the same inspectors cover the whole county. Every place below has its own page.
What Dundalk buyers ask about duplexes, permits, and the city line.
Dundalk itself is unincorporated Baltimore County, separate from Baltimore City next door, so Baltimore County issues permits and keeps inspection records for Dundalk addresses regardless of how close a street sits to the city line. Give the full address when checking permit history, since a listing that simply says Baltimore can sometimes mean the city rather than the county, or the reverse.
Your side is inspected fully: roof covering, foundation, electrical panel, plumbing fixtures, heating and cooling on normal controls, and interior finishes. The shared wall and roofline are noted as shared with the attached unit, and anything visible that suggests a connection between the two sides, such as staining following the party wall, is called out separately from findings specific to your unit.
The checklist stays the same: roof, exterior, foundation, electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling, attic, and interior. What can differ is what a later owner added, since St. Helena's smaller original rooms were more likely to gain a converted kitchen or bathroom over time. The inspector notes where that later work sits relative to the home's original, smaller footprint.
The inspection describes what is visible on the day of the visit, including grading, drainage, and any signs of past water at the foundation or crawlspace, but it does not determine flood zone status, insurability, or the cause of any past event. Ask the seller for any known water history and repair records, and bring them along so the inspector can compare notes with what is currently visible.
Yes. Many buyers come only for the walkthrough near the end, where the inspector covers the main findings before the full written report follows online with photos and priorities. If you cannot attend at all, your agent or another representative is welcome to stand in, and the report itself is written to stand on its own regardless of who was present.
