If the home you are buying has a private well, yes. You need a well inspection, and it should include two things: a flow and yield test of the well system, and lab testing of the water itself. Nobody regulates a private well except the person who owns it. The EPA rules that protect city […]
Most Green Door home inspections take three to four hours on site, and your report is emailed to you the same day as the inspection, guaranteed. The inspection itself typically runs 2.5 to 3.5 hours for a single-family home, and because most of our clients add a sewer scope or radon test to the same […]
A home inspection is a visual, non-invasive evaluation of the readily accessible systems and components of a house on the day it is inspected. At Green Door we follow the InterNACHI Standards of Practice, which means we look at the roof, exterior, foundation and structure, heating, cooling, plumbing, electrical, fireplace, attic and insulation, and doors, […]
A standard buyer’s home inspection in Castle Rock and Douglas County typically starts at $499, with most buyers landing between $700 and $900 once home size and add-ons are included. Every quote is based on the specific home, so treat these as real-world ranges, not fixed prices. What does the base price include? The base […]
Buying a new build comes with a real advantage: you get to see the bones of the house before they’re covered up. Most buyers never use it. A pre-drywall inspection is exactly what it sounds like — we walk the home after framing, plumbing rough-in, and electrical rough-in are done, but before insulation and drywall […]
By Green Door Home Inspections | Castle Rock, CO GFCI receptacles come up in almost every inspection we do. Most buyers have seen the little outlets with the test and reset buttons — they’re in bathrooms, kitchens, garages, and outside. But most people don’t know what they actually do, why they’re there, or what it […]
By Green Door Home Inspections | Castle Rock, CO We flag TPR valve issues on a regular basis during home inspections across the Denver metro. Most buyers have never heard of the part. Most sellers don’t know it’s a problem. That’s exactly why it ends up in so many reports. Here’s what it is, why […]
By Green Door Home Inspections | Castle Rock, CO Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms come up on nearly every inspection we do — either because some are missing, because they’re old enough to be well past their useful life, or because clients have questions after reading their report. This post explains exactly what we inspect […]
Most listing agents I talk to in the Denver metro avoid recommending pre-listing inspections. The reason is almost always the same: they don’t want their seller to have to disclose more stuff. I get it. On the surface, less disclosure feels safer. But after nine years inspecting homes across Castle Rock, Douglas County, and the […]
By Green Door Home Inspections | Castle Rock, CO Flashing comes up in almost every inspection we do. Most buyers see it flagged in their report and have no idea what it is. That’s not surprising — it’s one of those things that blends into the roof and disappears. But it does an important job, […]