Lakes Area Home Inspection

Things went excellent! Complete report, radon testing was invaluable (every home in Minnesota should have a radon test done). Proved that the house was in exceptional condition and needed Radon mitigation (which has been completed).

Mike was on time. Super nice guy, very knowledgeable, and very good at explaining what he was looking at and why. He was efficient, clear-sighted, honest, and highly ethical. He had to tell us some hard truths about a property we loved, and his report helped us in decided what to do next. In the short period of time we worked together, he noted: negative grade (water flowing toward the home); insufficient support joists for an add-on to the living room; cracks in the foundation AND ways in which the siding was pulling apart in corresponde to the cracks; the deck pulling away from the building; an ancient air conditioner; electrical outlets that did not work; a miserably bad room with specific areas of damage; and evidence of leakage in the amateurishly added on loft/attic. Let me just say - this house was absolutely gorgeous, really gorgeous and on the surface beautifully kept. He set up radon testing a couple of days before. When all of this was done, he wrote up his report RIGHT THERE (he has an app for that) and printed it off for us from a printer he keeps in his truck. How cool is that? My husband and I have bought and sold homes before. Mike was the best home inspector I have ever worked with. When we find the right new house, we will be use Lakes Area Home Inspection again.