Clinton Township, Michigan
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Services
For buyers, sellers, and homeowners keeping an eye on the place they already own. On new construction we also do pre-drywall inspections and 11-month builder’s warranty inspections. Our certified inspectors walk every major system in your Clinton Township home and tell you plainly what they found — then put it in a photo-rich digital report within 24 hours.
Following the InterNACHI Standards of Practice:
Included free with every home buyer inspection— and none of them require us to sell your information.
SatisfactionIf you are unhappy with your inspector on the day of the inspection, before you have seen your report, tell us and we will make it right — or you owe us nothing.
30-Day WarrantyA free 30-day Guard home warranty trial, negotiated for you with no obligation. Activate it whenever you are ready.
$100 OffThe buyer’s protection guarantee: if the first home we inspect for you does not make it to the closing table, for any reason, we take $100 off any further home buyer inspection within 30 days of the original.
Optional services at an additional cost — not part of a standard inspection. Tap one to see what it covers.
A camera down the main sewer line, watching its condition from the inside — roots, breaks, bellies and blockages no visual inspection can find. More about sewer scope inspections
The wood-destroying organism report VA buyers are typically asked to provide, on the federal NPMA-33 form. Carried out during the same visit. More about Veterans WDO inspections
Up to five air samples sent to an accredited laboratory, added to the same appointment rather than booked as a second visit. More about mold inspection and testing
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Offices, retail, multifamily and warehouses in Clinton Township and across Macomb County. Know what condition a building is in before you sign — or stay ahead of problems in the one you already own. Reports in 24 to 72 hours depending on size.
Following the CCPIA commercial standards:
Commonly added to a commercial inspection at additional cost.
Commercial laterals are longer, older and carry more. A camera is the only way to see the condition of the one you are buying. More about sewer scope inspections
Air samples to an accredited laboratory, which matters most in buildings that have sat empty or had a roof or plumbing leak. More about mold inspection and testing
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Add either to a Clinton Township home or commercial inspection, or book it on its own. We test and we never remediate, so there is nothing to sell you on the back of a result — the number you get is just the number.
Radon measured in house on a professional continuous monitor; mold samples to an accredited laboratory:
The other things worth testing while somebody is already there.
Carried out after remediation on the treated area and the areas next to it, to confirm what was found. More about mold inspection and testing
A damp basement can have several causes, and the buried sewer line is the one a visual inspection cannot check. A scope rules it in or out. More about sewer scope inspections
View a sample reportClinton Township housing stock
Clinton Township has roughly 46,640 housing units and about 49% of them are single-family detached. The year a house went up decides more about what an inspection turns up than almost anything else about it, which is why it is where we start rather than where we finish.
More of it dates from the 1970s than from any other decade — 10,271 homes, roughly 22% of the town. It is also less detached-house territory than most of the area at 49%, so condominiums, duplexes and small multi-family buildings are a bigger share of what we inspect here — and those bring their own questions about what is yours to maintain and what belongs to the association.
The median owner-occupied home here is valued at $198,800. There are around 1,681 manufactured and mobile homes in Clinton Township. Those are a different inspection — the questions are about the frame, the anchoring and the skirting rather than a basement. Around 2,008 homes sit in two-to-four unit buildings, where a shared roof, a shared wall and sometimes a shared furnace mean the report has to be clear about where one unit stops.
This is not a forecast for any one address. It is where a Clinton Township home inspector starts in a home of this age — and whatever we actually find, it goes in the report with photographs.
Housing figures: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2022 five-year estimates.
When Clinton Township was built
88% of homes here run on utility gas, and 35 still heat with oil. If yours is one of them, the tank is the thing to ask about — where it is, and whether it was ever buried. Another 788 use bottled or LP gas.
Local knowledge
Two things, and they pull in opposite directions. About half of what is here is not a detached house at all — and for the older half that is, the Township has an unusually specific view of what is buried in the ground.
Start with the mix. Clinton Township holds roughly 46,640 housing units with a median build year of 1980, but only around 49% of those units are single-family detached houses. That is the lowest detached share of any large community in this region we have looked at closely. A great deal of Clinton Township is condominiums, townhouses and apartment buildings, and a buyer here is more likely than almost anywhere nearby to be buying something with an association attached to it.
Then there is the age spread. This is not a one-decade town: meaningful numbers of units date from the 1960s and 1970s, more from the 1980s and 1990s, and a further tranche from the 2000s. A 1971 ranch and a 1998 condominium are different inspections, and the neighborhood will not tell you which one you are standing in.
The specific view of what is buried is the interesting part, and it deserves its own section below — because the Township has put funding behind it.
Before you buy
The buried line
On every other page we write, we refuse to guess a sewer lateral material from the year a house was built, because it is not sound. Clinton Township is the exception, and only because the Township said it first.
The Township runs a Sanitary Sewer Lead Repair Replacement Pilot Program, funded through Congressionally Directed and HUD Community Project funding, to help owners with sanitary sewer leads that need repair or are expected to fail soon. A “lead” here is the trade term for the private lateral running from the house to the main — nothing to do with the metal. The eligibility is specific: a single-family, owner-occupied home built in 1974 or before, served by a vitrified clay pipe sanitary sewer lead, with household income under 125% of Area Median Income. Assistance is tiered by income, from half the project cost up to a grant equal to the whole of it, and the Township states there is no maximum.
Now the part that matters for your house specifically. The Township building a funded program around clay leads in pre-1975 homes is real evidence that such laterals exist here in that vintage. It is not evidence that a particular pre-1975 house has one — the Township verifies those criteria property by property, which is exactly why verification is part of the process. We are not going to tell you what is under a specific address on the strength of a program’s eligibility rules.
What we can do is look. A sewer camera inspection runs a camera down the line and records what is actually there — the material where it is visible, and roots, cracks, displaced joints, bellies or blockages where they exist. In a township that has put money behind failing clay leads, finding out before you buy rather than after is worth more here than in most places. It is added to the same visit.
What you are actually buying
This is the practical consequence of that 49% figure, and it changes what an inspection is for.
In a condominium or an attached townhouse, the systems inside your unit are generally yours, while the roof, the exterior envelope, the common structure and often mechanicals serving several units sit with the association. A finding still matters — but who has to act on it, and who pays into the reserve that funds it, depends on which side of that boundary it falls.
So the useful thing before you commit is to know both: the condition of what is there, and whose responsibility each item is. We inspect what serves your unit and what is accessible, and we say plainly what we could and could not reach.
For a detached house, a home buyer inspection covers the full envelope and every major system — roof, structure, foundation, drainage, electrical, heating and cooling, plumbing and the accessible interior — photographed and written up with how urgent each finding is. Tell us which kind of property you are buying when you book so it is scoped correctly from the start.
Water and pipes
Clinton Township has put real effort into pipe material identification, and it is worth using.
The Water & Sewer Division maintains the publicly-owned underground infrastructure and publishes resources on pipe material identification and lead service line safety, including a Find Your Pipe Type tool built on its distribution system materials inventory. The Township also seats a Water Advisory Committee — a statutory council of five members with demonstrated interest or knowledge about lead in drinking water, established under state rule.
Two things follow from that. First, if you want to know whether a specific property has a lead water service line, the Township has the route to an answer and a home inspection does not — we will not determine service-line material and will not imply otherwise. Second, note the word “publicly-owned”: the Township maintains its own infrastructure, and we did not find current Township language defining exactly where private responsibility begins on the water side, so we are not going to invent that boundary either. Public Services is the place to confirm it.
One small detail says a lot about local conditions. The Township’s deduct meter policy covers sprinkler systems, outdoor spigots and water-powered backup sump pumps used during a power outage — a backup sump pump is common enough here that there is a metering rule about it. If a house you are looking at has one, its condition and its discharge are worth attention.
Records, and who to ask
The Building Department handles permits, inspections and code compliance, and its application list is a fair guide to what needs a permit here — building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing trades, plus reroofing, fences, sidewalks and approaches, manufactured housing and rental registration. As always, treat permit history as context rather than proof: a permit does not establish that work is in good condition today, and nothing on file does not establish that work was done badly.
Ordinance enforcement here is complaint-driven. The Township says an initial site inspection typically happens within five to ten business days of a written complaint, though resolutions can take considerably longer. That is worth knowing if you are buying next to something that concerns you.
It is also worth knowing what the Township sends elsewhere. Mold and mildew questions go to the Macomb County Health Department, and septic questions to the county’s onsite sewage disposal program — a reminder that not every property in the township is on public sewer. For flood maps the Township points to FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center rather than publishing its own.
On our side, commercial building inspections follow the CCPIA standard for offices, retail, multifamily and warehouse property, and radon testing or mold inspection and testing can be added to a residential or commercial visit.
Local information from Clinton Township — Sanitary Sewer Lead Repair Replacement Pilot Program · Clinton Township — Water & Sewer Division · Clinton Township — Building Department · Clinton Township — Find Your Pipe Type. Municipal requirements change — verify current details with the municipality.
Radon in Macomb County
Zone 3 is the lowest of the three EPA categories — the predicted average indoor level across the county is below 2 pCi/L. That puts Clinton Township at the calmer end of Michigan’s radon picture, which is worth saying out loud rather than glossing over.
We place a continuous monitor for 48 hours and read the result on site — no mail-in kit, no lab wait. How radon testing works · Macomb County radon and inspection coverage
Zone from the EPA Map of Radon Zones.
Why choose us
Five reasons people here pick us as their Clinton Township home inspector.
Family owned since 2009, more than 16,000 inspections completed and over 2,000 five-star reviews across Michigan. We also handle home buyer inspections, commercial building inspections, mold testing and radon testing.
We do not sell mold remediation or radon mitigation, so there is nothing to gain from a result that comes back bad. The number you get is just the number.
Radon, mold, sewer scope and wood-destroying organism inspections go on the same appointment as the home inspection rather than costing you a second morning.
Most people do, and it is the most useful hour of the whole purchase. Ask anything while we are standing in front of it.
InterNACHI and CCPIA certified, with four Certified Master Inspectors and National Home Inspector Examination passes on the team — none of which Michigan requires. The standards we inspect to are published and you can hold the work against them.
Including weekends, because inspection windows sit on closing dates and closing dates do not care what day it is.
Reviews
Mitch did our inspection for the sale of our home and he was professional, efficient and friendly. The report was sent to me and my agent in a timely fashion and I appreciated how quickly the appointment was made and everything was finished! Would recommend to others.
Kendra AllenRoseville, MII recently hired Trademark for a full home inspection on a new purchase, including sewer scope and radon testing. It was a phenomenal experience from beginning to end. Our inspector, Mitch, did a fantastic job explaining all the findings, and the digital report with photos and videos was superb. Would definitely recommend without hesitation.
Salina HamiltonOak Park, MIWe had Mitch inspect our prospective house and he was amazing. He was thorough, patient to answer my questions and provide feedback on what areas he would recommend having a follow up expert and why. The office was responsive and I was able to book multiple services to be done in the same visit (inspection, radon test, sewer scope).
Chris PlaweckiOak Park, MIWhat happens
Questions
It does, through a pilot program that is unusual in this region. Clinton Township received Congressionally Directed and HUD Community Project funding for a Sanitary Sewer Lead Repair Replacement Pilot Program, aimed at owners facing repair of a sanitary sewer lead that has failed or is expected to fail. Eligibility is specific: a single-family, owner-occupied home built in 1974 or before, served by a vitrified clay pipe sanitary sewer lead, with household income under 125% of Area Median Income, and the Township verifies those criteria. Assistance is tiered by income, from half the project cost up to a grant equal to the full amount, with no stated maximum. Check the Township for current phases and deadlines.
Some are, and this is the one township where that is not a guess — but it still is not a statement about your house. The Township’s sewer lead assistance program is written specifically around single-family owner-occupied homes built in 1974 or before that are served by a vitrified clay pipe sanitary sewer lead, which is real documented evidence that clay leads exist here in that vintage. What it does not establish is what any particular pre-1975 property has — the Township verifies the criteria property by property, precisely because the build year alone does not settle it. A camera inspection is how you find out for one address.
Because the local evidence points at it more directly than in most places. The Township has put grant funding behind repairing failed or failing vitrified clay sanitary sewer leads in homes built in 1974 or earlier, which tells you those failures happen here often enough to be worth a funded program. A standard visual home inspection cannot see inside a buried lateral. Putting a camera down the line documents its accessible interior — roots, cracks, displaced joints, bellies or blockages where they exist — before you own the problem rather than after. It is added to the same appointment.
It comes up more often here than almost anywhere nearby. Only about 49% of Clinton Township’s roughly 46,640 housing units are single-family detached, so a large share of buyers are purchasing a condominium or attached townhouse. In that case the systems inside the unit are generally yours, while the roof, exterior envelope, common structure and shared mechanicals belong to the association. The inspection still covers what serves your unit and what is accessible — but knowing which side of that boundary a finding falls on is what decides whether it is your problem or the association’s. Tell us the property type when you book.
We found no residential point-of-sale requirement. The certification in the Township’s permit list is a new-business document, and its Building Department handles permits, inspections and code compliance rather than resale certificates. Confirm the position for a specific address with the Building Department — but do not plan on a municipal inspection looking at the house on your behalf. Where no township inspection happens at sale, the inspection you commission is the one working for you.
Ask the Township, not us — and that is not a brush-off, it is where the answer actually lives. Clinton Township’s Water & Sewer Division publishes resources on pipe material identification and lead service line safety, including a Find Your Pipe Type tool built on its distribution system materials inventory, and the Township seats a statutory Water Advisory Committee on lead in drinking water. A home inspection does not determine water service line material and the age of the house does not answer it either. For a specific property, Public Services holds the records.
Yes. You can book a Clinton Township home inspector with us seven days a week, and we cover the rest of Macomb County too.
A home inspection report reaches you within 24 hours. Commercial buildings are 24 to 72 hours depending on size, a radon result comes at the end of the 48-hour test, and mold samples come back from the lab in one to three business days.
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