Davison, 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 Davison 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 Davison and across Genesee 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 Davison 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 reportDavison housing stock
Davison has roughly 2,589 housing units and about 51% of them are single-family detached. Housing that went up mostly in one era has mostly one era’s problems — which is genuinely useful to know before you buy, because it tells you what to look at first.
Most of it went up in the 1970s — 701 homes, around 27% of the town. It is also less detached-house territory than most of the area at 51%, 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 $149,900. Only 50% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, so a good share of what we inspect here is bought as a rental or sold with tenants in place — which changes what access on the day looks like.
None of this is a prediction about a particular house. It is where a Davison home inspector starts looking in a home of this age, and what we photograph and write up either way.
Housing figures: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2022 five-year estimates.
When Davison was built
73% of homes here run on utility gas. Another 29 use bottled or LP gas.
Local knowledge
A few years ago the City of Davison put a notice on its website about mail its residents were receiving. A company had been sending unsolicited offers of what amounts to an insurance policy covering the water line running from the City main to the house.
The City’s response is worth reading because of what it confirms. It says plainly that the property owner is indeed responsible for that portion of the water system — that part is true — while adding that the likelihood of problems on it is minimal, though the City cannot guarantee that. It states that it does not endorse the company and has no relationship with it, suggests residents check whether existing homeowners insurance already covers the same thing, and asks people to investigate before signing up for that or any similar service.
We mention it here for one reason: new owners are exactly who gets that kind of mail, and it tends to arrive looking official within weeks of a closing. Knowing in advance that the City has publicly distanced itself from it saves a moment of confusion.
It also settles a boundary question that comes up on every inspection. The pipe from the main to the house is yours. So, on the other side of the building, is the pipe running out to the sewer. Neither is something a municipality maintains for you.
The housing is postwar and settled: of roughly 2,589 units, 1,887 — 73% — were built between 1940 and 1979, with 701 in the 1970s and 662 in the 1950s. Only about 141 units have been added in the last twenty-five years, and around 51% is single-family detached.
Before you buy
The lines you own
The City’s notice about the unsolicited mailing is the clearest municipal statement of the ownership boundary we have come across. The water service line from the main to your home belongs to you.
That has two practical consequences on a property of this age. The first is the one the City was writing about: if that line fails, the cost is the owner’s, which is why insurance products for it exist at all. The City suggests checking whether your existing homeowners policy already covers it before buying anything separately, which is sensible advice and costs nothing to follow.
The second is that we cannot inspect it. A buried supply line is not visible, and we do not determine what one is made of or what condition it is in. What a buyer’s inspection reports is the visible supply piping inside the building where accessible, the materials we can actually see, and any point where the material changes or a repair has been made. On a house built between 1950 and 1979 that is genuinely informative, because interior plumbing on this stock has usually been replaced in stages and the joins tell you when.
The same ownership logic applies on the drainage side, and there the picture is different: a sanitary lateral can be inspected, from the inside, with a camera. That is the one buried pipe on a property where you can actually replace guesswork with a recording.
We do not test water. Water testing goes through a certified laboratory, and questions about the supply itself go to the City, which publishes an annual water quality report.
Permits
The building, planning and zoning department issues and inspects permits for construction, sidewalks, driveways, curb cuts, fences and signs, maintains all building department records, and acts as liaison to the planning commission and the zoning board of appeals.
The flatwork items are quietly useful when you are buying. A driveway, a sidewalk or a curb cut changes how surface water moves around a building, and on a seventy-year-old house a driveway or patio poured or replaced since the build is one of the commonest reasons water arrives at a foundation wall. Where that work was permitted, there is a dated record of when it happened.
The department, together with the code enforcement officer, also handles complaints about trash and debris, unlicensed or non-operating vehicles, sidewalk snow removal and grass cutting. Those are complaint-driven, which means an absence of enforcement history on a property tells you nobody complained rather than that anybody examined it.
The office keeps ordinary weekday hours, inspections are scheduled by phone, and applications can be emailed or left in the drop box on the east side of the building. The planning commission meets on the second Tuesday of the month and the zoning board of appeals on the fourth Wednesday, both at City Hall — worth knowing if a variance is likely to be part of your plans.
A buyer’s inspection is not a permit search and does not replace one. What it does is tell you which parts of a property to go looking for records about, so the search you make is targeted rather than hopeful.
Two governments
Davison the city and Davison Township are separate governments with separate rules, and a postal address does not settle which one a property sits in.
The City makes the distinction visible in an unusual way: it publishes an evaluation of a consultant’s report proposing shared sewer services between the City and the Township. We have not read the report and take no view on it. What it demonstrates is that these are two distinct systems and two distinct authorities, currently discussing whether to work together.
For a buyer the practical step is the same as anywhere with this pattern: confirm which jurisdiction an address falls in before relying on any particular permit requirement, utility rate or ordinance. It is a question the City can answer in a phone call.
It also matters for records. If a property is in the Township, the City’s building department will not hold its permit history, and vice versa. Starting the search in the wrong office is a wasted afternoon.
Postwar housing
With 662 units from the 1950s and 701 from the 1970s, most inspections here fall into one of two closely related patterns, separated by about twenty years of expectations.
On the 1950s stock the electrical service was sized for a household with a fraction of today’s demand. Nearly all have been upgraded, but upgrades range from a genuine rewire to a new panel with original distribution still behind it, and circuits added in stages by different hands are common. Plumbing has usually been renewed in part rather than in whole. Roofs are on their third or fourth covering, and foundations have had seventy years of freeze and thaw.
On the 1970s stock the same story runs about one generation behind: second or third round mechanical equipment, windows replaced once, and insulation and ventilation that reflect the standards of the day rather than current ones. On a house of that era there is very often a worthwhile improvement available in the attic.
With roughly 49% of the housing something other than a detached house, attached and multi-unit property comes up regularly. On a condominium the association documents decide where your responsibility ends and the association’s begins, and reading them before closing is worth the evening. For a small multi-unit building bought as an investment, a commercial inspection to the CCPIA standard is usually the right scope.
Radon testing and mold inspection and testing can be added to either kind of visit.
The buried line
On any property there are two buried pipes that belong to the owner: the water line coming in, and the sanitary line going out. Only one of them can be inspected.
On a Davison house built in the 1950s that drain line has been in the ground seventy years, and on one from the 1970s, fifty — in both cases under a lot that has had exactly that long to grow trees over it. We will not name a material from a build year, because no authoritative source establishes what Davison laterals are generally made of, and a guess in a report is worse than no statement at all.
A sewer camera inspection records what is actually inside: roots, cracks, displaced joints, bellies or blockages where they exist, and a clear run where they do not. On this housing stock it is among the most useful things you can buy before closing, and it is added to the same appointment rather than booked separately.
It is also the honest counterweight to a page that has spent some time on things nobody can see. Most of what is buried stays a question mark. This part does not have to.
You can read what our clients say, look through answers to common questions, or get in touch about a specific address in Davison.
Local information from City of Davison — notice on unsolicited water system mailings and owner responsibility · City of Davison — building, planning and zoning department and permits · City of Davison — shared sewer services proposal with Davison Township. Municipal requirements change — verify current details with the municipality.
Radon in Genesee County
Zone 2 is the middle EPA category — the predicted average indoor level across the county sits between 2 and 4 pCi/L.
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 · Genesee County radon and inspection coverage
Zone from the EPA Map of Radon Zones.
Why choose us
Five reasons people here pick us as their Davison 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
Outstanding precision and attention to detail! Helps being able to make a truly informed decision about a home! Also, they are very veteran-friendly! No complaints here!
Desmond SheppardFlint, MINoah Scott was very thorough and explaining things to us, especially in regard to a possible mold problem.
Claudette GranvilleFlint, 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, MIWhat happens
Questions
You do. The City states directly that the property owner is responsible for the portion of the water system running from the City main to the home. The sanitary line running out of the building to the sewer is the owner’s as well.
No. The City published a notice about unsolicited mailings of that kind, stating that it does not endorse the service and has no relationship with the company sending them. It suggested residents check whether their existing homeowners insurance already provides similar coverage, and investigate before signing up for that or any similar service.
No. A buried supply line is not visible and we do not determine what one is made of or what condition it is in. We report the visible supply piping inside the building where accessible, the materials we can see, and any point where the material changes or a repair has been made.
Yes. The building department issues and inspects permits for construction, sidewalks, driveways, curb cuts, fences and signs. That is worth knowing when you buy, because flatwork changes how water moves around a building and a permitted job leaves a dated record.
No — they are separate governments with separate rules and separate records. The City even publishes an evaluation of a proposal for shared sewer services between the two. Confirm which one an address sits in before relying on any permit requirement or ordinance, and before requesting permit history.
Mostly postwar. About 1,887 of roughly 2,589 units — 73% — were built between 1940 and 1979, with 701 from the 1970s and 662 from the 1950s, and only around 141 units added in the last twenty-five years.
Yes. Roughly 49% of the housing is something other than a detached house. We inspect the accessible components of the unit and, where access allows, the building it sits in. The association documents decide where your responsibility ends, and for a small multi-unit building bought as an investment, a commercial inspection to the CCPIA standard is usually the right scope.
On this housing stock, yes. The lateral belongs to the owner, on a 1950s house it has been in the ground seventy years, and mature planting has had the same time to find it. Unlike the water service, it can actually be looked inside. A camera inspection documents roots, cracks, displaced joints, bellies or blockages where they exist, and is added to the same visit.
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