Hazel Park, Michigan
Looking for a Hazel Park home inspector? We do certified home, commercial, mold and radon inspections in Hazel Park, seven days a week. Home inspection reports come back in 24 hours.
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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 Hazel Park 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 Hazel Park and across Oakland 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 Hazel Park 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 reportHazel Park housing stock
Hazel Park has roughly 7,256 housing units and about 87% of them are single-family detached. Age is the most useful single fact about a house before anyone has seen it. It narrows down what is worth checking first, and it is why two places of much the same size can need quite different inspections.
If the town has a defining decade it is the 1950s, which accounts for 2,076 homes, around 29% of the housing stock.
The median owner-occupied home here is valued at $129,300.
Treat this as a starting list, not a diagnosis. A Hazel Park home inspector checks these things early in a home of this age and then records what is genuinely there, which is often not what the era would suggest.
Housing figures: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2022 five-year estimates.
When Hazel Park was built
86% of homes here run on utility gas, and 22 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 173 use bottled or LP gas.
Local knowledge
Hazel Park is a small, dense, old city of detached houses, and the age of the housing is the single most useful thing to know about inspecting here.
Of roughly 7,256 housing units, about 21% predate 1940, 13% date from the 1940s and 29% from the 1950s — something like 63% built before 1960 — with a median build year of 1956 and around 87% single-family detached. Almost everything here is a whole house, and most of it has been standing for seventy years or more.
On housing that old the build year stops being informative. Everything with a shorter service life has been replaced, repaired or left running past its design life, usually in some combination nobody has a complete record of. We will not reason from the year to what is installed — the only reliable way to know is to look at the house.
Before you buy
Seventy years on
With roughly 63% of the city built before 1960 and 21% of it before 1940, this is a housing stock that has been through several complete cycles of replacement.
A roof, a furnace, a water heater and windows all have service lives far shorter than seventy years, so each has been renewed at least once or is running well past its design life. The electrical service and supply plumbing have had the same period to be extended, altered or partly replaced, often by different hands at different times.
Two houses of the same age on the same street can therefore be entirely different by now. Some have been comprehensively updated; others have original components still in service. A home buyer inspection establishes which — reporting the roof, structure, foundation, drainage, electrical, heating and cooling, plumbing and the accessible interior, photographed and written up with how urgent each finding is, and saying plainly what could not be reached.
Heating
Among the forms the Building Department publishes is a furnace and heating plant inspection record. Several communities in this region ask for something similar, and they tend to be the ones with older housing.
It is worth being precise about what such a record establishes. A contractor inspecting a furnace is answering whether the equipment is safe to operate at that moment. That is a useful thing to know and not the same as a condition assessment — a heating system can be signed off as safe and still be within a year or two of replacement.
An inspection answers the broader question: what condition the equipment is in, how old it is, how the installation looks, whether the venting is right, how it performs on the day, and roughly how much service life is left. On a house with a median build year of 1956, the gap between those two answers is where a buyer most often gets caught out.
The department also handles permits for building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, right-of-way and sign work, and registers contractors. Permit history is worth checking on a property of this age, with the usual caution: a permit does not establish that work is in good condition today, and nothing on file does not establish that it was done badly.
Rentals
The Building Department is responsible for conducting all rental inspections in the city, alongside business inspections and inspections of tagged buildings.
We found no residential point-of-sale requirement here of the kind several Downriver cities operate. Confirm the position for a specific address with the department rather than relying on our search — municipal requirements change and this is worth a phone call. But where none applies, the inspection you commission is the only one examining the house on your behalf.
What we assess outside the building is how it manages water: accessible grading, gutters and downspouts and where they discharge, foundation conditions, the basement or crawlspace and sump equipment where present, documented as found. On a small lot in a dense older city, where the water goes matters more than people expect. Radon testing and mold inspection and testing can be added to the same appointment.
The buried line
On a housing stock where a fifth of the properties predate 1940, the private sewer lateral is one of the least known things about any of them.
It runs underground from the house to the public system and no visual inspection can see inside it. Seventy years or more is ample time for tree roots to find a joint, for ground movement to displace a section, or for repairs to have been made that nobody now remembers. We will not name a material from a build year, because no authoritative source establishes what Hazel Park laterals are generally made of.
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. It is added to the same visit. Alongside it, commercial building inspections follow the CCPIA standard for offices, retail, multifamily and warehouse property.
Local information from City of Hazel Park — Building Department · City of Hazel Park — Building Department forms and permits · City of Hazel Park — permits. Municipal requirements change — verify current details with the municipality.
Radon in Oakland County
Zone 2 is the middle EPA category — the predicted average indoor level across the county sits between 2 and 4 pCi/L. What a zone cannot tell you is anything about one house: 29% of tests actually run in Oakland County still came back at or above the EPA’s 4 pCi/L action level. Zones are drawn around counties, not around addresses, which is why the only number that settles the question is the one from the house itself.
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 · Oakland County radon and inspection coverage
Zone from the EPA Map of Radon Zones. Elevated-result share from the Michigan Indoor Radon Program.
Why choose us
Five reasons people here pick us as their Hazel Park 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
Would recommend using Trademark Inspection Services. Ora was our inspector; he was thorough, knowledgeable and personable. His report was timely and informative. This put us at ease knowing we could be the most informed about the property.
Chris BeuteHazel Park, MIKurt did a fantastic job with our home inspection today! He was extremely thorough and took the time to explain everything in a way that was easy for me to understand. I really appreciated his patience and professionalism throughout the entire inspection. He answered all of my questions and gave me a much better understanding of the home, which gave me a lot of confidence moving forward with my house purchase. I highly recommend Kurt to anyone looking for a knowledgeable, thorough, and trustworthy home inspector!
alpha tarawallyHazel Park, 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
Older than most of the region. Of roughly 7,256 housing units, about 21% predate 1940, 13% date from the 1940s and 29% from the 1950s — something like 63% built before 1960 — with a median build year of 1956 and around 87% single-family detached. Most houses here have been standing seventy years or more, which means everything with a shorter service life has been replaced, repaired or left running. Which applies to a particular house is not something the build year can tell you.
The Building Department publishes a furnace and heating plant inspection record, and several communities in this region with older housing do something similar. Worth understanding what it establishes: a contractor inspecting a furnace is answering whether the equipment is safe to operate at that moment. That is not a condition assessment. A heating system can be signed off as safe and still be close to the end of its service life, which is the question an inspection answers.
We found no residential point-of-sale requirement of the kind several Downriver cities operate. The Building Department is responsible for conducting all rental inspections, alongside business and tagged building inspections. Confirm the position for a specific address with the department rather than relying on our search — municipal requirements change. In the meantime, plan on your own inspection being the one examining the house on your behalf.
The Building Department publishes a contractor registration form, so contractors working in the city register with it. If you are choosing between quotes after an inspection, asking whether a contractor is registered with the City is a straightforward check. The department also handles permits for building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, right-of-way and sign work, so most home improvement projects of any substance will involve it.
The Building Department conducts all rental inspections in the city, alongside business inspections and inspections of tagged buildings. If you are buying a let property or intending to let one, that inspection regime is part of what you take on, and the department is the place to confirm where a particular property stands. Knowing the condition of the roof, heating, electrical and plumbing before you close is what tells you how comfortably a property will meet a compliance standard.
On this housing stock it is worth serious consideration. With around a fifth of properties predating 1940 and 63% built before 1960, many private laterals here have been in the ground seventy years or more. The line is buried, no visual inspection can see inside it, and we would not guess a material from a build year — no authoritative source establishes what Hazel Park laterals are generally made of. Putting a camera down the line documents roots, cracks, displaced joints, bellies or blockages where they exist, and is added to the same appointment.
Yes. You can book a Hazel Park home inspector with us seven days a week, and we cover the rest of Oakland 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.
More on cost, timing and what is included on the FAQ page.
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