Metamora, 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 Metamora 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 Metamora and across Lapeer 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 Metamora 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 reportMetamora housing stock
Metamora has roughly 232 housing units and about 86% 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 years before 1940 — 76 homes, around 33% of the town.
The median owner-occupied home here is valued at $220,300.
None of this is a prediction about a particular house. It is where a Metamora 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 Metamora was built
93% of homes here run on utility gas. Another 4 use bottled or LP gas.
Local knowledge
Metamora is a small village that does an unusual amount itself. It runs its own police department and its own fire department, it has a water and sewer department, and it states its own legal form on its government page — established in 1838 and operating as a General Law Village under Act 3 of 1895, with a link to the statute itself.
Almost no village says that out loud, and it is worth understanding for what it is. It means the framework Metamora operates under is one set by state statute rather than a charter its own residents wrote. We are not going to interpret the act — we have not read it and it is not our field. The practical consequence for someone buying here is simpler: the office at 48 E. High Street is the place to confirm how any of it lands on a particular parcel, and it is a small enough village that they will know.
There is one genuinely useful thing about that office. It opens Monday and Tuesday from 9am to 4pm, Thursday the same, and is closed on Friday — but on Wednesday it stays open until 6pm. For a buyer who works days, that Wednesday evening is the one slot in the week when you can stand at the counter and ask in person rather than leaving a message. Plan the awkward questions for a Wednesday.
A home inspection is not a code inspection or a permit search and we do not present it as one. What we establish is what is physically there and what condition it is in, and we flag work that looks as though it was done without the benefit of a permit — which is the cue to take a specific address to that counter.
Before you buy
The housing
Metamora has roughly 232 housing units and about 86% of them are single-family detached, with a median build year of 1972. That matters more than it sounds, because it puts the middle of this housing stock in a decade with its own specific list rather than the post-war list that fits most of the villages around here.
Aluminum branch circuit wiring is the first of them. It was installed in a lot of houses in that period, it is not a defect in itself, and what matters is how the terminations were made and whether anything has been done about them since. We report it where we find it, plainly and without drama, because it is a question a buyer should be able to take to an electrician rather than a surprise after closing.
Urea-formaldehyde foam insulation turns up in some mid-to-late 1970s homes. It is uncommon, and where it appears it is worth identifying properly rather than guessing at from an attic hatch.
The rest is the arithmetic of age. A 1972 house is past fifty, so the roof covering is likely on its second or third generation, the heating and water heating equipment several replacements deep, and the original electrical service capacity was sized for a 1972 household rather than a modern one. Windows and exterior doors are usually the clearest record of how much the property has been kept up.
Foundations of that period are typically poured concrete or block, and their condition depends far more on how water has been managed around the building than on how they were built. Radon testing and mold inspection and testing can be added to any visit, and commercial building inspections to the CCPIA standard are available for commercial property.
Utilities
The village has its own water and sewer department, and publishes a water fee schedule and a sewer fee schedule in its document library alongside a final bill request form. We have not opened either fee schedule and are not going to quote figures we have not read — but if you are working out what a property costs to run, both documents are there and they are the village’s own numbers rather than anybody’s estimate.
What a village supply does not cover is the plumbing on the house side of the meter, which belongs to the owner. On a median 1972 house that plumbing is over fifty years old, and while it postdates the eras people worry about most, fifty years is still long enough for supply lines, shut-offs and fixtures to be at the end of a normal service life.
So we report what can be seen: the visible supply piping and its material where it is exposed, the transitions between materials at the joins, the condition of the shut-offs, how the system behaves when it is loaded, and the visible condition of the water heater. A home inspection does not include drinking water testing and we do not present it as one.
The drainage side is worth the same attention. Where the downspouts terminate, whether there is a sump and where it discharges to, whether there is any backup arrangement, and how the ground falls away from the walls tell you more about how a basement will behave than the basement will on a dry day.
The buried line
The lateral running from the building out to the main belongs to the property, and no visual inspection reaches inside it. On a median 1972 house that pipe is past fifty unless somebody has replaced it, and a replacement is rarely documented anywhere a buyer will come across it.
We are not going to name a material from a build year. Nothing published by the village establishes what lines here are generally made of, and a guess in a report is worse than no statement at all. What we can do is put a camera in it.
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. Metamora is a village with mature trees along its streets, and roots at an old joint are the single most common thing a camera finds anywhere.
It goes on the same appointment rather than a second visit, and we deliver a full written report with photographs, generally the same day. A buyer’s inspection covers the building; the camera covers the one part of it nobody can see. You can read what our clients say, browse answers to common questions, or get in touch about a specific address in Metamora.
Local information from Village of Metamora — village government, legal form and office hours · Village of Metamora — document library, water and sewer fee schedules · Village of Metamora — village website · Village of Metamora — contact the village office. Municipal requirements change — verify current details with the municipality.
Why choose us
Five reasons people here pick us as their Metamora 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
I 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, MIThis is one of the finest companies I have come across - that means serious customer service and professionalism. Justin was the inspector and he was very thorough yet very kind to answers all the questions that came in my mind during inspection. He took enough time, no rush, and a very detailed inspection was conducted. Extremely competitive pricing and timing from the company. 100% recommend to anyone looking for any kind of property inspection!!
Chirag R MiyaniMichiganWhat happens
Questions
Monday and Tuesday 9am to 4pm, Wednesday 9am to 6pm, Thursday 9am to 4pm, and closed on Friday. The Wednesday evening is the only time in the week a buyer who works days can get to the counter in person.
It is the legal form the village states it operates under, established in 1838 and running under Act 3 of 1895 rather than a locally written charter. We are not going to interpret the statute — the practical point is that questions about how the rules apply to a specific parcel belong with the village office.
We could not establish that from the village website, and we are not going to guess. Ask the village office before you plan work, rather than assuming it runs the way a neighboring community does.
Yes. The village has its own water and sewer department and publishes a water fee schedule, a sewer fee schedule and a final bill request form in its document library.
The median build year is 1972 across roughly 232 housing units, about 86% of them single-family detached. That is meaningfully newer than most villages nearby and it changes what matters at an inspection.
It is a live question in housing of this period rather than a reason not to buy. It is not a defect in itself; what matters is how the terminations were made and whether anything has been done since. We report it where we find it so you can take it to an electrician.
Yes. The village publishes contact numbers and weekday hours for both, alongside its water and sewer department — a fair amount of municipal machinery for a village of this size.
On a median 1972 house the lateral is past fifty and no visual inspection reaches inside it. A camera inspection goes on the same visit and shows what is actually in there rather than what the build year suggests.
More on cost, timing and what is included on the FAQ page.
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