Home Inspection in Shaker Heights, Ohio

Licensed, InterNACHI-certified home inspections for Shaker Heights home buyers, sellers, and homeowners.

Your Shaker Heights Home Inspector

Shaker Heights is one of the region’s best-known historic suburbs, with large early 20th-century colonials, Tudors, and two-family homes on carefully planned streets. Lock Home Inspections helps Shaker Heights buyers understand the condition of these older, often larger homes.

We serve Shaker Heights and the surrounding Cuyahoga County communities with buyer’s inspections, pre-listing inspections, new construction inspections, radon testing, mold testing, and more. Evening and weekend appointments are available, and you’re always welcome to attend your inspection.

Living room interior evaluated during a Northeast Ohio home inspection
Home buyers reviewing their home inspection report on a laptop

What We Look for in Shaker Heights Homes

Historic Shaker Heights homes may feature slate or tile roofs, plaster walls, older boilers and radiators, knob-and-tube or outdated wiring, and aging plumbing and sewer lines. We take the time to inspect these homes methodically and explain what to expect in maintenance and repairs.

After your inspection, you’ll receive an easy-to-read Spectora report the same day, with photos of every item we discussed, so you and your agent can move forward with confidence.

What’s Included in Your Shaker Heights Home Inspection

Every Shaker Heights home inspection includes a thorough evaluation of the following systems and components:

Structural Systems

Foundations, basements, grading and drainage, walkways, and floor, wall, and ceiling structures.

Roofing

Roof coverings, drainage systems, flashings and skylights, chimneys, and other roof penetrations.

Electrical Systems

Service entrance and panels, branch circuits, connected devices and fixtures, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and ensuring your outlets are GFCI-protected.

Plumbing

Fixtures and faucets, water supply systems, drain, waste and vent systems, water heater, flues and chimneys, and any sump pumps or fuel storage and distribution systems.

Heating & Cooling (HVAC)

Heating and cooling equipment, ducts, vents, and flues.

Built-in Appliances

Dishwasher, garbage disposal, range hood, range or oven, cooktop, microwave, trash compactor, bathroom exhaust fans, garage door operator, and other built-in appliances.