Home Inspections in
Baltimore City, MD

Baltimore City is an independent city — separate from Baltimore County, with its own permits, rental licensing and housing code — and most of its homes are attached. Rowhouses share walls, roofs drain toward the alley, and a block of identical façades can hide everything from an untouched 1920s interior to a brand-new gut renovation. A Baltimore mailing address doesn’t always mean the city, though: several Baltimore ZIP codes reach into Baltimore County, so it’s worth confirming which side of the line a house is on.

What inspections in Baltimore tend to turn up

• •Formstone that has cracked or pulled away from the brick behind it
• •Worn low-slope roof membranes and failed flashing at shared roof seams and parapets
• •Rear additions and alley-side porches built with weak framing or poor flashing
• •Cloth-insulated and knob-and-tube wiring in pre-1940 rowhouses, often feeding an undersized panel
• •Roots, cracks and sags in old clay or cast iron sewer laterals
• •Gut-rehab shortcuts: notched joists, missing bathroom venting and work done without permits
• •Lead-based paint risk in pre-1978 homes

Inspections Baltimore buyers add most

Baltimore home inspection FAQ