Providing Whole Home Inspections & Consulting Services
across Westchester & Orange Counties, NY and Fairfield County, CT
Providing Whole Home Inspections & Consulting Services
across Westchester & Orange Counties, NY and Fairfield County, CT
A home inspection in North Castle, NY starts with one number: by the town’s own count, over 90% of residents draw their water from private drilled wells. Unless the home sits in one of the town’s five small water districts, like downtown Armonk’s, it almost certainly runs on a well and a septic system. Those are the two systems a fast checklist inspection skips, and the two that cost the most after closing.
A full ASHI-standard inspection, roof to foundation, before you commit. On most North Castle properties that includes the well equipment, the septic, and how a wooded lot drains, because that is where the expensive surprises tend to be.
Thinking about an as-is offer? Chris walks the home with you before you sign and points out the red flags that should change your number: a roof near the end of its life, dated mechanicals, signs the septic is struggling.
The full deep dive before closing. Doors, windows, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, attic to basement, tested and photographed in a report you can hand straight to your attorney.
New builds need inspecting too. We come in after completion, before your final walkthrough, and catch what the punch list missed: dead outlets, unconnected vents, grading that sends water toward the foundation.
Find out what the buyer's inspector will find before they do. With North Castle requiring periodic septic inspections in the watershed areas, walking into a sale knowing your tank's condition is worth real money at the table.
A once-a-year check that catches small problems while they are still small. Especially worth it for homes with wells, septic, and the multi-zone systems larger houses carry.
At Longs GCS LLC, we inspect what North Castle homes actually have, not just the easy stuff. Here’s why homeowners from Armonk to North White Plains trust us:
North Castle is really two markets in one town: Armonk and Banksville with wooded lots and larger homes, most on wells and septic, and North White Plains, denser and closer to the Kensico Reservoir. We look hard at what each brings, from water quality to radon and buried oil tanks, so you can make an informed decision before you buy.
When you choose Longs GCS LLC for your North Castle home inspection, one visit covers it: general inspection, radon testing, mold assessment, water-quality testing, and HVAC evaluation.
Nearby, we cover Chappaqua, Pleasantville, and Bedford Corners as well, and the full list is on our service areas page.
Most of the town runs on wells and septic, and its two housing markets bring their own issues we look hard at.
Flow, pressure, pump condition, and water testing for bacteria and nitrates. The town has reported PFOA detections in some district wells, so we test district homes too.
Failing tanks, saturated leach fields, and bad grading. North Castle requires septic inspections every five years in the Kensico and Croton watersheds.
Zone maps put Westchester lower on average, but the EPA recommends testing every home. We test so you know your number.
In older oil-heated homes we look for fill pipes, vent lines, and other signs of a buried tank, a real environmental and resale liability.
Wet basements and foundation issues that start outside the house, common on North Castle's sloped, wooded lots.
Straight answers to the questions we get most in North Castle.
Schedule Your InspectionReal Google reviews from clients of Longs GCS Home Inspections.
“Chris Long of Longs GCS Home Inspections continues to be a great asset to my buyers who are looking for a truly comprehensive home inspection. Chris can do mold assessments, water testing, radon testing and has decades of experience with plumbing and HVAC systems.”
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“His work was thorough and he walked us through the entire property pointing out all the things he thought were done well and the items that needed attention. His lifetime of working in the trades made his observations very acute.”
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The guides we hand clients most often, along with our own service pages.