Home Inspections in Tarrytown, NY for the Hudson River Village
The village climbs from the waterfront to Main Street. Scarborough is a different hamlet, and a different page.
This page is the Village of Tarrytown — waterfront lots and uphill historic houses — not Scarborough. Chris Long is licensed in NY & CT, an ASHI member, with more than four decades of inspections.
Home Inspection Services in Tarrytown, NY
Buyer's Inspection
The full working-over of the house you are under contract on: structure, roof, electrical, plumbing, and mechanicals, read against the block it stands on — waterfront flats or uphill pre-war streets. Chris walks it with you; the photo report follows within 24 hours.
Pre-Offer Walkthrough
When a Tarrytown listing draws multiple bids and the seller will not wait for a contract-period inspection, Chris walks the property with you before you commit. You get his read on the big-ticket systems and any deal-changing problems, which turns a blind bid into an informed one.
Pre-Purchase Inspection
A complete pre-closing evaluation for buyers who want every system documented before the deed changes hands. Radon, mold, and water checks fold into the same appointment as the standard inspection, so nothing gets deferred until after you own the problem.
New Construction Inspection
Condo and co-op conversions near the station, plus newer infill on infill lots, get inspected before the closing walkthrough so punch-list items get corrected on the sponsor's or builder's schedule instead of yours.
Pre-Listing Inspection
Sellers use this to find the surprises before a buyer's inspector does — roof condition, an aging boiler, oil tank evidence, or basement water history on lower streets. Finding it first lets you repair on your own timeline and negotiate from strength.
Yearly Maintenance Inspection
Pre-war village houses earn an annual once-over focused on what fails quietly: flashing, gutters, the boiler, and drainage on sloping lots. You get a prioritized list so small repairs stay small.
Why Choose Longs GCS LLC. in Tarrytown, NY
Here is what you actually get when Chris Long takes the assignment.
- Licensed in New York and Connecticut and ASHI member, so the work meets the standard on either side of the state line
- More than 45 years of inspections across Westchester’s river towns
- Photo-rich reports, delivered within 24 hours
- You walk the property alongside Chris and hear findings in plain language as he makes them
The 1885 Music Hall downtown says how long these blocks have stood. The estate-era hamlet to the north has its own story on our Scarborough, NY home inspection page. Utilities are municipal in the village, so attention goes to roofs, tanks, wiring, and river basements.
Tarrytown packs variety into a square mile and a half: apartment buildings and condos near the train, Victorian and pre-war singles on the hills, and commercial-era construction downtown. Lower streets ask floodplain questions; upper streets ask boiler-and-wiring ones. Neighboring villages differ too — Sleepy Hollow next door gets the same coverage from us even without a dedicated page yet, and north along the river our Scarborough, NY page covers the estate hamlets. Across the bridge sits Nyack, NY, inspected on the same dual-state license.
One appointment covers the whole checklist. While Chris works through the structure and the roof, the same visit folds in radon testing, a mold assessment, a tap-water sample, and a complete heating and cooling evaluation. Buyers on tight Westchester contract timelines make one scheduling call and read one report instead of juggling three vendors.
What We Commonly Find in Tarrytown Homes
Five patterns Chris keeps meeting between the tracks and the hills.
Hudson flood and basement water
Streets near the river sit low enough that storm surge and high water tables matter. Chris documents past staining, sump condition, grading, and flood-zone context so insurance enters your budget before closing rather than after the first storm season.
Pre-war village systems
Houses built before World War II usually carry decades of layered upgrades: panels expanded by earlier owners, boilers replaced in stages, plumbing mixing eras. Chris maps what he can see and flags where the layers meet awkwardly.
Oil heat and tanks without paperwork
Oil was the fuel these streets were built on, and some properties still carry buried or abandoned tanks with no records. Tank evidence gets flagged during the visit while you still have leverage to raise it with the seller.
Condo and co-op scope near the station
Transit-adjacent buildings put units behind shared walls. A unit inspection concentrates on what you own plus warning signs from the building around it — different from a single-family job, and scoped honestly before the visit begins.
Radon, framed honestly
Westchester sits in EPA radon Zone 3, its lowest predicted average (EPA Map of Radon Zones, New York). A county average is not a reading from your basement, though, and the EPA recommends testing every home regardless of zone. Chris includes the test in the standard visit.
Tarrytown Home Inspection FAQs
Village vs Scarborough vs Sleepy Hollow — send the address, then get the visit booked.
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?Should I worry about flooding if the house is near the waterfront?
?Do you inspect condos and co-ops near the train station?
?Do I need a radon test if Westchester is a low-radon county?
?What determines the cost of a home inspection in Tarrytown?
What Clients Say
Real Google reviews from clients of Longs GCS Home Inspections.
“Chris is one of the best, he tells it like it is, honest and straight forward. As a realtor, I want my buyers to clearly know the intricate facts of a home and its systems, and he does it in a way that is not in a "know it all" fashion but in a inclusive way, he wants you to have all the knowledge of the home. Authentic and real, and worth every penny!”
Suzanne WelchGoogle review
“Run, don't walk, to hire Chris for your house inspection needs. We could not trust him more, and we greatly appreciate his thorough technique and deep expertise. He provided us with extremely useful information and insights that made us feel more secure throughout the fraught process of buying a home.”
Christine Powell SheaGoogle review
One Call Inspect All: One Visit Covers the House, the Basement, and the Air Inside It
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Helpful Resources
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