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
Book a home inspection in Montgomery, NY with Longs GCS LLC and radon testing runs during the same visit, because the EPA places all of Orange County in Radon Zone 1, its highest category for predicted indoor radon. Chris knows what to look for in a village house that predates 1800 and what shortcuts to check on a new build outside Maybrook.
Chris goes through the roof, structure, electrical, plumbing, heating, and drainage of the house you have under contract, with you beside him the whole time. In a town where an 1800s village home and a brand-new build can sit minutes apart, he adjusts the checklist to the house in front of him instead of running the same script everywhere.
When you want a professional read on a house before committing to a bid, Chris walks it with you and flags the expensive problems: a roof at the end of its life, active water in the basement, a heating plant on borrowed time. It is a shorter visit than a full inspection, and it can keep you from writing an offer you would regret.
The complete top-to-bottom examination before you close, documented in a photo-rich report. Every defect comes with a picture, a location, and plain-language notes on what it means, so your attorney and your contractor work from the same facts you do.
New framing hides mistakes as well as old plaster does. Before you close on a newly built home, Chris checks the details a code sign-off does not cover: kickout flashing, duct sealing, attic insulation depth, grading at the foundation. Builders fix punch lists far more willingly before closing than after.
Sellers in Montgomery's older housing stock often hear about a problem for the first time from their buyer's inspector, at the worst point in the negotiation. A pre-listing inspection puts that knowledge in your hands first, so you can repair, disclose, or price accordingly before the sign goes up.
An annual check of the systems that fail quietly: roof coverings, flashing and seals, gutters and grading, the furnace heat exchanger, attic ventilation. For owners of older village homes especially, catching movement or moisture a year early is the difference between a repair bill and a restoration project.
Here is what actually shows up on inspection day when you book Chris.
The Town of Montgomery wraps three villages, Montgomery, Walden, and Maybrook, around a stretch of the Wallkill River, and the housing changes character block by block. Inside the village, the Bridge Street Historic District holds homes built as early as 1792, with the stone foundations, plaster walls, and layered renovations two centuries produce. Past the village water and sewer lines, a full home inspection also has to account for the private well, which is why Chris brings water testing and analysis to the same appointment instead of sending you off to book a separate lab visit.
Chris built his process around a single visit. While he works through the structure, a continuous monitor handles the radon testing that Orange County’s Zone 1 status makes hard to justify skipping. He collects samples for a mold assessment wherever moisture has left a trail, draws well water for laboratory analysis, and puts the furnace and air conditioning through a full heating and cooling evaluation. You schedule once, and everything lands in the same report.
Our Orange County route includes our Blooming Grove service area and Thompson Ridge; see all service areas.
The problems below come with the territory, from 1790s village blocks to last year's subdivisions.
The EPA assigns Orange County to Radon Zone 1, the highest of its three categories, where average indoor levels are predicted to exceed the 4 pCi/L action threshold. The gas enters through slab cracks, sump pits, and stone foundations, and it has no smell or color. Chris runs radon testing as part of the standard visit rather than treating it as an optional extra.
The oldest houses in the Bridge Street Historic District date to 1792, and the surrounding blocks carry generations of add-ons. Chris looks for the usual pairings: stone foundations with mortar loss, plaster concealing old splices, sill beams sitting near grade, and panels that grew one circuit at a time. Age by itself is not a defect. Undocumented work usually deserves a closer look.
Once you leave the village water lines, the house drinks from its own well, and nobody tests that water unless you do. Chris draws samples during the inspection and sends them out for laboratory analysis, then looks over the pressure tank, wellhead, and visible supply piping while he is there, so well questions get answered on the same trip as everything else.
The same properties that run on wells usually run on septic, and a failed leach field is one of the most expensive surprises a buyer can inherit. The inspection covers the visible warning signs: soggy or unusually lush ground over the field, slow drains through the whole house, and odors near the tank. When the evidence warrants it, Chris will tell you plainly to bring in a septic contractor for a dye or camera evaluation before closing.
The Town of Montgomery has become a logistics hub, with projects like Medline's 1.3 million square foot distribution center bringing hundreds of jobs to town, and new housing follows that kind of payroll. Fast construction schedules leave a familiar trail: missing kickout flashing, ductwork left unsealed inside chases, thin spots in attic insulation, and grading that slopes back toward the foundation. A pre-closing inspection catches these while the builder still has to answer for them.
What buyers and sellers around Montgomery ask most, answered plainly.
Schedule Your InspectionReal Google reviews from clients of Longs GCS Home Inspections.
“I had a great experience working with Chris and his team. Chris was prompt, courteous, and gave a very comprehensive inspection report on my new home. In addition, because I am moving from another state, and was not able to attend the inspection, Chris offered to do a zoom call with me, which I thought was great customer service. I would highly recommend Long GCS Corporate Home Inspections.”
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“Chris came to me highly recommended and did not disappoint. His inspection was thorough, he kept me aware as he went through the house what his concerns were and how to address them, and his report was done quickly. I would absolutely use Chris again for any future home inspection needs.”
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