North Royalton Ohio to Start Exterior Visual Inspections of All Residential Properties
Beginning in April, the building department of the city of North Royalton will begin exterior inspections of every home. Ward 1 homes will the first to be inspected, with Ward 2 home inspections sometime in May. All inspections are expected to be completed by September. From that point on, homes will be visually inspected every 6 months. If a homeowner is unable to make the necessary repairs, help may be available through the director of community development.
There are many cities in our area that have what is called a POS which stands for point of sale inspection. Some of the cities that have these POS inspections are Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, Euclid, Garfield Heights, and Maple Heights. Here you can find more information on point of sale cities. Always make sure you call the city to verify cost and other pertinent details. In many of the POS cities, only those homeowners that are selling their homes are subject to this inspection.
City officials in North Royalton feel that visual exterior inspections should be for all property owners, not just those that are selling. I agree. I used to live in a POS city and when I sold my home, there was an inspection of the inside and outside of my home. I was cited for a broken window pane in the basement, a handrail that needed to be scraped and painted, and several sections of my concrete drive that had sunk in certain spots. In the end, the driveway cost about $2000 as I could not find a contractor who was willing to replace only certain sections of the drive. It was all or nothing.
In the meantime, my neighbors, who were not selling, had similar issues with their driveways, peeling paint on the windows and porches, loose gutters, etc... yet they were not required to make any repairs because they were not selling.
So I think North Royalton has the right idea. It's smart to assess all the homes in the city so that minor problems don't turn into major ones and it's fair for all residents.
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