Maryland Home Inspection Checklist
The five things to check in any report, plus nine checks that only exist because the house is in Maryland.
This is the Maryland add-on to our national inspection checklist, nine extra checks for the seller disclosure loophole, termites, radon, Bay-area septic rules, and ground rent that don't exist anywhere else. See the general Home Inspection Report Checklist
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- The same five report checks that catch gaps between the walkthrough and the write-up
- Nine Maryland-only checks covering the state's seller disclosure loophole, termite reports, radon, septic rules near the Bay, and ground rent
- Built around the fact that Maryland lets sellers legally skip disclosing known defects, not a generic list with the state name swapped in
What's inside
5 universal checks + 9 Maryland-only checks. 14 total in the free PDF.
Section A: Universal checks
- Confirm every space you'd expect is actually in the report.Attic, crawl space, basement, electrical panel. If the listing or the inspector mentioned it out loud, it should show up in writing somewhere.
- Check whether the report's length matches how long the inspection took.A three-hour walkthrough that turns into two pages is a mismatch worth a phone call.
- Compare what the inspector said out loud to what ended up in writing.If you took notes during the walkthrough, pull them out and read both side by side.
Section A: Universal checks
Section B: Maryland-only checks
“This gets you far enough to know when to ask a harder question, in Maryland specifically. It won't tell you whether your seller's "as is" disclaimer is hiding something worth walking away from, how to read a BAT septic maintenance contract, or what a finding is actually worth at the negotiating table. That's the difference between noticing a report was softened and knowing what it was softened from. That's Don't Use Their Inspector.”
Sources
- Real Property § 10-702 | Justia
- Home Inspector Licensing Requirements | Maryland Dept. of Labor
- COMAR 15.05.01.14, Wood-Destroying Insect Inspections | Maryland Dept. of Agriculture
- Radon: Buying/Building a Home | Montgomery County, MD
- BAT Septic Systems Reform | Maryland Dept. of the Environment
- Ground Rent | Maryland Dept. of Assessments and Taxation
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