Home Inspections in Pasadena, California by a Licensed General Contractor

Pasadena is rich in 1900s-through-1920s Craftsman, Victorian, and period-revival homes plus mid-century and foothill stock. In Pasadena, general contractors and inspectors regularly find raised foundations on brick masonry footings, redwood mudsills, knob-and-tube remnants, and galvanized plumbing in the historic homes, with slab and hillside footings elsewhere. Soils engineers note expansive ground on the foothill lots, and structural pros flag bracing on the older houses in Pasadena. It's a celebrated, architecturally significant city, so the value is in the older foundations and systems and any foothill grading.