Multi-Family Home Inspection in Brownsville, NY

What We Typically Find on Multi-Family Home Inspection in Brownsville

Brownsville's multi-family stock is mostly 1- and 2-family attached brick houses with mid-century low-rise apartment buildings interspersed. Inspection findings cluster around the age and deferred-maintenance profile: original electrical panels (60-amp services still in service in some pre-1950 stock), cast-iron drain stacks at end-of-service life, roof recoats stacked four or five layers deep on the flat-roof attached homes, and basement moisture along north walls in homes built without modern waterproofing. Fire-rated separation between legal units is routinely compromised at the basement and attic transitions — we verify this on every multi-family inspection.

What We Inspect on a Multi-Family Home Inspection

• Unit-by-unit walkthrough and documentation
• Shared plumbing stacks and drainage verification
• Electrical service entrance and separate-meter confirmation
• Fire-rated assemblies between units (floors, walls, doors)
• Common-area roof, basement, mechanical rooms
• Unit-specific HVAC, kitchens, bathrooms
• Certificate of Occupancy review (where applicable)
• Tenant-safety observations (egress, smoke/CO detectors)
• Photo-rich report sectioned per unit + common areas