Walker sits immediately northwest of Grand Rapids and its housing reflects that position: post-war ranches and split-levels through the older sections, steady subdivision growth from the 1990s onward, and pockets of newer construction still filling in.
Michigan houses fail from the ground up and the roof down, and Walker is no exception. Below grade we look closely at the basement or crawl: foundation cracking and the difference between the ordinary shrinkage kind and the kind that is moving, water staining on walls and at the slab edge, sump pump condition and whether the discharge actually carries water away from the house or merely relocates it a few feet. Above, we are looking at what freeze-thaw and lake-effect snow do to a roof over twenty winters, at ice dam damage along the eaves, and at gutter and downspout arrangements that quietly overwhelm the grading below.
Radon is worth taking seriously here. The EPA places Kent County in Radon Zone 2, where the predicted average indoor screening level falls between 2 and 4 pCi/L. Zone maps are predictive rather than definitive, which is exactly why testing the specific house matters rather than relying on the county average.
Chandler Inspections has been inspecting homes across Walker and the greater Grand Rapids area for years, and we tell you what we find in language you can act on.
