Real Estate Septic Inspection In Travis County
Get The Septic Checked Before You Close
Under contract on a septic home? We inspect the system inside your option period, so you know what you're buying while you can still negotiate.
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Home Sale Septic Checks
A septic inspection before closing tells you what the system needs while the deal can still change. One check you can make today: if the lot is within 2,000 feet of Lake Travis, the sale also needs a new LCRA approval, so call sooner.
Any Of These Happening To You?
Under contract on a septic home?
Option period ending soon?
Listing a house with spray heads?
Lot close to Lake Travis?
Seller can't find pump records?
If one of these fits, get the system looked at while the contract still gives you room.
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Buying or selling on septic, from Lakeway to Kyle? We'll handle your Travis County real estate septic inspection.
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The Inspection, Up Close
What a Real Estate Septic Inspection Covers Here
You're about to own, or hand over, a system nobody can see from the driveway. A property septic evaluation shows you where it stands before you sign, and it's one of the residential services we handle across the county.
Which side of I-35 the house sits on shapes what you're taking on. West of it, thin soil over limestone usually means an aerobic unit with spray heads. East of it, Houston Black clay hardly drains, so the drainfield has no spare capacity. We test either one.
What You Learn From The Visit
A listing photo shows the house, not the tank. We test the whole system and inspect each of its parts, then write up what we found in plain words, so everyone in the deal is reading the same thing.
How It Runs
Timed To Your Option Period
01
Call With Your Dates
Give us the address and the day your option period ends, so the visit lands with room left to negotiate.
02
We Find The Lids
We find the tank and dig to the lids, and we warn you before any deep digging, so the seller doesn't have to find them first.
03
We Look It Over
We run a full test of the system and inspect its parts, so you know what you're buying or selling.
04
We Explain What We Saw
Everyone in the deal gets our detailed findings in plain words, so you can decide what to ask for.
WHAT TO EXPECT
One Price For Each System
Each septic system on the property is $400 to inspect, whichever side of the sale books it. Not sure how many systems the lot has, or what yours would run? Give us a call and we'll talk it through.
$400
Per septic system on the lot, the same for buyers and sellers, so you know the number before you book.
Option period
Call with the day yours ends. We aim to be on the property early enough that what we find still has time to reach the negotiation.
3-5 yrs
Ask the seller when the tank was last pumped. A conventional tank usually goes three to five years, so that date tells you what's coming.
Permits In Travis County
Who Signs Off On Septic At Your Address
If the house sits inside LCRA's zone, within 2,000 feet of Lake Travis, a sale brings LCRA's resale inspection rule: the new owner needs a new approval, and that comes with an inspection. Knowing the system first gives you time to deal with what we find.
Everywhere else the office depends on the lot: Travis County on unincorporated land, Austin Water inside its jurisdiction, Hays County septic rules in Buda, Kyle and Mountain City. If a finding needs a repair permit, we handle it.
Lots That Split Two Offices
Lakeway lots split between Travis County and LCRA, so a listing there can fall under either office. Tell us the address and we'll tell you which one it is, so you're not guessing before you list.
City Addresses On Septic
Buying or selling an Austin home on septic? A real estate septic inspection in Austin runs the same way wherever the house sits, and on Lake Austin frontage, Austin Water is the office a repair would answer to. In Dripping Springs and West Lake Hills it's the city, not the county. Everywhere else, give us the address and we'll name the office.
Why HomeField
Built Around Your Closing
A closing has buyers, sellers, agents and a lender waiting on one visit. Give HomeField Travis County the day your option period ends, and we plan around it, from our base in west Austin.
After closing, an aerobic system still owes Texas its inspections. An Advantage Plan carries them for you; plans start at $39 a month, and we'll go over the options when you call.
What To Expect From HomeField
One price, either side
Tank visually inspected
Plain-words explanation
Repair permits handled
Right office for your lot
Based in west Austin
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MAINTENANCE PLAN
Choose Your Advantage Plan
Once the keys change hands, an Advantage Plan covers the inspections an aerobic system legally needs, so keeping up with them never lands on your to-do list.
InspectionAdvantage Plan
Stay compliant and keep an eye on things. Repairs billed as they come.
MID-TIER
MechanicalAdvantage Plan
Everything in Basic, plus repairs on the parts that actually fail out here.
Full CoverageAdvantage Plan
Mechanical, electrical, sprinkler heads, and pumping after year one.
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