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Plumbing Inspection in Virginia

Across the 111 Virginia towns we route calls in, 22% of owner households moved in during 2018 or later. Every one of those sales came with an inspection, and every one of those inspections excluded the same list of things.

The one-paragraph answer

In Virginia, 22% of owner households across the 111 covered towns arrived in 2018 or later. The exclusions are the part worth reading: a home inspection covers what can be seen and operated, and a buried lateral is neither.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25038.

PresalePipe is a referral service, not a contractor or a home inspector. We connect homeowners and buyers with independent contractors. Contractors are required to hold whatever credential their state or municipality demands. Every state page sets out who licenses plumbers there and where to check, so you can confirm before work begins. We carry out no inspections and no work, we do not set prices, and we never charge homeowners anything — the contractors in our network pay us when we route them a call.

Turnover across Virginia

Towns in VirginiaCount
Change hands often (28% of owners or more since 2018)9
About the middle (16–28%)60
Rarely change hands (under 16%)42

The spread inside the state is the point. Occoquan is highest at 45% of owners having arrived since 2018; Woolwine is lowest at 0%. A state figure describes neither of them.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25038, 2023 release. Weighted across 1,161,237 occupied housing units, of which 768,242 are owner-occupied. This measures recent moves as a share of the housing stock, not sales per year.

The largest towns we route in Virginia

TownOwners who moved in since 2018Occupied homes
Alexandria24%147,159
Arlington22%111,897
Woodbridge25%69,862
Fairfax22%61,521
Manassas24%51,582
Falls Church22%45,475
Ashburn26%44,850
Springfield20%35,386

What is excluded, everywhere

The exclusions do not vary by state. Both InterNACHI and ASHI describe the inspection as covering readily accessible, visually observable systems and state that it is not technically exhaustive. Both exclude wells and pumps, septic and wastewater treatment, water quality and potability, fire sprinklers and gas leak testing. InterNACHI additionally names water flow and pressure, floor drains, shower pan testing and polybutylene piping.

What varies by town is how many people here have recently had a report in their hands to read the exclusions in. The full list is on its own page.

Source: InterNACHI Home Inspection Standards of Practice; ASHI Standard of Practice.

Checking a plumber in Virginia

Checking a credential in Virginia

Virginia licenses are issued by the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.

Towns we route in Virginia

Inspection report in front of you?Read us the plumbing lines and nothing else — we do not want the document. We will route you to a contractor covering your area who can quote the items on it, and you are never charged by us. Inspections are the theme here; calls of every kind are routed.

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