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Plumbing Inspection in Maine

Across the 12 Maine towns we route calls in, 19% 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

Across the 12 Maine towns covered here, 19% of owner households moved in during 2018 or later. Nearly every one of those sales involved an inspection, and every one of those inspections excluded the buried sewer lateral.

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 Maine

Towns in Maine	Count
Change hands often (28% of owners or more since 2018)	0
About the middle (16–28%)	9
Rarely change hands (under 16%)	3

The spread inside the state is the point. Berwick is highest at 25% of owners having arrived since 2018; South Berwick is lowest at 13%. A state figure describes neither of them.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25038, 2023 release. Weighted across 55,974 occupied housing units, of which 40,659 are owner-occupied. This measures recent moves as a share of the housing stock, not sales per year.

The largest towns we route in Maine

Town	Owners who moved in since 2018	Occupied homes
Biddeford	19%	9,982
Saco	19%	8,851
Sanford	23%	7,236
Wells	16%	5,006
York	18%	4,550
Kittery	15%	4,060
Berwick	25%	3,497
Kennebunkport	17%	3,405

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 Maine

Checking a credential in Maine

Maine licenses are issued by the Maine Plumbers' Examining Board, Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.

Towns we route in Maine

Alfred 18% moved in since 2018
Berwick 25% moved in since 2018
Biddeford 19% moved in since 2018
Eliot 23% moved in since 2018
Kennebunkport 17% moved in since 2018
Kittery 15% moved in since 2018
Ogunquit 14% moved in since 2018
Saco 19% moved in since 2018
Sanford 23% moved in since 2018
South Berwick 13% moved in since 2018
Wells 16% moved in since 2018
York 18% moved in since 2018

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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