A City Built in a Hurry
Structure, roof, attic, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, the exterior envelope, drainage and every interior system, three to four hours on a typical single-story house. Same scope everywhere in Brevard. What is specific to Titusville is that so much of the housing went up inside one decade, quickly, to put roofs over the people working at the Cape.
Then Apollo ended in the early 1970s, the jobs went with it, and a great deal of that housing spent the next fifty years being maintained on whatever the owner could afford. Commercial launch work has brought people back to north Brevard, and they are buying those same houses.
In Titusville the inspection is really an insurance document. A 1965 house is sixty-one years old this year. That means a 4-point is required rather than optional, the wind mitigation form will likely read toe nail and no opening protection, and the roof covering date decides whether a carrier will write you at all. Buyers here get surprised by the premium far more often than they get surprised by the house.
What the 1960s Stock Does
The list barely changes from street to street, which is what happens when a few builders put up a decade of housing at speed.
The Converted Carport
The single most common finding here. A 1960s Florida ranch came with an open carport, and at some point almost every one of them became a room, a laundry or a third bedroom. What matters is how the new roof ties into the old one, whether the slab was raised or sealed against moisture, how the electrical was extended into a space never wired for it, and whether anything got insulated. Whether it was ever permitted is a public records question for the city rather than something an inspection can answer, and it is worth asking before you close.
Jalousie Windows
Glass slats in an aluminum frame, everywhere in this housing stock, and a straight zero on the opening protection line of the wind mitigation form. They also leak conditioned air continuously, which is why a house with them costs more to cool than its size suggests. Replacing them is a real number, and it belongs in your calculation before closing rather than after.
Everything Else From That Era
Cast iron drain lines now past sixty years and at the end of their service life, which under a slab is a five-figure repair and the reason a sewer scope at $265 earns its place here. Galvanized supply piping, corroding closed from the inside, showing up as pressure that dies when a second tap opens. Original service panels including Federal Pacific Stab-Lok and Zinsco, both of which some carriers decline to write around. Aluminum branch wiring from the 1965 to 1975 window. Every one of those is on the what to expect page.
What We Do Not Do
Worth stating plainly, because two of these get asked constantly.
We do not inspect for code compliance. A home inspection reports the condition and safety of what is actually there. Code compliance on permitted construction work belongs to the city building department, and since codes are rewritten every few years, a house built correctly in 1965 will not match a 2026 code and is not required to. Reporting a sixty-year-old house as a list of current-code violations would be a long document that told you nothing about whether anything is wrong.
And we do not pull permit history. The report tells you where work has clearly been done, which on a converted carport or an added bathroom is usually obvious from the framing and the wiring. Whether a permit exists is public record and the city can tell you. A home inspection itself needs no permit and never has.
New Construction, Second Time Around
North Brevard is building again, and a new house needs a different inspection than a sixty-year-old one.
New builds fail at workmanship rather than at age. A flex duct pulled off its boot above a ceiling, a bathroom fan discharging into the attic, kick-out flashing left out where a roof meets a sidewall, grading never restored after the trades finished. None of it is visible from the living room. The timing that matters is your builder warranty, because the workmanship coverage on most of them closes at twelve months, and the case for booking at month eleven is set out on our West Melbourne benefits page.
Booking an Inspection
Titusville is the longest run we make, and it still carries no travel fee, because nowhere in Brevard does.
Price it, then call
The instant quote tool returns a real figure from square footage and inspection type. Full breakdown on the cost page, including what an older house should have booked alongside the full inspection.
Book the day your offer is accepted
Call or text 321-722-7321. Inspection periods run on calendar days through weekends. Same-day is tighter up here than it is further south, and next day is almost always available.
Utilities on, access clear
Power, water and gas live, which matters most at a vacant listing where the seller shut everything off. Clear access to the panel, the attic hatch, the water heater and the air handler, and to whatever the carport became.
Serving Titusville and North Brevard
We inspect throughout Titusville, 32780 and 32796, along US 1 and the river, out toward I-95 and north through Mims. The same rates and scheduling apply south in Cocoa and Rockledge, and across the causeway in Merritt Island and Cocoa Beach. Every area is on the Brevard service areas page.