Why New Homes Need Home Inspections
by Jean Groesbeck ~ October 26th, 2008. Filed under: Home Inspections.Pre-Owned Homes and New Construction Should be Inspected
Most builders strive hard to build a quality product…a home or condo that not only looks good, but has quality throughout.
However, in the course of building a home, there are a lot of details and most often many subcontractors are used.
If you talk to someone that has moved into a new home and ask them if everything was perfect, their response is probably going to be that they had a punch list of items that the contractor needed to correct. It could be a simple as a garbage disposal that needs the reset switch pushed, or something significant like an unconnected shower drain that drains into the crawl space under the house. (Yes, this happened.)
Having the home inspected before you do the walk-through can save a lot of time and inconvenience in the long run. It also gives the builder time to make any corrections to the home before closing. When you do have the walk-through with the builder, you can concentrate on learning things about the systems and equipment the builder put into your home instead of focusing on those items that need touchup.
We recommend you have any property your purchase inspected by a Certified Real Estate Inspector. Here is a link that explains what an inspector looks for:
What Does An Inspector Look For?
I also suggest that if your builder offers a one year warranty as most builders do, you plan on having a second home inspection prior to your one year anniversary. Most home inspectors will offer this second inspection at a reduced price if they were the one that did the pre-purchase inspection.
For the anniversary inspection, the inspector will look for signs of unusual wear, defects that were not visible previously, leaks that might have developed, water problems etc. That way you can get items corrected while they are still under the builder’s warranty!
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