I wanted to reblog this article because I've heard it too many times. "Tim, the home is brand new. Why should I spend the money to have it inspected?"
From my experience, brand new homes end up having more problems found than a resale home.
The other big reason to find them upfront and make the builder correct them is that when you go to resell in a few years, your buyer's inspector is going to find all of the problems and then will be asking you to correct them.
Via Michael Thornton - Nashville, TN area Home Inspector (Complete Home Inspections, Inc.):
Okay! So we have heard the drill before. Oh, this is a new house which has been inspected by the codes department. They have issued a CO (and as we listen to the crickets chirp, birds sing and hallelujahs spring forth from the cherub sitting on the eaves) all is in a state of bliss and peace fills every nook and cranny of the property. That is until the #@%&!!! home inspector arrives.Such as with the case of a new property that I inspected just recently in the Nashville, TN area. In this picture alone are several problems. Some like the cracked window, unpainted wood on the inside and mud spatter are quite obvious. However, the more subtile issues such as the missing sleeve on the gas line penetration at the masonry surface is not. Although you can't see it in this picture, the retaining wall does not have an adequate foundation and the wall itself is undersized for the amount of dirt it is holding back.
All in all, there were over 75 construction issues found with this 6700 sq. ft. property, and we were not being "picky". We werejust doing our job. Most of these, Brother Ray could have seen. Almost all of these were just poor attention to detail, poor workmanship on the behalf of the tradesmen, or just poor supervision by the project superintendent. Which ever the case, for a new construction property, this place was a real mess from an inspection standpoint.
As the economy tightens, many builders seem to be cutting corners, or hiring tradesmen that marginalize the building guidelines. So just because the property is new and has been "inspected" by "codes", for peace of mind, have an independent set of eyes evaluate your new property. You will be amazed at how many issues a good qualified home inspector will find.Wishing all my fellow drips and tweeps a G-r-r-r-reat day... 8-)If you or someone you know is purchasing a home in Brentwood, Franklin, Nashville, Spring Hill or Thompson's Station in the Davidson or Williamson county area of Middle Tennessee and would like more information about getting a home inspection, give us a call at 615.661.0297. You can visit us online at www.completehomeinspectionsonline.com - Check out our monthly newletterYour building consultants for life...
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