[Walkabout]

When building a new home, at what points does it make sense to visit to monitor construction progress? Our guess is we'd want to come down after the concrete slab is poured but have no idea how many weeks would normally go by after contract signing before this happens.

Between the pouring of concrete and final walk-through, we assume there would be other important checkpoints but have little idea of what these would be or when they would most likely happen.

We've been advised by several of our new neighbors of the importance of closely monitoring construction progress. This makes sense. The further along construction progresses, the more expensive catching and/or correcting problems could be.

Our best guess is everyone else having had a house built has thought about this. To those of you willing to share your experience, we have two questions. First, what are the checkpoints/milestones worth a visit? (When walls go up? When the house is under roof? When wiring is pulled for plugs? When interior walls are painted? Some other time?) Second, for the above checkpoints, when should we expect these to occur?

Thanks!