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Old 10-30-2022, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by kingofbeer View Post
Purchased a new home in Maxwell Villas all the way out on Monument Way. The closing is coming up real soon. Not very happy about the condition of the streets leading into Maxwell Villas. The streets leading up are littered with nails, sand completely covering the street, and construction debris.Not really safe to drive your car through construction debris. Also, if we find and point out problems with hanging lights and things like that in the house during the walk-through. Is the builder required to fix or replace them? Any idea why the brand new concrete driveways do not always look the same color throughout? Is this a quality control issue with the contractor?
Has the concrete completely cured yet?
Expect construction debris until the village is completely built out. We were an early build in St Cats and bought tire insurance - we had at least a half dozen claims on it.
When you do your closing, you are just doing a 'how does the heating and airconditioning work' kind of discussion. In the weeks after closing, make a list. Submit that list to warranty and they will start to have the subs call you within 48 hours.
You can have an inspection done just after closing. Some do it just before the year is out too. We have enough building experience to feel comfortable doing our own inspection. Plus, we visited our build every single day (sometimes twice) until we were locked out. We had a lot of our list made before we even closed.