[villages07]

Becky.... I bought last summer; the initial walkthrough with the builder's supt is actually somewhat cursory....ours lasted no more than an hour. They pretty much show you where everything is and how things work. They ask that you live in the house for about a week and keep your list of initial items and send them all in at once. As talkhost said, the Villages HOW dept is extremely efficient. Once you report your issues, the various subs have less than 5 days to contact you and make the repairs. It all works very efficiently. This process works throughout the first year. As I now approach my 1 year anniversary, I hired a certified building inspector to do a once over....he found 2 significant things and a bunch of little stuff....several things we would not have noticed. The Villages HOW dept responded to all his items. You can always hire an inspector for your initial punchlist too. Good luck.