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Originally Posted by Michaeljay

Hi,
We are building in Shady Brook and will be closing in November. The wife wants to get the home inspected when we close on the home and I want to wait until closer to the one year mark. So I would like to know what others have done about getting an inspection on a new build . Was it worth it or a waste of time. No matter what we decide to do we’ll still get the home inspection before the first year is up.
Thanks

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[SusanStCatherine]

I would strongly recommend a cosmetic inspection or even whole home inspection within the first seven days. Make sure you get a receipt of the defects you submit to warranty. We submitted well over 100 issues we found ourselves. Wish we had hired an inspector who has more clout than we the homeowners. We had our whole home professionally inspected at 10 months finding over 60 remaining defects. After 12 months, you may lose any claim you have with the exception being systems and structure. BTW, many of our issues never were fixed properly, so warranty is not great to everyone. Good luck!

[HORNET]

Have up to one year for warranty , start checking out items ( by your self ) on day 1 of closing and call the Warranty Department and report your issues. First house used a Home Inspector “ waste of my money “ . Second home, started on day 1 of closing. Went over with “ fine tooth comb “ made installers and contractor prepare and replace several items. Don’t trust anyone with your problems, even made several self closing drawers be replaced when they couldn’t be adjusted properly, and a front door bottom seal replaced within the first month.

[rjm1cc]

Originally Posted by Michaeljay

What is a pre drywall inspection.From what our realtor tells us, we can not have any inspections done before closing because the developer still owns the home.

Yes this is a very good idea. We found several mistakes that would have been hard to correct latter on and the person taking us on the inspection also made several suggestions. The builder made all the suggested changes at no extra costs. (the builder was not the Villages)

[Angeloc]

Hi, when you buy a newly constructed home in the village you get a one year warranty for anything you can think of. We bought in 2019. In 2020 they changed eleven kitchen cabinet doors because my wife said the stain was not consistent throughout the kitchen. They also did some superficial concrete work. When they were unable to repair a leak in my shower which was leaking water onto the floor in front of the shower, they ripped the shower out to the studs and replaced everything new.
The warranty department is very receptive. I had an ongoing complaint that went into the next year. There was a crack in my siding on my golf cart garage which the warranty department said had to be done by my landscaper. I kept insisting that it was done by a vehicle and that it was behind a shrub installed by the villages. They sent the contractor who built the house over. When he saw the crack he agreed with me and replaced the siding within a couple of days. I have no complaints they addressed every issue that came up and rectafi it.

We are building in Shady Brook and will be closing in November. The wife wants to get the home inspected when we close on the home and I want to wait until closer to the one year mark. So I would like to know what others have done about getting an inspection on a new build . Was it worth it or a waste of time. No matter what we decide to do we’ll still get the home inspection before the first year is up.
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