06/22/2026
🏡 Buying a brand-new home? Here's something most buyers don't realize…
A new home isn't automatically a flawless home. It's built fast, by many trades, under deadline pressure — and small things get missed. The city's code inspection only confirms the minimum. It's not someone walking the home on YOUR behalf.
Here's the part that surprises people: you actually want two inspections.
✅ One before closing — so if a defect shows up later, the builder can't claim it happened on your watch. It puts the home's condition on record at the moment of sale.
✅ One around the 11-month mark — before your builder's one-year warranty expires, while those settling and installation issues are still the builder's job to fix.
Miss that window, and those repairs become YOUR bill down the road.
Our latest blog breaks down exactly what to ask your inspector to check — plus a free, printable checklist you can bring with you. 👇
One call. One appointment. Complete peace of mind.
There's a common assumption that a brand-new home is a flawless home. After all, everything is new, it was just built to code, and the local building department signed off on it. So why would you need an inspection?The honest answer: a new home is built fast, by many different trades, under deadline...