Hello fellow bloggers, especially those who have use a private home inspector during the construction process. We are looking for information regarding the process, when did you have the inspector do an inspection, and how you located your inspector.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Our inspector likes to do the inspection in three phases; framing, pre-drywall, and final. He is married to our realtor and they are both family friends, so that's how we got in touch with him. I would recommend talking to your realtor. They usually have a list of inspectors for clients to choose from and can maybe recommend someone that they've worked with.
Our Inspector was my hubby's uncle. He's a custom home builder and own's the company he builds for so... He knows his stuff!
He came out a few days prior to pre-drywall (before the insulation went in). He got us his report, and we gave it to our PM (emailed him what he said) right away. Every issue was addressed and fixed by pre-drywall meeting! =)
No family members here...I did a google search on Delaware Home Inspection and found a webpage for the National Associate of Home Inspectors...you then select your state and can then get a list.
http://www.nahi.org
I then did a little research and found a couple that specifically talked about inspecting new home building and why it was important and then looked for ones that suggested doing the inspections in 2 or 3 phases like nkyRavenna mentions above...I crossed them off the list if they only thought a final inspection was necessary. Now here is where we got a pleasant surprise...our first choice told use that in their experience Ryan Homes does a really really good job and if we wanted to save some money they could just do a final inspection and that should be good enough. While we didn't have any doubts about how good a home RH builds this information from a professional was very reassuring...we will however be having 2 inspections done...pre-drywall and final...both of these a couple of days before our walk-thrus.
If you only decide to do one, I'd do the pre-drywall. That way everything structual is finished, the roof is on, all the trades are finished, etc. Everything that will be hidden is still visible.
@NkyRavenna - I agree
Thank you all for your helpful information. With this information, we have been in contact with a few inspectors and will finalize our selection within the next few days.
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