I have my first newer home inspection coming up (about 2 years old) and ironically I looked at the house just recently as a potential buyer, so at a quick glance, there wasn’t much to note and its on a slab. My question is, what do reports look like on these newer homes, is it normal to only find 3-4 defects that should be reported? I guess for the home buyer if that’s the case it would be a good thing but I feel like it would be a rather lame looking report.
It all depends on what you put into a report. Clients like to see the good things about a building as well, plus information on heating/cooling units, water heater, what’s inside the attic, etc. Plus, someone to make sure the builder didn’t cut any corners. One of my good reports on a new/never lived in home, ranges around 25 to 30 pages. I have yet to find a home with nothing wrong!
And I guess my question is kind of a dumb one when I say it out loud but I was essentially wondering if its okay to hand over a report with almost nothing on it if there is truly nothing to report
Depends what the seller fixed and or broken after moving in. I just looked at a brand new house, 30 deficiencies. Half of the stuff the builder left to “finish after finding buyer”. New just means new building material
@ Brian, Don’t let your guard down, tradesman slap them together anymore! Crossed water lines at fixtures, cabinet doors hung crooked. Usually the newer the home the harder I hit them for Not doing their jobs right. (Brand new homes). When a home is older you have to set expectations for the client.
Have fun.
I have never been to a home, even a brand new build, that had so few issues with it as 3 - 4. I have been to homes that were really nice but I always find so many common issues, some big and some small, that the report never comes out clean.
Im doing the safety training and I was wondering if anyone have found a marijuana operation doing an inspection. I never though about this untill now and to be honest If I found one, I dont even know if I will do the inspection or reported to the authorities.