Final builder inspection 🏡🛠️ after one year — is this home really ready to hand over? 👀

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Today I met up with an HOA home builder representative to go through the final inspection checklist for this newly built home.

Here’s how this process works ⬇️

When a new construction home is finished, the builder typically keeps it under a 1-year warranty.

After a year, the builder comes back out for one final walkthrough and inspection.

Any necessary touch-up work, repairs, or corrections are scheduled and completed.

Once this is done, the builder fully relinquishes responsibility of the property to the homeowner.

This step is crucial because it ensures:
✔️ The home is stable after the first year of settling
✔️ Warranty items (paint touch-ups, drywall cracks, small repairs) are fixed before the warranty ends
✔️ The homeowner receives the property in the best possible condition moving forward

As a property manager, being present for this walkthrough also allows me to:

Document the condition of the home

Plan for any future tenant move-ins

Confirm that the builder is holding up their end of the contract

This is one of those behind-the-scenes steps in real estate and property management that protects both the homeowner’s investment and the future tenants’ experience.

Another box checked, another property one step closer to being ready for the market.
Let’s Go! 💪

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