Hi everyone. Your Tampa Bay new home expert Lance Mohr. In this video I want
to go over the pros and cons of hiring a home inspector when you're building or
buying a brand new home over the years I've noticed a lot of buyers and even
real estate agents they don't think they need to hire a home inspector when
they're getting a new home and I personally think this is a big mistake
as far as pros there's a lot of pros and I'm going to address them about getting
an inspector in there and I really don't think there's any cons so let's start
off and if you're gonna say if you're going to get a home inspection there's
two timeframes that you should get a home inspection now the one is iffy if
you should or not but it's during the framing stage before they put up the
drywall a lot of times in an inspector will go out there they'll look at
everything they'll make sure everything's done to code everything
looks good if you know what you're looking at or your Realtor knows what
they're looking at that's usually good enough but I don't think it's a bad idea
and I personally would get an inspector out there if I was a home buyer I've
looked at a ton of home so I don't really think at this point I need one
but if you're not sure I would do that now of course at the end when they're
all complete definitely get an inspector out there because let's look at it's too
late let's say you spend whatever it is for an inspection let's just say three
hundred four hundred dollars whatever it is and the inspector goes out there and
they find nothing wrong with the home great that's a good thing you have peace
of mind everything is perfect but let's say they go out there and they find a
bunch of stuff wrong with the home or just several things wrong with them and
it happens because homes are being built over several months and there's
literally thousands of moving parts so the chances of a really good detailed
inspector and that's the key not just any inspector but someone who knows what
they're doing with new construction and who's very detailed they go out there
they something's wrong you basically give it
to the Builder the Builder writes it down
and it's basically a punch list or a to-do list so a lot of times you'll go
out and you'll just be thinking everything's good but keep in mind the
Builder the person who's building the home they're not jumping on the attic or
the roof crawling through the Attic looking in every single thing in the
home like a really good inspector is going to do and sometimes I hear buyer
say well the builders hiring their own inspector and I'm sure they are and even
though they work for the Builder they're not there to mislead them they're
generally just a third party so they're looking but again I don't think they're
going to be nearly as detailed as someone that you a home buyer will look
at and hire for the inspector like my inspector
he's jumping on the roof he's crawling through the act he's checking every
electrical outlet he's looking at everything on the home right words
backwards inside outside upside down everything to make sure so I would
definitely hire an inspector if you're buying a brand-new home and if you have
any questions on new construction or if you're going to be moving to the Tampa
area I put a link below go ahead and click on it tell me a little bit about
what you're looking for where you're looking your parameters and I'll do my
best to answer your questions if you're going to be moving here if you're just
thinking and moving here and if you're in another area and you need help
finding a real estate agent that really understands new homes and new
constructions let me know I could help you out it's not a problem that won't
cost you any money I know tons of real estate agents all over the country so I
hope this helps you and I hope you get a better understanding if you should hire
an inspector or not
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