The single most valuable inspection a new-home owner can buy — and the one almost nobody knows to schedule. Here's why month eleven is the deadline that matters.
Almost every new home in Georgia comes with a one-year builder workmanship warranty. For twelve months, the builder is obligated to fix defects in materials and workmanship — drywall cracks, HVAC imbalances, plumbing leaks, electrical faults, grading and drainage problems — at no cost to you.
The catch: the clock is silent. No one calls at month eleven to remind you. Most owners settle in, live their lives, and discover problems at month fourteen — right after the window closed and the repair bill became theirs.
You want the defect list in the builder's hands with weeks to spare, not the day before expiration. Scheduling at month eleven leaves time for us to inspect, write the report, and for the builder to actually complete repairs before the warranty ends. Wait until month twelve and you're negotiating against a deadline you'll lose.
A warranty department can dismiss a vague complaint. It's much harder to wave off a prioritized, photo-documented report citing the specific defect and the standard it violates. That's the report you get — written to be acted on, not filed away.
A single out-of-warranty HVAC, drainage, or framing repair can cost more than the inspection many times over. The inspection's whole job is to move those repairs back onto the builder's bill — while you still can.
Reach out when your home approaches its first birthday. We lock in a date with margin before the deadline.
Roof to foundation, every major system, documented with photos and tied to InterNACHI standards.
You receive a prioritized defect list — typically within 24 hours — formatted to hand straight to the warranty department.
After repairs, we come back and verify the work was actually done right — in writing.
Let's get the defect list to your builder while the repairs are still free.
