Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Never skip the home inspection, even if the house is brand new. I don't care what the builder tells you; you need a home inspection. There's too much at stake, too much that can go wrong, and too much gets missed with municipal inspections.
I'm not knocking municipal (city/county/AHJ) inspectors; I have extremely high respect for them and couldn't do what they do. But they don't do home inspections, and it's not the same thing. We inspect hundreds of new construction houses every year, and we continually find problems with new homes. As long as there is the potential for human error in the construction of a home, there will be a need for home inspections.
Never skip the home inspection, even if the house is brand new. I don't care what the builder tells you; you need a home inspection. There's too much at stake, too much that can go wrong, and too much gets missed with municipal inspections.
I'm not knocking municipal (city/county/AHJ) inspectors; I have extremely high respect for them and couldn't do what they do. But they don't do home inspections, and it's not the same thing. We inspect hundreds of new construction houses every year, and we continually find problems with new homes. As long as there is the potential for human error in the construction of a home, there will be a need for home inspections.
