It is not uncommon to find a long list of items needing finishing on a new home. Most municipal inspectors are overworked in the Atlanta area. The inspection departments bring in millions of dollars in permit fees each year. Unfortunately, the inspection departments are not allowed to keep the money in order to hire the adequate number of inspectors needed to do a complete job inspecting each phase of construction. Some of the municipal inspectors are required to inspect over twenty homes a day spending only minutes at each job site. Most private inspectors spend between two and three hours inspecting the same house.

We do have a list of the “50 Most Common Problems With New Home Construction”. Just go to our website at www.christianbuildinginspectors.com and click on “Most Common New Home Problems”. If you are not internet savvy, send us a stamped, self-addressed envelope and we will send you a copy.

What we recommend is to give your builder a copy of the list. Tell them to figure the additional cost of meeting every requirement of the list and add that cost into the overall cost of the home. The builder will increase their profit by adding overhead and profit onto the additional cost and the home buyer will end up with a better built home. When a private inspector finishes an inspection, there will not be anything on his list. This will make a “Win-Win” combination where all parties win.