The majority of people buying a new home don't have it inspected, and my 16 years of inspection experience repeatedly reinforces that it is a big blunder not to have a new home inspected.

Recently, I inspected a three year old home for a home buyer.  The sellers purchased the home new.  To my utter disbelief, this 4000 square foot "high end" home had NO insulation in the attic... NONE!  For three years these poor home owners had struggled to heat and cool a huge home with a mere 1/2" of drywall between them and the attic.  Needles to say, their heating and cooling bills were staggering.  Worse yet, the builders 1 year warranty ran out two years ago.  And, even worse, now they had to pay to have their attic insulated out of pocket and the home buyers will enjoy a level a level of comfort in this home that the sellers never experienced.

I can tell story after story that will drive home the fact that having a new home inspected  almost always pays for itself!   And, having a 3-phase inspection during construction is a PRICELESS opportunity that a buyer should not pass up.

I am working with some buyers now that have wisely elected to have an energy assessment and a 3-phase inspection on their home that is being constructed.  This process is saving them a lot of future headaches and will, no doubt, save them hundreds of dollars a year in maintenance and operation costs.  I truly enjoy helping people understand how little changes in design and lifestyle pan out to big savings.  That's the champion benefit to going GREEN!