{"id":17858,"date":"2024-07-22T09:44:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T16:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=17858"},"modified":"2025-10-28T09:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:43:23","slug":"buyer-new-construction-home-inspection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/buyer-new-construction-home-inspection\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Get a New Construction Home Inspection? Our Best Buyer Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you\u2019re buying an existing house, there\u2019s hardly any question that you\u2019d want a home inspection<\/a>. Clearly, you\u2019d do your due diligence on its condition before you commit to purchasing it at a given price.<\/p>\n

However, that decision might not seem as obvious when you\u2019re buying a brand new house<\/a>: should you get a new construction home inspection? Why would you even need one if everything is in brand-new condition \u2014 and, in some cases, built just to your preferred specs, even perhaps under your own guidance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The answer is yes: Experts say you really should get a home inspection on a new construction home. Pretty much every consideration falls into the \u201cpro\u201d column here, with the exception of the cost of paying someone to do it. (And then there\u2019s the possibility the inspector might find an issue \u2014 but that\u2019s intel that any informed buyer would actually consider a pro, right?)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s our expert-backed guide to dig deeper into the reasons behind that decision-making advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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