"Ensuring Confidence in
your real estate purchase"

Knowing that a trained and experienced professional has examined your new home before you buy is an invaluable resource.

Your new home is one of the biggest investments you'll ever make. You'll enjoy many years of happiness - if you have chosen wisely. At first glance, it may appear to be in great shape. But it may contain a defect that you should be aware of. Certain problems you could live with, but others could be financially devastating. In making a decision of this magnitude, make it with confidence. But before you make your final buying or selling decision, we encourage you to get a professional home inspection performed by a certified Inspector.

Potthoff Professional Inspections, LLC. will examine your new home's overall condition. We will provide you with a computer generated report on describing our professional recommendations.

Choosing a home inspector and completing an inspection is difficult to manage within purchase agreement deadlines. Potthoff Professional Inspections makes scheduling your inspection quick and easy.

New homes

Most builders with a good reputation have a new home warranty policy. In most cases the warranty period is for one year.  This allows enough time for conditions to arise that can be remedied…but only if you bring it to the builder’s attention.

Most new home buyers enter a contract with the builder without having an advocate such as a realtor or an attorney. Many people in this position are of the belief that a new home will not have any problems as professionals have constructed your new home.

The truth is that builders hire sub-contractors to install components of the home at the lowest possible bid price to maintain a minimum standard. Many factors during construction could cause a major deficiency in your new home. Many builders have little quality control over their subcontractors' work.  They "trust" that the subcontractor is going to do the job correctly.  They "trust" the subcontractor to not take shortcuts that may lead to unsafe conditions.  Experience shows that this "trust" is often misplaced.

As a result of substantial growth in recent years. sub-contractors are moved from house to house and project to project to install components as quickly as possible. If the project is running behind then it is up to the sub contractor to make up the time. That could cause mistakes or worse shortcuts leaving defects that may not be uncovered for days, months or in many cases years. This is exactly what the builder relies on to be a profitable enterprise. This is not to say that a builder should not make a profit but rather that a builder should be held accountable for the quality of their product.

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Call Potthoff Professional Inspections today to schedule your new home warranty inspection at 830.237.1045 or email us at info@potthoffinspects.com


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Dick Potthoff  Trec 6929  email: info@potthoffinspects.com

(830) 237-1045 or (830) 609-1962 (San Antonio Metro Line)

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