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Originally Posted by hmrd
Clark Fork Fantast,
If you haven't already done so, I strongly encourage you to get the opinion of a qualified professional, other than your builder, regarding moisture/water levels at your new house. If I were building or buying a new house, I'd hunt down and hire the toughest home inspector (a known "deal breaker") I could find. I'd also hire inspectors for those areas not covered by home inspectors - a roofer who actually climbs up onto the roof, etc. If I had enough moisture in the crawlspace to be wondering about, I'd hire a drainage or foundation engineer in a heartbeat.
I also would not rely solely on government code inspectors. Not long ago a home owner in my area sued local government code inspectors after defects appeared in things they had inspected and signed off on during the building process. Think the homeowner lost his suit. Think the home was around $500,000 or so. Of course, if I hired a local builder and he was building my house as a buddy or even as an acquaintance, he might not be too happy with my hiring inspectors, but I think I would tell my builder/buddy up-front before hiring him that I will be hiring inspectors - I think a house is just too big an investment not to oversee its building process.
Take good care of yourself.
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Thanks so much for your advice! One of our neighbors is a contractor, and he's been sneaking peeks at the construction. He says everything is good. It wouldn't hurt to pay some tough building inspector to come in, though. But to my knowledge there isn't any standing water right now, so I may be worrying for nothing...
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