Home Builder questions.

Lot:

1. What is the percentage for assessed property value? (Call county assessor)

2. Does the purchase price include the lot?

3. Do additional costs accompany any lots?

4. What lots are available in what phases of the development?

5. What is the amount of money needed to hold a lot or start building?

House:

     __Foundation:__

1. Is a full basement included or is it optional?

2. How thick is the foundation?

3. Who is the concrete provider?

4. Is the foundation water proofed or just concrete?

5. Are there drain tiles all the way around the house?

6. How many sump pumps? Where does the water go? Side/back?

7. Are the sump pump(s) included/installed?

8. Is there a drain in the garage for water?

     __Structure:__

1. Are the support beams wood or steel?

2. Are the support beams one piece or two?

3. Are they poured into the foundation or do they rest on top of it?

4. How is the structure attached to the foundation?

5. Are the studs wood or steel?

6. Are they sixteen inches or twenty-four inches on center?

7. What type of sheeting is used in the various rooms? Plywood/OSB

     __Outside:__

1. What roofing materials are used?

2. How many roof vents are there?

3. Are there ventilation fans?

4. What gutters and downspouts are included?

5. Where does the water from the gutters go? Through hoses to the lawn?

6. Where is there brick and where is there siding?

7. What siding is used?

8. What windows are used?

9. What exterior doors are used?

10. Are the exterior doors solid doors? Wood or steel?

11. Are there screen doors?

12. What type and size is the garage door?

13. Is the driveway paved to each end of the garage or just were the door is?

14. What external lighting fixtures are there? Are they on a switch?

15. What sidewalks are included?

      __Inside:__

1. What insulation is used throughout the house? Brand?

2. Is the attic insulated?

3. Are the doors solid or hollow?

4. Is the garage finished?

5. How many coats of paint are there?

6. What rooms/areas are carpeted? Type of carpet/pad?

7. What rooms/areas are tile? Type of Tile?

8. What rooms/areas is no wax floor? Type of floor?

9. Where are the heater vents?

10. What type/size of heater is it?

11. What type of air conditioning?

12. What types of air filters are used in the air system?

13. What kinds of counter tops are used?

14. Shower curtains or doors?

15. Mirrors?

16. Vanity type/size?

17. Exhaust fans?

18. Bathroom heat?

19. Humidifier/de-humidifier on furnace?

20. Is there a pantry? Doors?

21. What rails and stairways are there?

22. How big are the doorways to storage areas? Attic/Basement?

23. Are there pull down stairs for the attic?

      __Electrical:__

1. Where is the breaker box located?

2. How big of a box is it?

3. What type of service is it? 100-200?

4. Which appliances are on which circuits?

5. Which outlets or lights share a circuit?

6. Is all of the electrical in the bathrooms/kitchen ground fault?

7. Where are the outlets in each of the rooms?

8. Are the closets lighted? Are they switched?

9. What types of fixtures are there? Fans?

10. What phone jacks are provided?

11. What cable TV jacks are provided?

12. Is there a conduit run from attic to basement for future endeavors?

13. Are there lights in the attic(s) and are they switched?

14. What outlets are there in the basement and garage?

15. What outlets are outside and where are they?

16. If there are hanging fixtures are they centered?

17. Is there an outlet for the garage door opener?

       __Plumbing:__

1. Are there disconnect valves at each fixture?

2. What faucets are being used?

3. Are there valves available for water filtration? (Water softener)

4. What size and type of hot water system is there?

5. Where are the outdoor hoses located? Can they be on a non-filtered water system?

6. What sinks/toilets are available?

7. What type of pipe is being used for each fixture? Copper or PVC?

8. Is there a line tap for an icemaker refrigerator?

9. Is the plumbing for the washer done?

10. Is there a utility tub?

      __Natural gas:__

1.What appliances are natural gas?

2. Is it run to the laundry area?

Other:

1. How do realtors fit into the picture?

2. What restrictive covenants are there? Landscaping time frame?

3. What appliances are included?

4. What mail/garbage service is there?

5. What city taxes are there?

6. Is there a time line available, showing from pre-contract to closing? What decisions need to be made when? What is the last time; changes or upgrades can be made?

7. Which attorneys are preferred or being used?

8. From the time the contract is signed, how long until ground is broken?

9. How long will it take until the home is completed?

10. Is there an upgrade list available for review? Price list?

11. Are there discount packages?

12. Are there packages? 13. At what point do the utility bills become my responsibility?

14. What problems have been encountered so far and how have they been resolved?

15. What was the cost of the home two years ago and how has the builder kept pace with cost?

16. What are the expected utility bills? Average?

17. What are the allowances for each aspect?

18. What warranties are there?

19. How are problems handled after move in?

20. Once the contract is signed is that the final price or are there other costs? Material price changes.

21. Are there any inspection costs?

 
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