Footings, forms, reinforcement and chairs, vapor barrier, under-slab plumbing and termite treatment, checked while it can still be moved.
Framing, straps and connectors, rough electrical, plumbing and HVAC, window flashing and roof deck, all still visible.
Every system operated and every finish checked, documented so you and your builder can work through items together before you sign.
A full second look after a year of settling and Florida weather, timed so your builder's warranty period is still open for what we find.
Pre-closing and 11-month. An infrared camera finds thin insulation, air leakage and cool spots that can mean moisture, none of it visible to the eye.
Pre-drywall and pre-closing. A walkable record of your open walls, delivered with your report and available through the online client portal.
Pre-closing and 11-month. A camera through the drain lines for construction debris, damage or blockage, with the footage in your report.
Because even a new home deserves a second set of eyes.
I give my highest recommendation! Jay is professional, knowledgeable, thorough and detail oriented. He portrays honest work, truly caring about my home as if it were his own. It's a relief to know my home was in great hands and inspected properly! thank you Jay.
As new homeowners purchasing a newly constructed home, we found the inspection full report (and the summary!) to be incredibly helpful, especially in preparation for our first walk-through. One detail really impressed us: Jay used a camera to inspect the drains for debris left over from construction. ... Excellent work. Highly recommended! (excerpt)
Jay uncovered a serious structural hazard, along with 24 additional issues that we can now have addressed by our builder. Since our home was brand new, we initially wondered whether this service was really necessary, but it was worth every penny! ... If you're approaching your one-year warranty deadline, don't skip this important step. (excerpt)
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Tell us the address, the stage you need and roughly when. We coordinate site access directly with the construction manager.
Inspections typically take 1 to 5 hours, depending on the stage and the size of the house. Every finding is photographed and located so nothing gets lost in translation.
Delivered within 24 hours in a format your builder's team already knows how to act on, with a walkthrough call to go over what matters.
An infrared camera reads surface temperature across ceilings and walls. Thin or missing insulation, air leakage at the attic perimeter and cooler patches that can indicate moisture show up as a difference in color, without opening anything. Where the camera shows something, the thermal image goes in the report beside the photograph. In the pair here, the camera confirms at pre-closing that the supply register is delivering cold air.
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At pre-drywall every wire, pipe and strap is in view for about a week. A 360° image keeps that view after the walls close, delivered with your report and available through the online client portal. Drag to look around a great room captured before the drywall went up.
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Every stage is inspected against Florida Rule 61-30, the InterNACHI Standards of Practice, the manufacturer instructions for the products used on your house, and your builder's own approved plans. A home inspection is not a code inspection and makes no determination of code compliance. What is included and what is not.
Each finding gets a photo, a location and a plain-language explanation of why it matters. Delivered within 24 hours as a PDF you can forward and keep. Reports, and any 360° imaging you add, are also available through the online client portal.
You get a walkthrough call after every report, and a direct line to the inspector until the item is resolved. Inspections and reports in English or Spanish.
No builder or agent pays for this inspection. The report you receive is the report we wrote, with nothing softened.
Licensed by the State of Florida, InterNACHI Certified Professional Inspector, and insured for general liability and errors and omissions, at limits above the state minimum and in line with what builders in this area require.
Home IQ Inspections is veteran-owned and family-run, led by a former Navy Seabee. Seabees are the Navy's construction force, which is a useful background for this work: it means building things to a standard and having that work inspected, rather than reading about construction from the outside.
A licensed Home IQ inspector does your pre-slab, your pre-drywall, your pre-closing and your 11-month. Nobody has to be brought up to speed on your house halfway through, and the person who saw your framing open is the same person standing in the finished room a year later.
Three regions, and every active builder community inside them.
Tell us where your build is and we will tell you which inspection comes next and when it needs to happen.