CERTIFIED HOME INSPECTORS
New Construction Inspection in Bakersfield, CA
A pre-drywall inspection is critical because it offers a brief, unobscured view of your home’s structural skeleton and internal mechanics before they are sealed away for decades. Once drywall is hung, vital systems like load-bearing framing, electrical wiring, plumbing runs, and HVAC ductwork become completely hidden, making it nearly impossible—and extraordinarily expensive—to catch code violations, improper framing, or unsealed penetrations after the fact. Identifying missing load paths, pinched wires, or incorrectly sloped pipes at this stage allows the builder to fix issues cleanly and efficiently, protecting your financial investment, ensuring structural integrity, and saving you from costly, invasive repairs down the road.
WHEN TO SCHEDULE
When To Schedule A New Construction Inspection
A new build isn't automatically a perfect build. Framing errors, incomplete work, and code issues can slip through even with city inspections. Built Right Property Inspection provides independent new construction inspections at key stages, and before your builder's warranty expires, so you have a professional, third-party record of the home's condition. We recommend scheduling at the pre-drywall stage, at your final walkthrough, and again at the 11-month mark to catch anything before your one-year warranty runs out.
WHY AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTION MATTERS
Our new construction inspections cover structural framing and connections, roofing, flashing, and drainage, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC installation, grading and drainage away from the foundation, and interior and exterior finish quality and code-relevant items. City inspectors check code compliance only, not overall quality, and the builder's own inspectors work for the builder, not the buyer. An independent, third-party inspection is the only one working for you.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
My builder already did an inspection, why do I need my own? Builder inspections aren't independent, since the inspector works for the builder, not for you.
What if issues are found close to my warranty deadline? We can prioritize scheduling to make sure you have a report in hand before your warranty expires.
Do you inspect new construction outside Bakersfield? Yes, including Delano and the surrounding Kern County area.
