One Year Home Warranty Inspections
As the home owner of a newly constructed home you may be aware that traditionally builders offer a new construction one-year warranty which covers many aspects of repair and replacement throughout your house.
Homeowners of newly construction homes are now taking the high road and are utilizing the services of Tennessee Licensed Professional Home Inspectors. This service will provide valuable information about the condition, operation and maintenance of the systems and components of your home and assist in discovering unforeseen conditions that are affecting their home.
The following is a select list of the conditions we have encountered during one year home warranty inspections:
While there is no Tennessee law that requires home builders to provide an express warranty on a new home, it is the overwhelming practice to do so. Most home builders offer at least a one year limited warranty, and some offer warranties of greater length. The Tennessee Supreme Court, in the case of Dixon v. Mountain City Construction Company, held that all new homes are covered under what is called an “implied warranty of good workmanship and materials”. This implied warranty, which is a warranty implied by the law as opposed to a written or oral warranty agreed upon by the home buyer and builder, has no express terms and the only way to find out what it covers is to ask a court. The Supreme Court allows a home builder and a buyer to agree to have the home covered by an express warranty instead of the implied warranty. An express warranty is an agreement made between the builder and buyer that all or parts of the home will be warranted under agreed upon terms for an agreed upon time. The Court also allows the builder and buyer to supplant the implied warranty with this express warranty. The best warranties are those that are in writing, that are in force for a definite period of time, and that are specific about what items of the home they do and do not cover.
As the home owner of a newly constructed home you may be aware that traditionally builders offer a new construction one-year warranty which covers many aspects of repair and replacement throughout your house.
Homeowners of newly construction homes are now taking the high road and are utilizing the services of Tennessee Licensed Professional Home Inspectors. This service will provide valuable information about the condition, operation and maintenance of the systems and components of your home and assist in discovering unforeseen conditions that are affecting their home.
The following is a select list of the conditions we have encountered during one year home warranty inspections:
Bathroom venting into the attic space
Improper grading of the property (slopes toward the building)
No or improper hand rails / railings on the stairway and balconies
"Nail pops" in walls
Missing Insulation
Water Heaters missing TPR drainage pipes
Non working Ground Fault Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) Outlets
JUST TO NAME A FEW. . .
Improper grading of the property (slopes toward the building)
No or improper hand rails / railings on the stairway and balconies
"Nail pops" in walls
Missing Insulation
Water Heaters missing TPR drainage pipes
Non working Ground Fault Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) Outlets
JUST TO NAME A FEW. . .
While there is no Tennessee law that requires home builders to provide an express warranty on a new home, it is the overwhelming practice to do so. Most home builders offer at least a one year limited warranty, and some offer warranties of greater length. The Tennessee Supreme Court, in the case of Dixon v. Mountain City Construction Company, held that all new homes are covered under what is called an “implied warranty of good workmanship and materials”. This implied warranty, which is a warranty implied by the law as opposed to a written or oral warranty agreed upon by the home buyer and builder, has no express terms and the only way to find out what it covers is to ask a court. The Supreme Court allows a home builder and a buyer to agree to have the home covered by an express warranty instead of the implied warranty. An express warranty is an agreement made between the builder and buyer that all or parts of the home will be warranted under agreed upon terms for an agreed upon time. The Court also allows the builder and buyer to supplant the implied warranty with this express warranty. The best warranties are those that are in writing, that are in force for a definite period of time, and that are specific about what items of the home they do and do not cover.