New Construction Inspection in Urbana

Even new homes carry defects — flashing, grading and rushed finish work are common. Catch them before you close.

Before your final walkthrough, so the items land on the builder's punch list.

Yes, and new houses are where people skip it most. Urbana sits at the I-380 and Highway 150 junction and has been adding population against roughly 575 housing units at about three and a half percent vacancy, so a real share of what changes hands here is recent construction. New does not mean finished correctly. The recurring findings are grading pitched back toward the foundation on disturbed backfill, downspouts dumping into that backfill, attic insulation compressed or missing at the eaves, bath and range fans terminating in the attic instead of outside, ducts unsealed or disconnected in unconditioned space, and mis-wired or ungrounded outlets. On the older core from the town's 1847 days, the read shifts to services, chimneys, foundations and a sewer scope on the clay laterals.