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Final walk through on new construction home: What to expect and look for - YouTube
Channel: Homebuyer's School
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In this video we look at final walk through
before closing, what you should know,
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what to expect. That's starting right now.
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Welcome to Homebuyer's School, brought
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to you by Brookfield Residential.
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- Hi everyone I'm Karl Yeh, welcome to
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don't miss anything. So today I'm joined
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by Kristy Seibert, Area Manager with
Brookfield Residential and the question
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we're gonna answer today is, what should
I know during the walk through, before closing?
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- Absolutely. So that's a great walk through
to come prepared with all the information
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that you need about you know,
maintaining your home. So if you are a
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very first-time homebuyer and you know,
you've never had to take care of home
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before on your own, then that's a great
time to ask those questions about how to
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maintain your home, what to take care of,
when certain items need maintenance,
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what to best season is for that—so to ask
all those questions.
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- What should I expect during this walk
through?
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- So it's a longer walk through, so your
home is completely finished and we want
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to make sure that it's thorough. So it can
take two or three hours even
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just because you want to make sure that
you're going through your home from top
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to bottom, checking off that list that your
builder will provide with any you know,
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defects, that need to be taken care of,
things to look for and what needs to be
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you know analyzed and looked at to
make sure that your home is ready for
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possession.
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- I think one good point that you made
earlier—in our video about home
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inspection tips that you can see above—
is when we go through our walk through
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we actually need to know—especially if
you're a first-time homebuyer—how your
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home actually works.
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- Yes. Yeah so knowing how it operates,
how to change your furnace filter, when to
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do that, how often to do it, things like that.
Just so that you are taking care of your
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home and that you're not voiding any
warranty that's included.
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- And what should I—is there anything that
I should really look for while we're going
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through the home that—or really stand
out that that I should really know about?
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- I think it's important to just kind of test
your home. Open and close every door,
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make sure that they close smoothly and
you know, they're not rubbing anywhere,
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open and close every cabinet door and
drawer, just to make sure everything works
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in your home. And then another great
thing to do is do your research ahead of
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time. So the Alberta New Home Warranty
actually has a workmanship and
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materials reference guide available on
their website, and so the the builder
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actually has to follow their guidelines of
how to properly inspect the home you
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know, how far away from the wall you
have to be to see an imperfection in the
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paint, so information like that where the
builder has to follow their guidelines, so
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it's important if you know ahead of time
what those guidelines are that you're
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aware of it and that you can ensure that
you're getting the most most of out
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this inspection.
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- And we do have a video on the Alberta
New Home Warranty, so definitely check
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it out. I guess the last question I have is,
when we're going through the home
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inspection and you have—you're going
through it I guess, with your construction
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team, is there any way to bring back that—
say you have a family and you wanna do
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another walk through, is there an
opportunity to do a second walk through?
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- So with the walk through we recommend
it's only purchasers on the agreement, so
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the home owners of the home. You
shouldn't bring your kids to the walk
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through, it can be distracting and just to
ensure that everything gets taken care of,
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is looked at properly—just try and keep
them at home. And then really, you'll get
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another walk through after you take
possession of your home, so it's good to
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have eyes on—during the walk through
and you know, have some people looking
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at it but you don't want too many people,
it just becomes distracting, and you know
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it's your time to learn about your home so
you want to be as focused as possible
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and get as much information as you can
from your construction team member.
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- So let's say during your walk through you
found some imperfections or things that
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your builder needs to clean up, after that
happens, do you come and do
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another round of walk throughs? If that
how it works?
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- Yeah, so when you take possession of
your home, you'll do another walk through
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with the construction team and anything
that was marked down as a defect or
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something that needed to be fixed up
during your previous walk through should
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be taken care of by that time. Sometimes
if it's something that needs to be ordered
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from the supplier, that might take a little
bit longer than the one to two weeks in
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between those two walk throughs, so be
reasonable, it's something that we will
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take care of, and it can be done you know,
within a week or two after you take
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possession of your home. So remember,
you do have that one year full
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comprehensive warranty with your
builder and the warranty provider in that
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first year. So you're going to be protected
and covered and you also get walk
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throughs through that first year—
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- Oh so you can continue getting
walk throughs—
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- Yes, so the service team will set up an
appointment with you a few months after
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you take possession of your home. So
any little things that need to be adjusted
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right as your home settles you might get
some nail pops or something like that,
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those can all be corrected and taken care
of throughout that first year.
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- Perfect. Do you have anything else
to add?
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- Nope, think that covers everything.
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- Awesome. So question of the day for
you is, did you actually go through your
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final walk through, and how was your
experience? Let us know in the comment
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below. Thank you very much for joining
us and we'll catch you next time.
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