We’re building a new home (well known builder). Our plan is to hire 3rd party for pre dry wall and final inspections.

My question is - how important is a 3rd party pre-pour foundation inspection? Is that needed?

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It's your prerogative to hire an inspector ....and the builder's prerogative to not give their report a flying f$ck as long as they pass city inspections.

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You should have your architect, and city inspector there through all phases. Many builders nowadays are doing sloppy work so you should be on top of it.

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I didn’t do it but if you can take pictures of the pre pour plumbing that might be useful in the future. We had a plumbing issue last year and I wish we had that.

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