Builder
Brand new, warranty from day one, and finishes you pick. Incentives — rate buydowns, design credits, closing-cost help — exist only where a builder publishes them, and we confirm which are actually on the table before you register.
New construction · Brea
New construction, read before you sign
Builder contracts, incentives, phase releases, inspections and buyer representation. Go in informed, with an independent advocate on your side.
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Contract reviewPlain-English read of the builder agreement.
Site walkthroughsPre-drywall and pre-close, on foot.
Independent inspectionsAn inspector who does not work for the builder.
Builder vs resale
Both are good moves for the right buyer. Which one fits comes down to your timeline, your tolerance for a build schedule, and what you are willing to pay for.
Before you offer →
Resale
An established street, grown landscaping, a known HOA, and a seller who can negotiate on price and on terms. Condition is the variable — which is exactly what an inspection is for.
What the model home hides
A furnished model is a sales tool. These are the things that turn up in new construction once somebody looks behind the finishes.
The inspector’s eye →
RoofingFlashing at the walls
A new roof leaks first where it meets a wall or a vent. Those details go on fast, on a production schedule, and the model home has no ladder next to it.
PlumbingFittings you never see again
Loose connections, unsupported runs and slab penetrations are open for a few days at framing. After drywall, the first sign is a stain on a ceiling.
StructureCracks at the framing junctions
Everything moves in the first year. Which cracks are cosmetic shrinkage and which are telling you something about the frame is not obvious from the driveway.
GradingWhere the first storm goes
A fresh lot is loose fill. The finish grade, the swale and the downspout discharge decide whether water leaves the house or sits against the slab.
Typical new-construction findings, photographed on real inspections. They are not findings on any community shown on this page. Inspection by inspection.re, founded by Zarko.
How we work a builder deal
Four jobs, from the first model-home visit to the keys. All four cost you nothing extra — the builder pays the commission either way.
Start with a walk →
Contract review
The builder wrote the agreement and the builder’s lawyer approved it. We read yours before you sign it — deposits, change orders, delivery windows, and what the arbitration clause quietly gives up.
Site walkthroughs
Pre-drywall and again before close, on site and photographed. You see what was actually built, at the two moments a finding can still be fixed for free.
Independent inspections
A licensed inspector who is paid by you, not by the builder. Roof to slab, with a written list you can hold the superintendent to.
Buyer representation
Register us on your first model-home visit and you keep your own advocate from tour to close. The builder pays commission either way — the only question is who it buys advice for.
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The same eye, as an actual inspection
Reading a listing from the desk is not an inspection. When you are under contract, the house still has to be walked — roof to slab, by an inspector.
Local expertise. A closer look.
Walk it with an inspector
Get an independent review before you sign, and again before you close. We walk the home, look past the finishes, and tell you what to hold the builder to in Brea’s new-construction communities.
Zarko MaletinDRE #02038779 (CA)InterNACHI certified inspector
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