NEW BUILD TIPS: PRE-CLOSING WALKTHROUGH | What to Expect at Your Blue Tape Walkthrough | Be Prepared

[@igobythisname]

Thank you so much for taking the time to create this content and share it with us and give us your insight and knowledge. our first walk-through is tomorrow, and this is making me feel a little better about it. We have a four-month-old and no babysitter, I really hope we can give it our full attention.

[@nicolenieves]

I hope your walkthrough went well!

[@kpsher367]

For 1. I dont know why but I had an "instant connection " with you ( go figure ) 2. You have been very thorough with what to look for during final inspection of a home purchase , I dont think realtors and even an inspector would tell you stuff you mentioned in your video. I am closing soon ( like really soon) so your video came really handy. Thank you for posting this video to help people out and hearty congratulations on your new home purchase.

[@nicolenieves]

That is so good to hear, thank you! Congratulations on your upcoming closing, I'm sure it's been a stressful time but it will be great to finally be home

[@jenniferperry6496]

Incredible video and information, thank you so much!!

[@davidtoney822]

Is it just me, or does anyone else just enjoy listening to Nicole speak? 😃You have a great voice ... you must start your own podcast. Hopefully, by now you've closed and started moving moved into the new house #Congrats! Thanks for sharing!!

[@nicolenieves]

Omg what an incredible compliment! That is so sweet, thank you 😊 We did close (finally!) and are in the massive process of getting everything unboxed. It's been exhausting to say the least, but in the best way possible.

[@madisonoriente166]

Hi Nicole! This is helping me so much as I create a checklist for walking through our new-build home. One question -- How clean should we expect our home to be on closing day? Is it normal for the builder/seller to fund a final clean prior to closing? (We noticed some of the toilets had been used and left a bit untidy in one of our showings -- I am hoping they rectify that!)

[@nicolenieves]

I'm so happy to hear this is helpful! Everything should be clean, there should absolutely be a final top-to-bottom, professional cleaning crew type of clean. There will still be a lot of dust and floors will need to be vacuumed and scrubbed often at first, the filters will need to be changed a little more frequently as all the new house dust settles, but no dirty toilets! Congratulations on the new home!

[@kanishabenton2090]

GREAT VIDEO and INFORMATION that I haven't heard on other videos... Thank You 🙏🏽

[@lilysky2]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This was perfect congratulations on your closing!!!

[@nicolenieves]

Thank you so much! If I left anything out that you have questions on let me know

[@lilysky2]

@@nicolenieves the main thing is to be super thorough and picky right? I swear my husband is going to try and say that I'm doing too much 😒 I'm going to have him watch this video, so that he knows.

[@nicolenieves]

@@lilysky2 I would definitely say yes to that. I personally would rather go through the (maybe) painful and picky part now and feel as sure as possible rather than realize it was a mistake once the entire thing has been painted!

[@lilysky2]

@@nicolenieves thank you! It's hard because we are across the country from our new home. So we haven't seen it, other than a few pictures since February. So we will see in 1 month!

[@claudiahansen4938]

Superb video!

[@DinaDeanStylesLLC]

Thank you this was sooo helpful. Our walkthrough is tomorrow (yaay🎉) but I’m concerned about the drive through because there was a water leak underground and they had to dig a HUGE hole in the ground to replace the water line. But they only replaced or fixed the part of the drive way that way broken up and not the spot where we can see that there was a heavy machinery ( Excavator/ tractor digger) on the driveway. I worry that the warranty on the driveway will be voided because of what they did. I’ll definitely ask about this tomorrow.

[@nicolenieves]

I hope it went well! That is so crazy with the driveway, I would assume they'd have to keep that under warranty since you don't own the house yet?? Best of luck there, I would definitely fight for that since it was nothing you did and someone else would be liable. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you and hope your move in date gets here soon!

[@racquel1842]

Thank you for posting ❤ helped me a lot being first time. Your appreciated ❤❤❤

[@nicolenieves]

You are so welcome!

[@djkhalid99]

Thanks Nicole for posting such valuable info. I actually have a walkthrough coming up soon. Two items noticed and asking for your expertise. 1- noticed uneven window walls on couple of bedrooms, perhaps bad sheet rock leveling 2- poor paint work ( around trims, ceiling to wall two color bleeding etc) . Are these considered cosmetic or mandatory to be fixed prior to final walkthrough? Thanks again and much appreciated

[@nicolenieves]

I hope you were able to bring up your concerns with them! I'm not sure if that would be considered mandatory but I'd definitely push for some type of fix if it were me. The house settling will cause things like that to shift and we've had some sticky windows because of it but started off uneven makes me nervous

[@richardklingel7803]

Great Job !!!

[@Khandie2]

Thank you for another great and informative video , I am learning a lot from your channel and taking notes . 😊

[@nicolenieves]

I'm so happy to help! Thank you for watching

[@BePresent333]

I’m buying a 3 story townhome and it took almost 3 hours 😮

[@jerritjoy1581]

How long did your build take from dig to finish?

[@nicolenieves]

We broke ground on 9/14/21 and just closed last week, so about 7.5 months

[@claudiahansen4938]

And how long in total, from contract signing to closing?

[@MiningURHealth]

Am I putting the blue tape?

[@jvolstad]

Did you have an independent home inspector?

[@Digitalwinelover]

My Blue tape initial walk through is next week 26 Dec 2022. Nervous Our Closing is on the 29th fast

[@nicolenieves]

That’s so soon! Congratulations!!!

[@Digitalwinelover]

@@nicolenieves I’m so nervous and excited

[@claudiahansen4938]

How did it go for you?

[@mariailagan1269]

Who are you building with? Is this with Drees?

[@nicolenieves]

It was a smaller builder called Augustine 😊

[@edwardf9661]

Excellent…but stop the annoying background music.