New Construction Phase InspectionsNew doesn't mean inspected.
A new home is built by dozens of crews on a production schedule. Phase inspections put a licensed, independent set of eyes on the work at the three moments that matter — before the concrete, before the drywall, and before the keys.
- Per-phase report within 24 hours — photo-documented, trade-specific
- Concealment record — what's behind your walls, on file forever
- Builder-ready punch lists — findings written for correction
- Follow-up verification — confirm corrections at the next phase
Slab to keys, independently verified.
Pre-pour
Foundation, vapor barrier, and rough-ins — before concrete conceals them.
Pre-drywall
Framing, wiring, plumbing, and ducts — the last look while it's open.
Final walk-through
The completed home to Florida's SOP, before your builder walk.
11-month follow-up
Close out the builder's warranty with documented claims.
The pre-drywall window closes fast — book it now.
Each phase sees what the next one can't.
Three scoped visits, each timed to a construction milestone — order the full sequence or any single phase.
Pre-pour — the foundation visit
Before concrete: formwork, footings, vapor barrier, reinforcement placement, and plumbing rough-in locations. Once the slab is poured, this evidence is gone for the life of the house.
Pre-drywall — the systems visit
The single highest-value look: framing and connections, electrical runs, plumbing supply and drains, HVAC ducts and returns, window flashing — every system, photographed while it's still open.
Final walk-through — the completed home
A full evaluation of the finished house to Florida's Standards of Practice before your builder walk: systems operated, finishes checked, exterior drainage verified — your punch list, documented by a licensed third party.
11-month follow-up — the warranty visit
Near the end of the builder's first-year warranty, a full inspection converts latent defects into documented warranty claims. Detailed on its own page: the 11-month warranty inspection.
Reports your builder's superintendent takes seriously.
Each phase produces a photo-documented report, typically within 24 hours, written in construction language — specific locations, specific trades, specific corrections. Builders respond to documentation, and a licensed inspector's photographed finding is the difference between a punch-list item and a dismissed complaint.
Every phase visit
- Per-phase report within 24 hours — photo-documented, trade-specific
- Concealment record — what's behind your walls, on file forever
- Builder-ready punch lists — findings written for correction
- Follow-up verification — confirm corrections at the next phase
- Per-phase reports — within 24 hours, photo-documented
- Three timed visits — pre-pour, pre-drywall, final
- Permanent record — of everything now concealed
- 11-month option — close out the builder warranty
Brian Walker, CMI™
Every Lunar inspection is performed and signed by Brian Walker — an InterNACHI Certified Master Inspector and My Safe Florida Home participating inspector whose background includes contracted housing inspections supporting U.S. Army housing programs, with 20+ years of building, remodeling, and field experience behind the credential.
One inspector, one standard: contractor-grade evaluation, insurer-grade documentation, and a direct line to the person who actually walked your property.
Lunar Home & Commercial Inspections
New-build questions, answered.
Municipal inspectors verify minimum code compliance in brief visits across many houses a day. A phase inspection is a different product: one licensed inspector, one house, hours instead of minutes, photographing workmanship and system installation quality — not just code minimums.
Pre-pour (foundation, before concrete conceals it), pre-drywall (framing, wiring, plumbing, and ductwork while still visible), and final walk-through (the completed home, before your builder walk). Each phase inspects what the next stage of construction will permanently hide. See the phases above.
Yes. Each phase stands alone — the final walk-through is the most commonly ordered single phase. But the pre-drywall visit is the one buyers consistently say they're glad they didn't skip, because everything it sees gets sealed behind drywall.
Florida builders routinely accommodate third-party phase inspections — most contracts provide for them. We coordinate scheduling with your builder's superintendent so visits land at the right construction milestones.
That's the fourth look: a full inspection near the end of your builder's first-year warranty, so documented defects become the builder's repair list instead of your ownership cost. The warranty itself is the builder's — we provide the independent documentation.
The standard behind every visit.
Certified Master Inspector
The profession's highest credential. Reports signed by a CMI carry weight with agents, lenders, and insurance carriers.
Federal-contract discipline
Brian performed contracted housing inspections supporting U.S. Army housing programs. Your property gets the same checklist rigor — nothing skipped, everything documented.
24-hour reports
Photo-documented digital reports, most delivered within 24 hours, so inspection contingencies and carrier deadlines stay on track.
Technology on every visit
Thermal imaging and instrument diagnostics deployed whenever conditions call for them — documented in the same report.
Northeast Florida native
Coastal wind exposure, mid-century Jacksonville wiring, St. Johns new builds — we inspect what this region actually has.
Support after the report
Complimentary repair re-inspection verification and plain-English answers — the report is the start of the relationship, not the end.