For East Valley New-Build Homeowners
Your Builder's Warranty Expires. Don't Let It Take Your Protection With It.
The clock is running
Most New-Build Owners Don't Know This Window Exists
When you bought your new construction home, your builder gave you a 1-year warranty. It covers structural defects, HVAC, plumbing, and major systems. That warranty expires at month 12. But here's what they don't tell you.
The Builder's Warranty
Your builder is required by Arizona law to stand behind major systems for the first year. Structural, HVAC, plumbing. If something is wrong, they fix it. But only if you catch it in time.
Month 11 Is Your Deadline
An inspection at month 11 gives you documented findings while the warranty is still active. Found at month 11: builder's problem. Found at month 13: your problem. That's the whole difference.
New Construction Has Defects
Fast build cycles and multiple subcontractors mean issues get covered before anyone checks. Incomplete insulation, improperly terminated plumbing, undersized HVAC. Cosmetically clean, functionally wrong.
"Your builder is hoping you don't use your warranty."
Full scope. Same-day report.
What the 11-Month Warranty Inspection Covers
This is a full inspection of your home's major systems, to the same professional standard as a buyer's inspection. Konnor Kirkwood documents everything in a report formatted for warranty submission to your builder.
One inspector. Every system. One report. Konnor Kirkwood performs every inspection personally. No crew rotation, no junior inspector you didn't ask for. The person who books your inspection is the person who shows up and signs the report.
Real findings. Real consequences.
What We Typically Find in New-Build Warranty Inspections
New construction defects don't always look like defects. They look like a clean house that hasn't been lived in long enough to show its problems yet.
Attic ductwork that came loose.
Flex duct gets bumped or was never strapped right during the build. We find sections pulled apart or crushed, cooling air dumping into the attic instead of your bedroom. In an Arizona summer you feel that one fast.
Roof tiles that already moved.
Fast tile installs leave lifted tiles, exposed fasteners, and thin flashing at vents and valleys. Year one is when it shows, and it is the builder's fix if it is documented in time.
Water running toward the house, not away.
Final grading gets rushed. Soil slopes back toward the slab, splash blocks are missing, and the first monsoon sends water where it should not go.
Bath and laundry fans venting into the attic.
The fan runs, but the duct stops short of the roof. Moist air sits in your attic instead of leaving the house. Common, easy to miss, easy to document.
Outlets and breakers wired wrong.
Reversed polarity, a missing GFCI by a sink, an open junction box left in the attic. Small stuff a punch list should have caught and often did not.
The deliverable that makes it worth it
The Documentation Package
A verbal complaint doesn't move a builder. A documented inspection report does. Konnor Kirkwood delivers a same-day digital report, formatted for warranty submission so you're not trying to turn a PDF into a builder request.
What's in the Report
Itemized Findings
Every defect listed with location, description, and urgency level. Plain English. Signed by Konnor Kirkwood.
Photo Documentation
Every finding photographed. Time-stamped. Referenced in the report.
Warranty Categorization
Findings flagged by which warranty coverage they fall under. Structural, HVAC, plumbing.
Same-Day Digital Delivery
Via Binsr Inspect. Accessible on your phone, shareable with your builder the same day.
How to Use It with Your Builder
Builders respond to documentation. A report from a licensed, certified inspector carries weight that a homeowner complaint doesn't.
Konnor Kirkwood delivers the report formatted so you can submit it directly with your warranty claim. No guesswork about what to include. No translating technical language into warranty-speak.
The inspection gives you leverage. The documentation package is how you use it.
Questions about how to file? Konnor Kirkwood walks every client through the report after delivery. You'll know what to submit, to whom, and in what order.
Three steps. No friction.
How It Works
The whole process runs through Binsr Inspect: booking, agreement, payment, and report delivery. One platform. No back-and-forth.
Book Online
Use the booking link to select your date, add any specialty add-ons (sewer scope, radon, air quality), and sign the inspection agreement. Pricing calculated automatically by property.
Konnor Kirkwood Inspects
Konnor Kirkwood arrives, conducts a full inspection of every major system. You're welcome to attend for the last 30 minutes for an in-person summary. Can't make it? Zoom summary on request.
Same-Day Report. Warranty-Ready.
Same-day digital report. Formatted for warranty submission. Konnor Kirkwood walks you through it. You submit to your builder.
Your deadline is closer than you think
Don't Let Your Builder's Warranty Expire Without Using It.
Month 11 is the last chance to put repairs on your builder's tab instead of yours. Book your inspection now and get a documented report in your hands with time to spare.
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