Most of the items you listed need to be corrected. To many things to address individually, but there are definitely signs of sloppy workmanship and they need to be addressed and corrected.

Bring this up with your builder and he should be on top of this.

Good luck

Use one inch pieces of painters tape and stick one where you find flaws and take a picture of each area. Too numerous to remember all of them. Make a written list too and hand to builder. Get your own inspector before you close. If that many cosmetic sloppiness I would be afraid of other poor work too.

Dreadful. I would not close on this house.

I am wondering if you have already closed on this house. If you havent, then please dont. This is a house deal that you should walk away from. Pictures you posted are all we and probably you can see. I wonder just what is under the sheetrock, and the floors, iif this much is visible. This house sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen. If this is a house, where you own the land, and got a loan and hired this builder, than walking away isnt going to be easy, but, I would get inspectors there quickly, and if necessary, hire a very good lawyer.

Wow. This looks like the work of really bad illegal alien labor. I don't even want to imagine how bad things are beneath the surface.

How about being polite on a public forum? Apparently the post below kudzu9 that was so very rude and hateful, has been removed.

Thank you to all who replied with support and advice! I had trouble with my original post and accidentally posted the same issue twice.

The poor workmanship was done by people who should have been appropriately supervised and trained. If their work is poor (as is the case in my house and probably all other houses in the growing development), then it is the fault of the supervisors/inspectors/managers. If a finisher (or anybody else) is doing crappy work, it’s their supervisors’ responsibility to correct, educate or retrain them, and if these things can’t be done, then to fire them. The horrible state of my new house is 100% the respnsibility of the builder, not of any one individual actually doing the work.

It is not a cheap house, so I wasn’t expecting those in charge to sign off on such shoddy workmanship. I’m currently in a house is the same area as the new disaster house that I moved into brand spanking new 1.5 years ago, with Zero significant problems. Same area, but a different builder. And a much cheaper house. With so many problems to fix, I’m not moving into the new house until they’ve completed the work.

The good news is that I itemized everything, marked with blue tape, sent them the list and they showed up the next day with a team of 4 people to address all of the issues. One of them was a finisher who got to work immediately. I was prepared for a fight, but they seemed amenable to fixing just about everything. They said my list was by far the longest they had ever received. It took 3 hours to go through. In addition to the interior problems, there were leaking gutter, broken roof tile, broken fence, unsecured downspouts and air conditioner hose, holes on the stucco.... And yes, again, this is brand new construction.

I did get a lot of “this is not a custom home,” “these are not custom cabinets,” and it turns out all of the trim is MDF (of course) and the method needed to get a good finish on nail holes isn’t something they’re willing to do. But I’ve been assured that the cracked tub, scratched stainless kitchen sink, scratched and marked master tub can all be patched/buffed to look perfect (look brand new? Lol) And they’re going to fix the carpets, fix the tile, fix the LVP...... holy S&!t there are so many things wrong with that house. And yes, I’m now *very* worried about what may be wrong with things that I can’t see behind the walls, and overall regret this purchase, but just have to move forward now.

Thanks for letting us know. I wish you the very best.

Thinking outside the box for a moment, is it possible to turn this into a 'flip'? If you are on a tight time line (with the sale of the first home), I would move in but then IMMEDIATELY list this thing...and see if the new construction warranty can be transferred to the next owner (which frees you from an legal liability should the 'nasty' prove to be more than skin deep).

Thanks for the update. You are much more observant and methodical in your attention to detail than a lot of folks, and that is paying off. I'm glad you were not accepting of these obvious flaws, and have been able to make headway with the builder. Good luck.

My home inspector found a lot of the problems, and said it was one of the worst, if not the worst, new construction builds he’s ever seen. I did have to push for some things, like basic minimum standard work on the baseboards. They gave me the thing about how it’s not considered to be a defect if you can’t see it when standing 6 feet away. Total BS, which everyone’s feedback on this forum helped me to cut through. They’ll work on the trim, take care of the paint on the switch plates (or so they say).

The builder said no to a pre-closing inspection - I know, I know, a huge red flag, they said if I had a problem with it they would release me from the contract, keep my deposit and sell the house to somebody else. Totally insufficient time on the rushed pre-closing walkthrough to find all of the problems. Most of the problems that I was able to find were fixed poorly or made worse. I’m kicking myself for chickening out and not just saying “fine,” cutting my losses and looking for a different home. Lesson LEARNED. I’ve learned more from this bad experience, which still isn’t over, than I did from the good experiences with the other two decent builders.

I’m fortunate in that I didn’t have to move in immediately after closing, and can wait until the considerable repairs are completed. I imagine other buyers move in immediately, and may just not want the hassle of having workers occupying their house and tearing up the floors etc. And yes, this builder is definitely one that knows some of the problems but waits for the new homeowner to point them out. If I buy another new construction home in the future I’ll do things very differently, including talking to any people in the development who’ve already moved into their home. And I want to warn other buyers and make sure they get their own private home inspections. Even if they’re idiots like me and do it after closing. The sales person told me that very few people get inspections. My inspector flagged the tubs for being slow draining. The team of 4 that went over my list of repairs found a wad of paper and plastic in the drain. Wish I had taken a picture of it. Despicable.

In photo #6, is that a nail head impression under vinyl flooring. First, should use screws for plywood flooring. Second, should use underlayment with no screws or nails anyway. It should not he there. Are they going to tear up all of it?