Moving

[The Demon]

I just got my closing date of March 10th! We’re not moving there right away but at least I’m gonna get the house ready and furnish it with everything I need and then we are out of this state.

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[NGOT8R]

I just got my closing date of March 10th! We’re not moving there right away but at least I’m gonna get the house ready and furnish it with everything I need and then we are out of this state.

Right on! I wish we were moving that quickly! Our builder just broke ground a couple of days ago. I went out today and they were scraping out lot. Hopefully ours is a situation where he underpromises and overdelivers. The days seem like weeks and the weeks seem like months as we wait.

 

[NGOT8R]

Any pics or video that you can post of how things are looking at your spot?

 

[The Demon]

Any pics or video that you can post of how things are looking at your spot?

I hear you there on the waiting. We started this whole thing in July so it seems like a while but it goes fast. I’m gonna be getting some fresh pics on Thursday from the builder as we haven’t had any in a couple of weeks. I’ll post up everything that I have then. Here is an overhead shot right now. Mine is on the bottom right.

 

[coz0502]

I just got my closing date of March 10th! We’re not moving there right away but at least I’m gonna get the house ready and furnish it with everything I need and then we are out of this state.

I bought my current house when it was just a foundation and live in the Tampa Bay area. Since you are currently in California and closing remotely, I would highly recommend getting an independent home inspector to come out before you sign the paperwork. The builder will tell you that you don't need one because they will provide a warranty on the build, but they are worth every penny, a good inspector will find things that you would never look for and a builder would never disclose. Good luck, I hope Daytona is everything you hope or better said everything your wife hopes LOL.

 

[The Demon]

I bought my current house when it was just a foundation and live in the Tampa Bay area. Since you are currently in California and closing remotely, I would highly recommend getting an independent home inspector to come out before you sign the paperwork. The builder will tell you that you don't need one because they will provide a warranty on the build, but they are worth every penny, a good inspector will find things that you would never look for and a builder would never disclose. Good luck, I hope Daytona is everything you hope or better said everything your wife hopes LOL.

Thanks for the advice. I appreciate it. We are in the Latitude Margaritaville community so we are actually flying out for a full house inspection on March 3. We will go through everything in the house with the builder to make sure everything that my wife picked is there and everything works the way we want it And if anything’s wrong there’s a week between for them to correct it but I don’t foresee any issues. Then we’ll close on the 10th if we stay for that. We may still close remotely.

 

[Snakebyte]

Thanks for the advice. I appreciate it. We are in the Latitude Margaritaville community so we are actually flying out for a full house inspection on March 3. We will go through everything in the house with the builder to make sure everything that my wife picked is there and everything works the way we want it And if anything’s wrong there’s a week between for them to correct it but I don’t foresee any issues. Then we’ll close on the 10th if we stay for that. We may still close remotely.

I concur with the advice given earlier after hearing of some wild issues on new homes.

I personally am aware of inspectors/inspections recommended by selling realtors and the selling builders that went bad...and unfortunately the warranty was nearly worthless when it came being made whole.

Years ago I had to call my own electrician after the contractor repeatedly would not fix the issue on my new house. Thankfully the builder did pay my electrical contractor's bill.

Many inspectors in Florida I found are old and retired folks just looking for extra income. A few are not up to handle the physical demands required of an inspector. Some are hesitant to go into crawl spaces (yes we do have some in the area) or go into hot attics. (I had an acquaintance who, after a couple months in his new home incurred outrageous electric bills.) He learned that the contractor, county inspector, and home inspector missed the fact that there was no insulation installed in the attic.

Is is possible for you to have someone you can trust to look at your future home, now? Unseen issues can be lurking....Such as a contractor a family member had, whose sub did not put water-rated walls behind the shower tile. Fortunately the job was so ugly that it prompted further investigation and after some leveraging, several bathrooms were stripped of wall and floor tile, and a new sub was hired to do the job right.

So again, if you have a access to someone who can keep an eye on construction at this stage, that could be beneficial as well.

 

[The Demon]

I concur with the advice given earlier after hearing of some wild issues on new homes.

I personally am aware of inspectors/inspections recommended by selling realtors and the selling builders that went bad...and unfortunately the warranty was nearly worthless when it came being made whole.

Years ago I had to call my own electrician after the contractor repeatedly would not fix the issue on my new house. Thankfully the builder did pay my electrical contractor's bill.

Many inspectors in Florida I found are old and retired folks just looking for extra income. A few are not up to handle the physical demands required of an inspector. Some are hesitant to go into crawl spaces (yes we do have some in the area) or go into hot attics. (I had an acquaintance who, after a couple months in his new home incurred outrageous electric bills.) He learned that the contractor, county inspector, and home inspector missed the fact that there was no insulation installed in the attic.

Is is possible for you to have someone you can trust to look at your future home, now? Unseen issues can be lurking....Such as a contractor a family member had, whose sub did not put water-rated walls behind the shower tile. Fortunately the job was so ugly that it prompted further investigation and after some leveraging, several bathrooms were stripped of wall and floor tile, and a new sub was hired to do the job right.

So again, if you have a access to someone who can keep an eye on construction at this stage, that could be beneficial as well.

Even though it is new construction I have my realtor checking on it all the time for me. There are 3,900 homes in Latitude all done by the same builder. Minto. I am happy with how things are going. The builder sends us images every week with progress as well.

 

[Snakebyte]

Even though it is new construction I have my realtor checking on it all the time for me. There are 3,900 homes in Latitude all done by the same builder. Minto. I am happy with how things are going. The builder sends us images every week with progress as well.

Minto generally did a great job in our area. Best wishes on your new home.

 

[The Demon]

Minto generally did a great job in our area. Best wishes on your new home.

Thanks! We can't wait to get there and start our semi-retirement.

 

[The Demon]

The date is coming up so I thought I’d post a couple of pics of what the house looks like.

 

[NGOT8R]

The date is coming up so I thought I’d post a couple of pics of what the house looks like.

Looks like you’re very close! How long did your build take?

I wish we were that far along on ours. We just had underground trades (plumbing and electrical) completed today. Tomorrow is another inspection and then on Monday the concrete trucks will be coming out to pump in the material, so that the concrete trades can do their thing.

 

[The Demon]

Looks like you’re very close! How long did your build take?

I wish we were that far along on ours. We just had underground trades (plumbing and electrical) completed today. Tomorrow is another inspection and then on Monday the concrete trucks will be coming out to pump in the material, so that the concrete trades can do their thing.

The entire project started in July 2024. I don’t believe they really started until August though. At first they seemed to be moving so fast I wanted them to slow down because I wanted it done in 2025. I think my earlier post said January or February so March 12 is what it is now. Perfect for me. Are you getting hit with a lot of building codes and things like that?. Fortunately being in a community I guess that’s already taken care of for us.

 

[NGOT8R]

The entire project started in July 2024. I don’t believe they really started until August though. At first they seemed to be moving so fast I wanted them to slow down because I wanted it done in 2025. I think my earlier post said January or February so March 12 is what it is now. Perfect for me. Are you getting hit with a lot of building codes and things like that?. Fortunately being in a community I guess that’s already taken care of for us.

We went under contract in September 2024, entered permitting in November (which seemed to take a while) and then finally broke ground in January 2025. So far, everything has gone well and we’ve passed inspection for the underground plumbing and electrical trades. We have another inspection scheduled for today, in preparation for the concrete work which is scheduled for Monday. This should take all day, as the pour will be large (4198 sqft to be exact).

We haven’t been getting hit with any building code violations, as far as I know. I feel like the work is about to take off and start to move very quickly once the slab is done. The expected completion date is September 2025.

 

[wingnutt]

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