Home Building Pitfalls

The true insider's guide to getting the quality new home you deserve.

From choosing the right community through the final inspection, Home Building Pitfalls has the new home buying tips and tricks you must have to be on equal footing with your builder including:

How to avoid the "model home trap" used by every big builder

How to prevent your builder's assembly line construction techniques from getting in the way of the quality and craftsmanship you deserve

How to discover if your builder is telling the truth about claims of superior quality and customer satisfaction

How to prevent damaging mold growth that has become so common in new homes

The tactics used by new home sales people to "up-sell" and persuade you to unnecessarily spend thousands of extra dollars

How your builder’s attorneys are working overtime to make sure they have the upper hand... and what you can do to foil their efforts!

How you can protect yourself from the exclusions and exceptions in most new home warranties.

How to avoid the biggest scam you will encounter when buying a home - The Home Inspector Scam.

Lawrence Thomas has seen the best and the worst in the homebuilding industry. Among his other positions, Lawrence helped oversee one of the largest residential mold restoration projects in the country and managed the warranty department for one of the nation's largest builders.