Existing-home evidence

  • Review disclosures, inspection findings, repairs, permits, insurance availability, and major-system age.
  • Confirm additions, conversions, fences, pools, or other work against available permits and property records.
  • Read association documents and budget for condition-based maintenance after closing.

New-construction evidence

  • Read the builder contract, addenda, incentive conditions, escalation terms, and cancellation provisions.
  • Confirm inspection access, completion standards, walkthrough process, warranty coverage, and closing triggers.
  • Separate current taxes, association charges, and infrastructure from estimates for a completed community.

Use City sources for permits and project status

Allen’s Building and Permitting Division says it monitors code compliance through permitting, construction-plan review, and inspections, and processes applications through Citizen Self Service. The City’s Current Development Projects map is the better source for a project’s latest mapped stage than a sales rendering.

Run the same closing gate for both

For either path, confirm financing, title, survey, insurance, inspections, utilities, association material, contract deadlines, and any unresolved repair or completion item before the applicable contingency or closing milestone.

Decision noteA permit or municipal inspection is not a substitute for independent property due diligence or professional advice.

Sources and verification links

Use these links to verify current information directly. Recheck time-sensitive details when a particular address or decision is under consideration.