But it comes with a warranty!

Coming back from the library this morning I walked past a house under construction. According to the real estate agent's website the house comes with a, "FULL 2 - 5 - 10 New Home Warranty with registered builder".

What does this photo tell me? Someone can't read the plans, and moreover they don't care enough to correct their mistakes. The wooden post should be centred in the metal bracket, and the metal bracket should be centred on the poured concrete pillar.

This sort of sloppiness should make any prospective purchaser seriously consider the quality of all of the stuff that they can't see. It is workmanship like this ensures that Mike Holmes is never short of raw material for his television shows.

And what does this say about the usefulness of the "FULL 2 - 5 - 10 New Home Warranty" or the value of having your house built by a "registered builder"? As a prospective house purchaser it makes me think that the "New Home Warranty" is pretty useless. Either that or the warranty is just about fixing problems after the fact, rather than making sure that the problems do not occur in the first place.