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drae- t1_jd7iyaz wrote

Unless your home is custom built on land you already own you likely don't own the property at rough-in stage. You don't own the house until you pay for it. Which would make acquiring photos an act of trespass. Would you wander into the Ford factory to take pictures of your new car being assembled?

I kick soon-to-be home owners off our jobsites all the time. I've had two injure themselves wandering around the site after hours.

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onegunzo t1_jda6v47 wrote

Having a good relationship with the builder will ensure you can get access.

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drae- t1_jdad7ad wrote

No, it doesn't.

Because: liability and bank loans.

You need to have insurance to maintain your loan. If you invite the untrained public into your job site and they hurt themselves you're Fucked. Jobsites are inherently dangerous, especially to untrained people unfamiliar with them. No one takes that risk. Sure your insurance might pay out, or they might not and your sued for the property the bank has a mortgage on, and you can't even sell the house you were building and will never finish while you're bogged down in court dealing with insurance claims.

That doesn't even begin to get into the troubles inherent in letting the customer see how the sausage is made.

Note: the situation is very different if you already own the land and hired someone to build on it. Then you're the owner and it's your prerogative.

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onegunzo t1_jdaeis3 wrote

So I've built a number of homes with different builders. They have all let me go through - off hours.

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drae- t1_jdal9l5 wrote

I literally run a small construction company that builds homes.

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