<prompt> Human: Hi all...Wife and I saved up enough to buy our first home. Southwest Florida, prices in the area are crazy, like most places right now, and old 10-11yrconstruction was maybe 20k cheaper than buying new, and most still had water utility assessments due to the county in the tune of 20-25k. We found a 4 bedden a little below our price max, in a centrally located, no-outlet neighborhood. We signed a contract that day on the house, admittedly falling prey to high pressure we arent building any more of this model in 2017 tactics.My wife, myself, and a friend went to view the house two days ago and a man approached us and identified himself as the neighbor across the street. He said that they poured the slab at 6pm and at dawn the next day 78a, they were driving a forklift on the slab to drop off the exterior wall bricks. He also said that another neighbor was watching and didnt see them compact the fill dirt with anything before pouring the slab, no bull dozer or ground stamper or whatever its called or anything. The electrical panel they installed is rusted and painted over, clearly a used panel. My mom believes the neighbor is trying to buy the house, but they have a VERY nice home directly across from us that has an adjacent empty lot next to it and then there are several empty lots in the area. I believe the neighbor was being genuine, concerned that hed make a friend out of whoever lived there and just wanted to let them know ahead of time rather than having it on his mind.Unfortunately, they just tiled the majority of the home and Im unable to see the cracks myself, but the man showed us pictures of a crack that runs NS and separates about a third of the house from the rest. It starts by the window in the master bath tub, runs through the master bathroompretty much right next to a toilet..., under the wall through to the kitchen, where its underneath the stove and the dishwasher, then through the living room, continuing to the back right bedroomdens window on the opposite side of the house that it started on. At its thickest, the crack appears to be about 14in or so, about a foot past the master bath toilet. Its hard to tell the size from the images, but the placementbeing so near a toilet and various drains for kitchen and master tub, etc concerns me... I called the county building inspector, who informed me that theyve never inspected the property whatsoever, its all being done by a private engineering firm. I called the private firm and was told I would need to request the reports from the builder as they are unable to share that information with anyone but their client... Its now 24hrs later and Im still waiting on the builders construction manager to call meemail me the most recent building inspection report. My wife and I are concerned but, being so young, are unsure of what to do. We really like the house and the location, and the builder showed us another home that was recently sold but awaiting closing and the craftsmanshipquality of work was above several of the other builders in the area. They have a 30yr roof warranty, 10yr AC, 10 yr foundation, 1yr everything else. Im still waiting on the full warranty text, as my mom had foundation issues but her warranty wouldnt cover anything until the crack was 58in or thicker!! I feel like the builder is rushing this home to get it now that it is under contract. Is it normal to put a placeholder panel in new construction until the electrician comes to actually wire it? Would a crack that runs through an entire third of the house be enough to make you walk away from it? Weve been looking for three months so far and this was the first home that felt like home when we walked in, you know? What are your thoughtsopinions? Would you walk from the house? I was thinking of asking the builder to pull up the tile in the master bathmaybe kitchen so I could have my own inspector take a look at it. Im told its normal for the county to not be involved in inspections but its concerning since... I mean what incentive does a private firm have to fail a builder who gives them a considerable amount of their yearly business? Im hoping for some unbiased, non-emotional advice. Im finding its very hard to remove myself from the emotional consideration of owning my first home, having it fit all the markers we wanted in terms of spacelocationlayout, etc... And Im concerned that those emotions are clouding my judgement on what should be a mostly fiscal decision based on the risks presented.EDIT: Met with the construction manager and told him what happened. They said if its larger than 18th in, theyll fix it. They agreed to pull the toilet and tile so we can inspect it... Guess well see how it looks when thats done. Thank you for all your help so far, Im still very nervous. I went to another home they are building that is in the same part of the process, and there are significantly fewer cracks at the second home. My garage, for example, looks like a spider web of cracks, the second house has absolutely none in the garage, but one noticeable crack in the masters bedroom that looks more like natural settling to me. Ill probably have an inspector take a look 500 for... pretty much nothing if we dont buy the house..., and will likely use a different realtor if we have to continue our search.Assistant: 500 for... pretty much nothing if we dont buy the house...If you cant drop 500 on a competent home inspection, you shouldnt be considering buying a house. Have the inspector come once the toilettile is pulled.Slab cracks are no joke. Try fixing one after the house is built. Its generally cheaper to tear the house down and put it back up again. If what you describe is true, your potentially future neighbors doing you a favor and you dont want to buy the house.Human: If you cant drop 500 on a competent home inspection, you shouldnt be considering buying a house. Have the inspector come once the toilettile is pulled.Edit: removed me being a dick, sorry.Id rather not have to spend 500 unless its absolutely necessary. The down payment is roughly 9500 with 18k coming out of pocket, so 500 is not a huge sum, but one of the considerations we made when choosing new construction was erroneously believing wed save on out of pocket inspection costs. Ultimately, the builder is removing the tile and toilet and Im going to have an inspector take a look. Thank you all for your feedback, I appreciate your opinions and third-party perspectives.  <response>: I guess Im unique in this world in that I work for my money and Id rather not have to spend 500 unless its absolutely necessary.youre not unique. no one wants to spend this money if not necessary, but dude, its necessary. stop pretending it isnt. 