I don't do this work but I see some home inspector videos mostly out of Texas. These are new construction $500K houses and they look halfassed built and finished.
Way I understand it , the city / county inspectors look mostly for safety issues and not quality / craftmanship . Really high quality framing , trim and painting is about a thing of the past , even on really high end houses. Scottsboro used to have some great craftsmen at all the residential building trades , it's hard to find them now. I suspect it's that way everywhere.
