Matthew
Rancho Murieta,#2Author of original report
Sat, April 03, 2004
We have had a huge amount of public pressure put on Reynen and Bardis and they have started to move, but they still have yet to fix our home. 468 days and counting . . . .
Cindy
Edmond,#3Consumer Suggestion
Sun, October 19, 2003
Your state is one of many, I believe, in which builders lobbyists convinced the legislature that home owners are filing suit without even notifying the builder of defects. They have laws passing in several states, despite consumer protests, called "Right to Repair" type laws. It essentially restricts your legal recourse when a builder builds defectively and breaches the warranty. There is a chapter of Homeowners Against Deficient Dwellings in California. The national site is www.hadd.com In the meantime, document everything and be sure you can prove in writing that you notified the builder of the defects. If you only have verbal conversations with them about it, they can deny they were ever notified. I'm very sorry you're going thru this...i've been thru it too and highly recommend HADD, especially to buyers who have not yet bought...once you have bought there is limited help anyone can provide, despite a MYTH that it's easy to sue a builder. Good luck and hang in there...and do contact HADD.