Construction Defects Affects Entire Communities
Many of you may have purchased a home from a “volume” or “production” builder (i.e. a builder who built hundreds of homes in your community). If you think about it, the quality of construction provided...
View ArticleThe Waiting is the Hardest Part
Take this common situation – your home has cracks in the walls, doors that stick, open on their own, windows that are racked and that cannot be opened, etc. Logically, you contact the builder and...
View ArticleHow to Uncover Hidden Jewels when Buying Real Estate
In this blog I focus on available sources of information regarding a property that a typical real estate buyer does not ask for or receive. Normally, a residential real estate buyer receives only a...
View ArticleSignificant Construction Defects
While a home or structure can have a wide variety of construction defects, usually significant defects arise from three areas – foundation movement, water penetration and safety issues. Foundation...
View ArticleDo You Need to Have an Inspection for New Construction?
It may seem odd to those of you that are buying a new home to consider hiring a third party to inspect it, since the home is “new”. While generally when a home is built in a municipality, the city or...
View ArticleWhat does “bonded and insured” really mean?
How many times have you seen or heard the phrase that a contractor/remodeler is “bonded and insured”? Probably plenty. But what does this phrase really mean? Usually, it is used to make you, the...
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Minimizing the chance that your “dream” custom home doesn’t turn into a...
Many of you may be considering building your dream custom home. I have represented many individuals that unfortunately have had difficulty with this process. I will be providing information on a...
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Custom Homebuilding - Part 2
Consider hiring your own stage inspector(s). You may have little protection from lender-driven and governmental (i.e. permitting) inspections. The lender's inspector most probably will not be...
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Custom Homebuilding - Part 3
Minimize the number of owner-hired contractors Sometimes owners want to hire some of the contractors directly. Generally in my opinion the fewer owner-hired contractors the better since if problems...
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Custom Homebuilding - Part 4
Be Wary of a Builder-Driven Choice of Construction Lender Many of you that are contemplating building a custom home will likely end up borrowing money from a construction lender to finance the...
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Understand What Your Allowance Budgets Mean
Typically in a custom home project there will be "allowance" items, which usually are budgetary amounts that are preset for certain selection items such as flooring, plumbing fixtures, appliances and...
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