Okay, needs some help here guys. I bought a new house back in December. During the inspection they recommended a retaining wall be built on one corner of the house because the way they had to build up the pad for the foundation.. Well that was brought up and we were told that it would not be needed and that if something did come up, the warranty would cover it.
Well, low and behold the bedroom on that corners door started sticking.. Slowly getting worse. After reviewing the door to make sure it was just not loose i found no problem. Went outside to that corner and noticed holes starting to form under the foundation "I can stick my hand under there". The only thing I can come up with is that corner of the house is sinking... not much but enough.
So I called the builder and voiced my concerns.. He said he came out and looked over the foundation but did not find any problems.. Im calling bullS*** on that one because I work from home and am always here.. I never seen him. At any rate, I called him back and asked him to come out so I could show him the door and the holes.
He comes out and looks it over and said he just needs to tighten up the bottom of the door and that would be it... keep in mind this door is solid, no play anywhere in it.. Its the jam that has moved not the door. So I take him outside and show him the holes and he said it was just the ditch settling from the plumbing and i should "just put some dirt in them".
I asked him what happens after our warranty is out and this thing really gets bad as it appears it will. He then stated "I built this house for the Oklahoma council of neighborhoods not you, It sounds like your trying to make an issue out of a stuck door, you should call them"
At that point, I was pretty heated... I asked him what he could do about it one last time, he said nothing.. I with all composure I had thanked him for taking a look and asked him to leave..
So the Oklahoma council of neighborhoods calls me stating they just got off the phone with the builder and wanted to know whats going on.. in a nutshell i told them that there was holes under the foundation along with a crack in the foundation and the builder refused to do anything about it. She started in on how the weather could affect it with as hot as its been and all but told me I was out of luck. She said she was coming out to see for herself whats going on.
At this point im waiting on her to get her...
My question to OSA is do I have any legal legs to stand on here if they both refuse to address this or and I stuck with a brand new house not even a year old that has foundation issues.
Well, low and behold the bedroom on that corners door started sticking.. Slowly getting worse. After reviewing the door to make sure it was just not loose i found no problem. Went outside to that corner and noticed holes starting to form under the foundation "I can stick my hand under there". The only thing I can come up with is that corner of the house is sinking... not much but enough.
So I called the builder and voiced my concerns.. He said he came out and looked over the foundation but did not find any problems.. Im calling bullS*** on that one because I work from home and am always here.. I never seen him. At any rate, I called him back and asked him to come out so I could show him the door and the holes.
He comes out and looks it over and said he just needs to tighten up the bottom of the door and that would be it... keep in mind this door is solid, no play anywhere in it.. Its the jam that has moved not the door. So I take him outside and show him the holes and he said it was just the ditch settling from the plumbing and i should "just put some dirt in them".
I asked him what happens after our warranty is out and this thing really gets bad as it appears it will. He then stated "I built this house for the Oklahoma council of neighborhoods not you, It sounds like your trying to make an issue out of a stuck door, you should call them"
At that point, I was pretty heated... I asked him what he could do about it one last time, he said nothing.. I with all composure I had thanked him for taking a look and asked him to leave..
So the Oklahoma council of neighborhoods calls me stating they just got off the phone with the builder and wanted to know whats going on.. in a nutshell i told them that there was holes under the foundation along with a crack in the foundation and the builder refused to do anything about it. She started in on how the weather could affect it with as hot as its been and all but told me I was out of luck. She said she was coming out to see for herself whats going on.
At this point im waiting on her to get her...
My question to OSA is do I have any legal legs to stand on here if they both refuse to address this or and I stuck with a brand new house not even a year old that has foundation issues.