Seeing that we are now out of the hottest part of the year (summer is now over), it won't be as bad as if the home was left vacant over the summer without any soil maintenance.

Additionally, the weight of the home's framing is not there to assist with settlement so that is a plus. However, irrespective of the 'season' and the 'lack of framing', the soils should still be maintained about twice/ week or the possibility exists that the collapsing of the clay can and may cause damage to plumbing lines that will, in-turn cause additional centralized movement.

Getting the attorneys involved sucks. But since they are involved, the buyer side should now require a regular soil maintenance program by the builder until construction can resume.

JMO

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