Originally Posted by
David Block
but this was a builder who had completed approximately 40 units in the this developement assumably with the same setup. My concern is now that each one of these other units will have the exact same problems as the one I just inspected. I know its not my business
Did that come up when the city people were there?
If not, you should bring it up to them.
If yes, then ...
shouldn't the city now question the previous installations and maybe contact the owners?
Yes, but not real likely to happen without some prodding from you (not prodding the city inspectors who came out, you are making them your friends, but my contacting the homeowners and doing a sales pitch for inspections, which includes something like 'One example of the items I found was blah-blah-blah and the city came out and agree, the builder is now correcting it').
Wouldn't the builder be prudent to be proactive and maybe make repairs to units already completed now that a known problem has been disclosed and opens the door for litigation should a problem arise in the other units?
Yes. But ...
"be prudent to be proactive"
The builder is going to throw more good money away, after having to fix that ONE house?
Not likely.
"be prudent" - Yes.
Be responsible - Yes.
Likely to happen - No.