Donna Fitzgerald
04-03-2012, 02:51 PM
Hello-
I currently live in a subdivision in South-Central Texas which is built on expansive soil. Of the approximately 300 houses in this subdivision, over 70 are experiencing mild to severe problems with the foundations. As you can imagine, the whole neighborhood is up in arms and quite a few people are lobbying for the builder to buy the homes back.
A committee has formed in the neighborhood and one of the interesting items that they have discovered is that on the HUD form, I believe it is called the "Builders Certificate", there are boxes to check off that asked if the house is built on expansive soil, land fill, fill dirt or a water source. The builder checked no to all of these items. But, when questioned about why we are having all of these problems they state that you have to expect this sort of thing because the house is built on expansive soil. My question is, did the builder lie on the HUD form?
There are a lot of rumors swirling around about the builder falsifying a federal document but I can't imagine a national builder could get away with this. Has anyone heard of anything like this before? Thank you for your help with this matter.
I currently live in a subdivision in South-Central Texas which is built on expansive soil. Of the approximately 300 houses in this subdivision, over 70 are experiencing mild to severe problems with the foundations. As you can imagine, the whole neighborhood is up in arms and quite a few people are lobbying for the builder to buy the homes back.
A committee has formed in the neighborhood and one of the interesting items that they have discovered is that on the HUD form, I believe it is called the "Builders Certificate", there are boxes to check off that asked if the house is built on expansive soil, land fill, fill dirt or a water source. The builder checked no to all of these items. But, when questioned about why we are having all of these problems they state that you have to expect this sort of thing because the house is built on expansive soil. My question is, did the builder lie on the HUD form?
There are a lot of rumors swirling around about the builder falsifying a federal document but I can't imagine a national builder could get away with this. Has anyone heard of anything like this before? Thank you for your help with this matter.