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I think this is especially an issue with newer developments in unincorporated areas. I know that our old house was a Fox & Jacobs home that was built on a former floodplain that had been built up using what we found later was improperly compacted landfill. Air pockets in the ground caused foundation problems in the entire development. This particular development was later grandfathered in to Carrollton, but the problems persist as the houses change hands. In our case we actually had our foundation break into quarters due to a spring. Luckily ours was one of the last foundation repairs State Farm made before the state allowed exceptions for that. A friend of ours who used to work in construction told us that even some custom homes he worked on had things like fewer supports, subgrade shingles and dangerous wiring. There are some builders he told us to avoid and we have. He's not in Texas any more-although he was a custom cabinet maker, his prices were higher than the under the table pay for construction these days. That is another story as well. Maybe you should go out to some work sites and see which ones are practicing good use of time and money and which ones are ripping people blind.

I did not see this episode. Where was this home at and who was the builder.? Can the episode be viewed on the Fox web site.? Is this new law designed to protect the consumer or the builder.? This is one of my areas of expertise via inspector and consultant. Most builders and realtors don't like me because of the issues I make them fix. This is why an inspector is important to protect the buyers along with protecting the value of the home.

I have to start reading the blogs before I comment-did not realize it airs tomorrow. You would think I was married to Paul by not paying attention to him, sorry...

I hate to say it but if he would have had the house inspected by a licensed professional home inspector with several years of experience he would not be in the mess. People think they can just blindly buy a piece of property and then sue someone when things go bad. In this case it was bad from the get go, come on, 14 inches and he didn't notice it just walking around the house. I think he was just blinded by lipstick on the pig in this case and should have had it inspected and I bet he would not be living in this house if he had. People think just because its new and the city code inspector passed it its all good but its not the case as you can see. Folks get your house inspected before you close on it!

GREAT REPORT! I am currently in the TRCC process myself. This is a joke and needs to be fixed. They have more paperwork and red tape just to file a complain with them than needs to be. Not to mention the homeowner has to pay for the inpsection. In my case there was problems with the home found by the inspector. When or if the problems get fixed time will tell. Can you follow up on how this process works. What happens to the builder if they dont fix the problem? Does the homeowner now have to go throught the civil process? If thats the case what is the reason for having the TRCC? It seems that the TRCC is an un-nessiary process and benefits the builder 100%. If the builder is not punished for building lemons, why have the TRCC? I beleave that builders are fined money for not fixing the problems, but In my case. I have found my builder had "gone out of business". The builder is now building under a different name that before. This is not right!!!