Lemon Law for Homes

Dallas, TX. -" You scrimped and saved for years to buy a new home, only to have your euphoria cut short when you find serious construction flaws and learn that your homebuilder isn't about to pay up... The Texas Residential Construction Commission was supposed to provide homeowners recourse against shoddy homebuilders...Homeowners must go through the commission's complaint process before they can pursue arbitration or litigation. And here's the kicker: The commission has no authority to compel homebuilders to fix faulty houses. A Dallas Morning News report last fall uncovered this rather large flaw: Even though the commission had ruled in favor of a number of homeowners, reporters found that many were still hassling with builders to make things right. State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, offers a good fix. She's introduced HB 2721, which amounts to a lemon law for new homes . The bill would force builders, under certain circumstances, to buy back a home if they fail to make repairs recommended by the commission. In addition, if the builder decided to put the house back on the market, it would be required to disclose that the home was 'bought back' and why."...
03/27/07

 

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[Home Inspection]

Lemon law, a fire would be the best thing. In all honesty though, I would not do that, but it made me laugh, which did alleviate some of the stresses of this house for a few moments.