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Texas Defective Home Lawsuits, Texas Lemon Home
Lawsuits, Texas Negligent Builder Lawsuits, and Texas Construction Defect
Lawsuits (Texas Faulty Foundations, Plumbing Leaks, &
Faulty Wiring Lawyer)
Texas
Defective Home lawyer, Jason Coomer handles
defective home, negligent builder, and construction defect
lawsuits against negligent Texas
residential builders including faulty foundations, fire hazards, plumbing
leaks,
mold infestations & water
intrusion problems, and other construction defect claims.
If you have a house with a construction
defect and would like to communicate with a Texas Defective
Home Lawyer
a potential construction defect, faulty foundation, real estate fraud, failure to disclose, defective home, or
significant construction lawsuit,
contact Austin
Texas Home Defect Lawyer Jason Coomer.
Texas Defect Home Lawsuits, Texas Construction Defect
Lawsuits, and Texas Lemon Home Lawsuits (Texas Negligent
Homebuilder Lawsuits)
Building your dream home or purchasing a
new home are dreams that many Texans have that unfortunately
can turn into nightmares when a negligent homebuilder builds
a house with a bad foundation causing the house to shift or
fall apart, faulty wiring that causes a fire or an
electrocution, or leaky plumbing that causes water to leak
into the walls of the home causing water damage and mold
problems.
Many Texas home builders have been
protected for years through the TRCC and builder friendly
laws, that have prevented Texas homeowners from filing suit
against negligent homebuilders. Fortunately, changes
in Texas law will finally allow some purchasers of faulty
homes to seek compensation from negligent Texas homebuilders
that have built faulty homes or lemon homes.
Texas Defect Home
Claims and Abolishment of the Texas Residential Construction
Commission
Texas has recently decided to abolish the Texas
Residential Construction Commission also known as the
Builder Protection Act. This Commission was created by
Texas homebuilders to protect them from liability from
construction defects and other negligent construction
homebuilding techniques.
The Commission was
primarily made up of building industry insiders and was made a
necessary step to go through prior to being able to file
suit against a Texas Builder. This step is no longer
necessary and the TRCC now recommends that consumers that
have defective homes, contact a Texas construction defect
lawyer if they are having trouble with a negligent home
builder.
"What happens if I discover a defect on
or after September 1, 2009, and the commission no longer
accepts inspection requests?"
TRCC Website
Contact your builder. If your builder
does not respond satisfactorily, you may want to contact an
attorney to discuss your legal options. You can also
complain to the Attorney General’s Consumer Complaint
Division, Federal Trade Commission, your local County or
District Attorney or to your local Better Business Bureau."
TRCC Website
"Will a court recognize the statutory
warranties and commission-adopted performance standards,
even if the commission no longer exists?"
TRCC Website
For contracts executed before September
1, 2009, or work commenced before that date, courts will
consider the law in effect at that time. So, if Title 16 was
still in effect when the parties signed a contract for new
home construction or transferred title on new home
construction, the statutory warranties created by Title 16
and the commission–adopted performance standards still
apply.
TRCC Website
Furthermore, if the parties agree in
their contract to the terms of the applicable warranties and
performance standards, a court will rely on the terms of the
contract to determine if those warranties and performance
standards apply, including if the parties have agreed to
apply the statutory warranties and commission-adopted
performance standards.
TRCC Website
Please note that Texas courts have not
had a chance to review the legal effect of the Sunset Act on
Title 16. Therefore, a court may decide that the language in
the Government Code Section 325.017 does not cause the
statutory warranties and commission-adopted performance
standards to expire until August 31, 2010. Therefore, the
safest course of action is for the parties to agree to
written warranties and performance standards that are at
least as stringent as the statutory warranties and
commission-adopted performance standards until August 31,
2010. That way, if a court should decide that Title 16
provisions are still in effect until August 31, 2010, the
contract will be in compliance with the law.
TRCC Website
Traps for the First Time Home Buyer (Texas Faulty
Foundations, Plumbing Leaks, & Faulty Wiring Lawyer)
First time home buyers are especially vulnerable to toxic or
defective homes. First time home buyer often have to
rely more on the expertise of a real estate agent or builder and can
often get caught by a real estate agent or a builder that is more
interested than a commission or making a profit than helping a buyer get a good
home.
Many first time home buyers can get
caught up in the emotions of buying their first home and do
not understand that it is important to research the builder
that they are buying from and to have an experienced home
inspector inspect their potential new home for any major
construction problems. These construction problems
often are hidden by the negligent builder, but an
experienced home inspector combined with researching a
builder can often uncover most major construction defects.
If you have been sold a home where the
builder or seller has failed to disclose significant problems or even
worse has painted over or hidden significant problems with
the house, you may have a cause of action against the
builder, seller
and/or the real estate agents involved in the transaction.
Texas Commercial Real Estate
Lawsuits
Texas
real estate lawyer, Jason Coomer handles
commercial real estate matters including breach of
commercial real estate contracts, failure to disclose
claims, fraud claims, fire claims, water intrusion claims,
commercial lease disputes, commercial litigation,
dissolution of
partnerships, joint venture disputes,
construction law issues,
commercial development
disputes, and other commercial real estate issues.
If you need a Texas commercial real estate lawyer or an
Austin attorney,
feel free to contact Austin
real estate lawyer Jason Coomer.
Texas Defective Home Lawyer, Texas Lemon Home Lawyer,
Texas Negligent Builder Lawyer, and Texas Construction Defect
Lawyer (Texas Faulty Foundations, Plumbing Leaks, &
Faulty Wiring Lawsuits)
Austin Texas residential real estate lawyer Jason Coomer
handles home defect claims where a builder, seller or real estate
agent has hidden significant problems with a house.
He has also worked with San Antonio Defective Home Lawyers,
Dallas Negligent Builder Lawyers, Houston Negligent
Homebuilder Lawyers, and
other Texas Lemon Home Lawyers in providing representation
and advice on large fraudulent real estate transactions. He
is admitted to practice in both Texas State Court and in
Federal Court (Western District of Texas) as well as has
handled real estate arbitrations, mediations, and
negotiations.
As an Austin, Texas real estate lawyer he works
with first time home buyers, investors, buyers, and other individuals to
resolve residential real estate disputes. He also works
with other Texas Real Estate Lawyers in handling large
commercial real estate litigation
as well as other business law
lawsuits. If you need an Austin Texas residential real estate lawyer or a
Texas Faulty Home attorney,
feel free to contact Austin Texas Home Defect Lawyer Jason Coomer. |
