New home builders in Oregon must now give buyers of new residences only, a maintenance schedule, that puts groundwater issues at the forefront of the conversation and mandate.
Beginning with contracts signed on or after July 1, 2008, contractors that build new residential structures are required to provide a recommended maintenance schedule to the owner, or the first purchaser, of the structure.
The Construction Contractors Board, the Oregon (CCB) was mandated to adopt (more…)
If you are a home buyer or home seller, the following article is important for you to read, to solve the home inspection report blues.
The home inspection report indicates groundwater problems exist. What to do? Time constraints with the sale of the former home, and now the discovery of a, never disclosed, home drainage problem on the home that is in escrow, forces everyone to call a home drainage contractor, and start a new, uncharted effort to navigate this brand new, unwanted, situation.
It is essential that home buyers control (more…)
A new Oregon groundwater disclosure and information law concerning groundwater problems on new homes was passed in 2007. I applaud the wisdom of the Oregon state legislature in mandating a new law that requires home builder contractors to provide a disclosure and maintenance document dealing with groundwater problems, with respect to new home construction, that is to be given by the contractor/builder to the first purchaser or owner of the home only.
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