That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
Government employees doing sloppy work receiving a paycheck. I did a house to the studs, pulled permits through the state at a cost of $1500. Each inspection was a minute or two and a sticker slapped on the window
The PERMITS absolutely must be more that a source of revenue. There are definitely state laws that grant authority to counties to issue building permits... occupancy permits. I would definitely be reigning terror down on every state and county, my homeowners insurance provider and going after the bond of the builder. There's culpability for such a mess.
@@glasshalffull2930 There is no justice for Americans except for rich Americans. The rest of us have no access to justice at all, nothing, none, zero, zilch.
@@virginiamoss7045 The builder in my community failed to remedy defects and so we homeowners banded together and got an attorney to begin a class action lawsuit. Attorney didn’t ask for money up front as he knew he would win. Builder settled out of court.
The irony that NC won't allow hurricaine victims to move into temporary donated tiny houses yet this house failed it framing inspection and construction just rolled on. Amazing.
It's mind blowing that this passed inspection. Wow. I hope the owner gets a resolution. After the county blew it off, I'd have just contacted the state attorney general.
It didn't pass! See 2:36. Issue is that the home owner is trying to get the county to take some legal action against the Builder, which they will not do. She can sue the builder, but the builder will just close the business to avoid any payments. This is normal practices for more low cost builders. To get a quality builder it, the costs for a new home are much higher.
100% right. Before it’s over with, Americans will be in the streets torching factories, malls, etc. when the rug gets pulled out from underneath the economy and almost half of the workforce is out of a job.
@@truther001Who hires them? Greedy f* king Business owners. They could not have a job if your neighbors, cousins, family members didn’t offer them one. So who is to blame?
My ex mother in laws boyfriend told me when he was a contractor in New York the inspector walked up to him on his first job and without any hello or introduction he told him what kind of whiskey he likes...
And this is extremely common because politicians always back business owners before citizens, especially in small towns and counties. The local builder or store owner or chemical plant operator will have FAR more sway than the citizens living there. The police, mayor, council people will all defer to the business owners and back them with the power of law enforcement if the citizens act up.
The builder has insurance. So do all the subcontractors. Plus, she discovered the defects before the 1 year warrantee expired, so the builder has a commercial obligation enforceable by courts. But beyond that, certain construction defects, if left unremedied, are criminal in nature, so if the county cites the builder on those, he needs to remedy them right away. The house is occupied. Crazy.
There is no way repairs to that house cost $300,000. They just need to rebuild those pillars (which is easy, just jack each side of the beams, take out the old and build a new one), take care of the ants, put down a proper vapor barrier that covers the entire crawlspace, etc. Maybe there is like $10-20,000 worth of work.
No people are not!!!!! Come back to reality We are perfectly fine with corruption and fraud from the very top all the way to bottom. As a matter of fact, we embrace it with open arms as a people.
What's the point in having required state licensing if the county doesn't ensure that they license is valid prior to allowing construction and sale. Also, what's the purpose of building codes if they aren't enforced? This sucks. Sorry.
What you got to understand that there are building codes but what the state code is and the county or city code are can be two different ones. The state can be on 2024 code, but your county is on 2015 code and same with your city as well. Or they made a special adjust to the code for that area.
@ yeah, the 2015 code says the stack of insufficiently mortared CMUs don't need to be plumb.....after all, they are just holding up a big chunk of the house....
This is so sad. Please, please, please tell me that this homeowner has some recourse. Please tell me she can take legal action against the builder. It was so painful to watch.
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
Whether in NC or elsewhere. The courts have ruled that county inspectors have NO responsibility...they just provide lip service and control over your personal property.
I was an inspector for a small city, our policy which was directly from our engineers was we are not the friends of builders. We were to enforce all codes with no regard to the builders. The homes built in the city limits were 25% higher the same house built out of the city limits. The contractors knew coming in that they were held to the codes and were expected to adhere to the codes no exceptions. Word does get around how easy or hard an area is on enforcement of codes.
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
Eliminate building permits. County inspectors are not there to check for codes. The Permit is to make sure you pay maximum property taxes on construction or renovations.
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
I live in NC. The amount of slop being built in record time is truly amasing to see. These builders would sell you 4 bare wall and a roof and nothing else if they could.
Agreed. Here in South Florida most of us would always prefer a boring older house without the bells and whistles over this newer stuff because the quality is always terrible.
I live in a home that was built in the 80s. If I ever find the builder I would slap him on the face for the stupid stuff he did here. We have fixed most of it. (No insulation in a ceiling over 20 ft high was a big one.) One major item to fix is the 2 bathrooms upstairs. With all the plumbing we've fixed here I pretty much know what complications there are. We had plumbing that has since been banned. There is a class action lawsuit against it in Nevada.
Welcome to the era of the disposable house. Charlotte, NC has over a 100,000 people a year moving to the area and builders are throwing up Junk just as fast as they can. Most new construction in the $400,000 range just looks like a box with two windows and a garage slapped on the front.
You mis understood the video: The County stated the home "FAILED" inspection see 2:36. The home owner used a private home inspector (likely from the real estate company selling the home: Big mistake). She wants to County to sue the builder likely because she cannot afford to, & the county does not want to pay for the legal costs either & basically told the homeowner that she will need to sue him. She will never get anything out of the builder, as he will just close that company & open a new company to avoid any payments or liability. They all do this.
Thank you for reporting this. As someone who is looking for a home in Burke, it's good to know who's up to snuff and who's willing to cheat the community they serve.
The middle pier (on left side) looks crooked. And yes it looks like mortar is thin between the concrete block. I'd definitely be looking closely at the foundation walls themselves, as they too are concrete block from footing to sill. It's crucial they are set properly.
@@johnleebassand just to be clear: actual cinder blocks are no longer used in residential construction...haven't since the 1950s. They are concrete, but have a mix of more sand and coal ash in them, whereas modern concrete blocks are Portland cement and finer gravel aggregate mix. These hold up better to stress and weathering than true cinder blocks did, which also tend to be a bit darker grey in color. You're not going to find true cinder blocks in homes built after about oh, 1960...and probably a bit earlier really. But the term has long stuck in everyday vocab. Most would call them synonymous
I had someone pretend to be an attorney one day and told me not to contact him again but wouldn't give me his name and phone number. I was working in collections at the time. FYI attorneys bill by the hour. So yes they are going to talk to you. I did have someone once who had an attorney on retainer. Boy did he lose money on that. LOL
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
There area some good home inspector channels on UA-cam that show how horrible some new construction can be in the USA. It's probably good to get them involved as the place is being built so that stuff inside the drywall can be examined.
Basically unless you can be on site looking at everything and know what the standards are I would be very careful building a new home. In fact I would hire my own inspector to be on site every day. Might be worth a extra $75,000 to hire the person for 6 months if you are having a million dollar home built. But from some these home you would probably do better buying a manufacter home off Amazon. Bit the service you get depend on the state and your local city. You know those people who get in because only about 15% of American show up for local election even though they have the most direct power of making laws that will effect you the most. But I live in MN and I was in FL over the winter about 10 years ago and my furnace broke and caused 12 pipes to freeze and break.What a mess. Notning like having the basement ceiling in the toilet, and the bathtub, and the guest bed and you get what I am talking about. Every room that had a pipe had to be stripped to the studs and the city code enforcement basically came in like 9 time over a 3 month repair checking everytime they finished something. In fact the company my insurance hired was sort of complaining like we cannot move on with the repair because we are waiting for code comes in like it was a pain for them. They had someone come in and check all the pipes and all the electric and even measure the thickness of the random insulation that had to be totally replaced before they sealed the walls. In fact the inspector called me each time he needed to come and asked if I wanted to be there when he was there since I was staying someplace else. I never had anyone offer me that and then spend the time explaining what he was looking for. So much depends on getting the rignt people. This is the type of man you want around your home. Too bad he was married😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. All the good men are taken😊😅😊😅😊😅😊😅😂😂
I live by this. Older homed are better built using tried and true materials (asbestos aside). Some of the new materials are not standing the same test of time.
The counties in NC some in with the builders! At the end of the year some builders have parties and invite the county home inspectors. I know I made a complaint about my builders in private with the county. Within one hour the builder was calling me. Everyone nowadays is in on the take who are protecting you.
In 1976 my high school shop teacher built houses during summer break. He said that it was common to payoff inspectors. Give him a bottle of whiskey he said.
Homes are crap. Cars are crap. Medical care is crap. Most of the stuff you buy is crap. People don’t care about quality. Probably a symptom of end stage capitalism.
@@Ddccpp2152 yes probably...almost certainly. The problems with the foundation and piers in crawl space alone would have been plainly visible to any half-wit inspector that got down there and saw it. Either he didn't go down or, more likely, what you suggest. Common problem in the industry, collusion of builders with code inspectors and home inspectors that serve the real estate clients. Always get your own inspector when deciding on buying...not what the realtor or builder suggest.
You and the other homeowners should try to find an attorney who would represent you all in a class action suit against Burke County and the builder and his insurer. 🤷♀️ Good luck to you all.🙏
I live in NC. The amount of slop being built in record time is truly amasing to see. These builders would sell you 4 bare wall and a roof and nothing else if they could.
People need to do their own inspections and take a lot of pictures as your home is being build. You are spending a huge amount of your income and you should be knowledgeable of what you are buying. I took pictures of my home being built and I can see where all the plumbing and electrical was installed before insulation and drywall was done. There are many videos on proper construction including plumbing and electrical. I have a built a couple places myself and if I ever sell I will give all the documents on what was used and pictures to the buyer.
It's a package deal the builder and the inspector are in cahoots along with less than stellar craftsmanship and even in the face of irrefutable evidence the county takes no blame just sickening
I wouldn't even build a chicken coop on top of that messy block column and shimmed wooden beam claptrap. How many empty Modelo bottles did you find in the crawl space?
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
This is an enormous problem that nobody knows about….. it’s going on all over. I would NEVER buy a new house these days, I have been told buy multiple people in the business that they way new homes are being thrown up is criminal these days!
They shouldn’t need “suggestions” to do their job. I feel so bad for that woman. Moving into your own home is so thrilling, and should be a happy thing, not a stressor. It is an adorable home, though. I hope she gets things fixed properly.
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
If you pause on the frame showing the inspection report, you'll see that the structural defects are actually pretty minor. The support piers need some small corrections, bugs are finding their way inside, and the crawlspace vapor barrier is incomplete. The latter two are easy DIY jobs. While the "fit and finish" of most new construction homes is poor, it's insane to suggest that this house needs anything near $300k in repairs. I've seen far worse.
When he’s being paid off. She should sue him and the county. It’s obvious that he overlooked “major” red flags. The contractor needs to be sued and put out of business
If the framing doesn’t pass inspection, How can you as a builder allow to insulate and drywall? Where I’m at if u do this u will be fine $600 a day until u fix the framing
@ Wisconsin and in my city. They check every sub contractor and including their workers to make sure they have a journey man license from the state to perform the work. Who ever u put down in ur application must be the one who is doing the work. If not u as a general contractor will be fine.
@@Anthonycapone8146 inspectors will sometimes stop by to check on the sub contractors no lies. One of my electrician worker didn’t renew his license and the city make a big stink about it.
@tublisvaj8966 wow! That's extremely unusual, typically the majority of new construction workers are illegal immigrants. Except for the mechanical trades.
Home inspectors nowadays must be former Dollar Store employees....Home inspectors do not do their jobs and they are a drain on the state payroll if they let homes like that pass. I used to be a builder in NC and at that time they had some serious home inspections and if you didn't comply you didn't get the CO to move in. Without the CO the builder would not get the balance of his money for completion of the job plain and simple....Now home inspection is a joke....I recommend that people hire a qualified home inspector to inspect your new home as it is being constructed instead of at the end of construction. That might get costly but the alternative is more costly...Once these crooks finish and leave and then you find the defects then you are screwed. Inspect, inspect,inspect thats the answer.
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
We had a similar problem in our county years ago. There was an inspector who buddied up with a bunch of contractors and let them slide on all kinds of questionable stuff. The state had to step in to sort it out.
She mentions that she obtained a home inspector on her own, was that before or after her COE? Since she bought the house for $330,000 but then says she has $300,000 in damages. How is that possible? The land is worth at least $100,000 leaving $230,000 if the house is a total loss. Lets get real people.......
Yeah, you can build the house for $230k.. so to redo this whole house you just build the replacement on top of it! You are a GENIUS! Why remove the substandard original? And if it isn't the whole thing, say only the garage and a couple of bedrooms..just build the new sections on top of the old ones. Fixed!
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
If you’re moving to NC from another state understand building standards and code enforce are pretty lax here. It’s the downside of a “business friendly” laissez faire kind of state. You must do your own due diligence because a lot of contractors don’t really know what they’re doing, they banked enough money working in some other field to get their GC license and they sub out all of the work (cheaply as possible) without having any first-hand construction experience, and no inspector or official can be relied on to keep them in check.
That's pretty much every Southern state. Virginia is the same way. Doesn't help that vocational education is largely a joke s how the hell is anyone supposed to learn the right way to do the job?
I'm from New England ,worked CARPENTRY in NC for a couple years , BASIC FOUNDATION items in NC are under built , Piers , cement , depth of sub foundations and pier support cement , floor ,attic and skirting lacking proper insulation , IF IT ISNT SEEN ITS SUBSTANDARD IN MY OPINION '
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
Why are the tax payers paying the inspection department if they don’t enforce building codes? I personally have seen standards become more lax in the last ten years. I preferred the old cranky guys that would argue with me about code specifics. Kept me sharp.
@ she stated she had a private home inspection done, they are licensed and insured for this reason, go after him. The county inspector will have immunity like all other public employees
This is fairly common for builders in the Southeast in high growth areas. Volume is the name of the game. I bought a new home in Atlanta and faced the same issue. But I had the home inspected before I bought it. I politely told the builder to fix the structural/code issues before we closed. He had a crew out there 24/7 because his money depended on it.
When we bought our home, it is a 2017, the inspector missed ALL of the major issues. Found tons of tiny things that I never even bothered fixing because they are not important, but had to spend over 20k fixing major issues he missed. The screwed up thing is he has zero repercussion from it, and there is no way to make them liable for those costs. If youre buying a home, new or used, just know that every person who touched it or inspected it is incompetent or lazy and get 2 or 3 seperate inspections done on it.
I remember all those houses in South Florida had previously passed county inspection before they were blown apart by Hurricane Andrew. When insurance inspectors were examining the debris they noticed in many cases a total lack of nail holes in the roof sheathing, only thing holding the roof down was the tar paper. Other exterior wall sections would have ONE nail at the top tacking it to the next section. All those new houses,... passed inspections. When I had an addition put on my house the city inspector would drive up to the permit, roll down his window and sign it without ever getting out of the car. Those are your so called building inspectors,
I use to do construction as a plumber in Maryland, and trust me it happens there too , I have seen houses pass inspection and the inspector never got out of the car same in DC
Sue the builder AND the county home inspector! The County home inspector what he one that passed these inspections on poor construction.
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
Good luck on suing the county inspector. The government always seems to have a free pass on bad decisions.
Government employees doing sloppy work receiving a paycheck. I did a house to the studs, pulled permits through the state at a cost of $1500. Each inspection was a minute or two and a sticker slapped on the window
Cannot. Surely the builder has an arbitration agreement.
The contractor and the county that BY LAW you must go through...
This is why town inspectors need to be held accountable as well.
Governments are immune and always will be. Their inspections are worthless and meaningless.
The PERMITS absolutely must be more that a source of revenue. There are definitely state laws that grant authority to counties to issue building permits... occupancy permits. I would definitely be reigning terror down on every state and county, my homeowners insurance provider and going after the bond of the builder. There's culpability for such a mess.
Why would they be held accountable for? They can always claim AHJ on any job they inspect.
The county should be held liable as much as the builder. SUE THEM BOTH.
Government hides behind can't-sue-us laws and rules.
Government employees have qualified immunity in ‘most’ cases like this. You could spend $100K or so to find out they cannot be held responsible.
@@glasshalffull2930 There is no justice for Americans except for rich Americans. The rest of us have no access to justice at all, nothing, none, zero, zilch.
pfff.. sue?
there should be roadblocks in place to prevent this from happening n the first place
@@virginiamoss7045 The builder in my community failed to remedy defects and so we homeowners banded together and got an attorney to begin a class action lawsuit. Attorney didn’t ask for money up front as he knew he would win. Builder settled out of court.
The irony that NC won't allow hurricaine victims to move into temporary donated tiny houses yet this house failed it framing inspection and construction just rolled on. Amazing.
Isn't it, though?!
Money Must change pockets! Only then does anything happen, and then it's usually for the worst.
Nothing is gonna happen good while we have s@tanic p6d0bhiles in control of western governments
It's mind blowing that this passed inspection. Wow. I hope the owner gets a resolution. After the county blew it off, I'd have just contacted the state attorney general.
It did Not pass
lol. What’s mind blowing? You clearly don’t know anything about building. And it surely did otherwise you wouldn’t get a CO.
It didn't pass! See 2:36. Issue is that the home owner is trying to get the county to take some legal action against the Builder, which they will not do. She can sue the builder, but the builder will just close the business to avoid any payments. This is normal practices for more low cost builders. To get a quality builder it, the costs for a new home are much higher.
The builder is probably the mayor the judge or a county commissioner
Corporate corruption will be the end of us all
Just about any business you deal with is a "corporation".
Even if it is just one person.
100% right. Before it’s over with, Americans will be in the streets torching factories, malls, etc. when the rug gets pulled out from underneath the economy and almost half of the workforce is out of a job.
This is not just “corporate” greed, but also government incompetence. The city building inspector should have caught SOMETHING!
Keep migrants on the job. Construction is NOT UNSKILLED LABOR.
@@truther001Who hires them? Greedy f* king Business owners. They could not have a job if your neighbors, cousins, family members didn’t offer them one. So who is to blame?
Its called palm rubbing. The kickbacks must be enormous.
Back n annal rubbing too
My ex mother in laws boyfriend told me when he was a contractor in New York the inspector walked up to him on his first job and without any hello or introduction he told him what kind of whiskey he likes...
🤦♂️💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵
Old school was, "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours".
And this is extremely common because politicians always back business owners before citizens, especially in small towns and counties. The local builder or store owner or chemical plant operator will have FAR more sway than the citizens living there. The police, mayor, council people will all defer to the business owners and back them with the power of law enforcement if the citizens act up.
The builder has insurance. So do all the subcontractors. Plus, she discovered the defects before the 1 year warrantee expired, so the builder has a commercial obligation enforceable by courts. But beyond that, certain construction defects, if left unremedied, are criminal in nature, so if the county cites the builder on those, he needs to remedy them right away. The house is occupied. Crazy.
I'm sure he's supposed to have insurance, but I'm betting he doesn't. His license wasn't even valid during the build of this house.
IF there was insurance coverage for that type of problem.
Builder will just file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy and start fresh tomorrow.
@@luvsiberians8006she actually stated in the video that the contractors license was VALID during the building process...
@@blaydCAjust like most solar companies
@@blaydCA bankruptcy has nothing to do with ith liability insurance.
“Reflecting” on their processes. So helpful. Eye roll.
There is no way repairs to that house cost $300,000. They just need to rebuild those pillars (which is easy, just jack each side of the beams, take out the old and build a new one), take care of the ants, put down a proper vapor barrier that covers the entire crawlspace, etc. Maybe there is like $10-20,000 worth of work.
Seems like everyone has wiped their hands clean of this.
except this poor woman is stuck with a unlivable house😠😡
Of course, because she accepted the building and took possession without doing an inspection first...Stupidity always pays.
@ if you listened to the story, literally in the first 10 seconds, she says she in fact did get an inspector.
So how much are you getting paid? Because she did get an inspector…
@@mrmrmrcaf7801I guess you have that “stupidity” as they mention she did have an inspection. Some folks are lowlifes.
People are tired of all of the corruption and fraud
Gummint...monopoly...ya gotz no choice.
No people are not!!!!! Come back to reality We are perfectly fine with corruption and fraud from the very top all the way to bottom. As a matter of fact, we embrace it with open arms as a people.
@mikeconnor4736 Chrony Capitalism at it's finest!
Your county inspector is in business with your contractor! Get them both!!!
What's the point in having required state licensing if the county doesn't ensure that they license is valid prior to allowing construction and sale. Also, what's the purpose of building codes if they aren't enforced? This sucks. Sorry.
Don't apologize, you are more spot on than almost every other comment here.
What you got to understand that there are building codes but what the state code is and the county or city code are can be two different ones. The state can be on 2024 code, but your county is on 2015 code and same with your city as well. Or they made a special adjust to the code for that area.
@ yeah, the 2015 code says the stack of insufficiently mortared CMUs don't need to be plumb.....after all, they are just holding up a big chunk of the house....
It is solely a revenue generating scheme - nothing more.
This is so sad. Please, please, please tell me that this homeowner has some recourse. Please tell me she can take legal action against the builder. It was so painful to watch.
Only thing she can do is sue
Wasn't it in North Carolina where someone had a home built that was basically condemned, and the county inspector was found to have immunity?
@@ronjohnson9032 Wouldn't surprise me.
I think government employees generally have immunity unless something involves gross negligence.
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
This is gross negligence!
Whether in NC or elsewhere. The courts have ruled that county inspectors have NO responsibility...they just provide lip service and control over your personal property.
I was an inspector for a small city, our policy which was directly from our engineers was we are not the friends of builders. We were to enforce all codes with no regard to the builders. The homes built in the city limits were 25% higher the same house built out of the city limits. The contractors knew coming in that they were held to the codes and were expected to adhere to the codes no exceptions. Word does get around how easy or hard an area is on enforcement of codes.
That's such a rarity now. Most probably can't even spell integrity, much less apply it to themselves!
I'm a builder in the suburbs of Philadelphia, I have to say the inspectors in the townships that I work in are pretty thorough.
It's A Good Old Club , And Brother Were Not Members 😮
Imagine that. Elected officials not doing their jobs.
They stole your money and built you a terrible house. You will never get a dollar back of that money.
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
Well damn😂
@rayjones9819 it's not funny
@robertkorth2911 no it's not.
@@rayjones9819100% u have no assets. Only ppl with nothing would find this funny
Eliminate building permits. County inspectors are not there to check for codes. The Permit is to make sure you pay maximum property taxes on construction or renovations.
Or let private engineers inspect the home
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
It's all about stealing from the hard working Americans
Absolutly !!! Building permits are ONLY a tax and a power grab so people don't have control over their lives & property.
Yup, they like the cash from permits but given they are democrats they just take no responsibility 🎉
New homes are trash! Overpriced and under standards for what we deserve.
I live in NC. The amount of slop being built in record time is truly amasing to see. These builders would sell you 4 bare wall and a roof and nothing else if they could.
Agreed. Here in South Florida most of us would always prefer a boring older house without the bells and whistles over this newer stuff because the quality is always terrible.
😆 standards are up to the individual
I live in a home that was built in the 80s. If I ever find the builder I would slap him on the face for the stupid stuff he did here. We have fixed most of it. (No insulation in a ceiling over 20 ft high was a big one.) One major item to fix is the 2 bathrooms upstairs. With all the plumbing we've fixed here I pretty much know what complications there are. We had plumbing that has since been banned. There is a class action lawsuit against it in Nevada.
Welcome to the era of the disposable house. Charlotte, NC has over a 100,000 people a year moving to the area and builders are throwing up Junk just as fast as they can. Most new construction in the $400,000 range just looks like a box with two windows and a garage slapped on the front.
What good is the local government if they can't help somebody in such an obvious case?
They're good for nothing!! All of em
They're useless.
You mis understood the video: The County stated the home "FAILED" inspection see 2:36. The home owner used a private home inspector (likely from the real estate company selling the home: Big mistake). She wants to County to sue the builder likely because she cannot afford to, & the county does not want to pay for the legal costs either & basically told the homeowner that she will need to sue him.
She will never get anything out of the builder, as he will just close that company & open a new company to avoid any payments or liability. They all do this.
Not to contact him.
Sue him into oblivion.
Thank you for reporting this. As someone who is looking for a home in Burke, it's good to know who's up to snuff and who's willing to cheat the community they serve.
0:59 cinder blocks barely have cement
They are not cinder blocks. They are concrete blocks with mortar between them. Cement is one ingredient in concrete along with sand and gravel.
@markthebuilder9837 *concrete blocks barely have mortar (happy now lol)
The middle pier (on left side) looks crooked. And yes it looks like mortar is thin between the concrete block. I'd definitely be looking closely at the foundation walls themselves, as they too are concrete block from footing to sill. It's crucial they are set properly.
@@johnleebassand just to be clear: actual cinder blocks are no longer used in residential construction...haven't since the 1950s. They are concrete, but have a mix of more sand and coal ash in them, whereas modern concrete blocks are Portland cement and finer gravel aggregate mix. These hold up better to stress and weathering than true cinder blocks did, which also tend to be a bit darker grey in color. You're not going to find true cinder blocks in homes built after about oh, 1960...and probably a bit earlier really. But the term has long stuck in everyday vocab. Most would call them synonymous
@austinballard6815 thank you for the info!
telling you not to contact him any more. "F" them.
Yup. Time for a little physical contact. Who's bringing the bat?
I had someone pretend to be an attorney one day and told me not to contact him again but wouldn't give me his name and phone number. I was working in collections at the time. FYI attorneys bill by the hour. So yes they are going to talk to you. I did have someone once who had an attorney on retainer. Boy did he lose money on that. LOL
Well, at least they have a team for considering comments and concerns. Whew, what a relief, I thought she was gonna get the run around
How does a home inspector miss these issues ?
When the contractor pays the building inspector off.
They just "don't see" them
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
Blind or bought off.
freaking A, he should have to pay.
Name the builder/contractor and take it to the State AG
There area some good home inspector channels on UA-cam that show how horrible some new construction can be in the USA. It's probably good to get them involved as the place is being built so that stuff inside the drywall can be examined.
Basically unless you can be on site looking at everything and know what the standards are I would be very careful building a new home. In fact I would hire my own inspector to be on site every day. Might be worth a extra $75,000 to hire the person for 6 months if you are having a million dollar home built. But from some these home you would probably do better buying a manufacter home off Amazon. Bit the service you get depend on the state and your local city. You know those people who get in because only about 15% of American show up for local election even though they have the most direct power of making laws that will effect you the most. But I live in MN and I was in FL over the winter about 10 years ago and my furnace broke and caused 12 pipes to freeze and break.What a mess. Notning like having the basement ceiling in the toilet, and the bathtub, and the guest bed and you get what I am talking about. Every room that had a pipe had to be stripped to the studs and the city code enforcement basically came in like 9 time over a 3 month repair checking everytime they finished something. In fact the company my insurance hired was sort of complaining like we cannot move on with the repair because we are waiting for code comes in like it was a pain for them. They had someone come in and check all the pipes and all the electric and even measure the thickness of the random insulation that had to be totally replaced before they sealed the walls. In fact the inspector called me each time he needed to come and asked if I wanted to be there when he was there since I was staying someplace else. I never had anyone offer me that and then spend the time explaining what he was looking for. So much depends on getting the rignt people. This is the type of man you want around your home. Too bad he was married😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. All the good men are taken😊😅😊😅😊😅😊😅😂😂
everything is getting more expensive and cheap at the same time. The amount of greed in the housing market in these hot areas is insane
They are in together builder and inspector
No they are not
Never buy a brand new home. Smart buyers know this.
What will be better?
I live by this. Older homed are better built using tried and true materials (asbestos aside). Some of the new materials are not standing the same test of time.
@@lynx70123Rotting wood used to build some new homes.
Eh, or get a private inspection before purchase
"They don't make 'em like they used to".
The counties in NC some in with the builders! At the end of the year some builders have parties and invite the county home inspectors. I know I made a complaint about my builders in private with the county. Within one hour the builder was calling me. Everyone nowadays is in on the take who are protecting you.
The builders bribe the inspectors.
in San Diego this is a fact, it's pay to play
@@LBrawn Same in Georgia and probably everywhere.
In 1976 my high school shop teacher built houses during summer break. He said that it was common to payoff inspectors. Give him a bottle of whiskey he said.
Homes are crap. Cars are crap. Medical care is crap. Most of the stuff you buy is crap. People don’t care about quality. Probably a symptom of end stage capitalism.
The builder and the home unspector should be held accountable!
I hope that homeowner gets the justice he deserves..
I think it's a she
It will never happen in the corrupted, criminal USA!
I had a bit of trouble believing that was a Katherine too.
I'm betting someone got $$$$ to pass that inspection 😮 the issues had to be noticeable when the inspection was originally done! So sad for her
@@Ddccpp2152 yes probably...almost certainly. The problems with the foundation and piers in crawl space alone would have been plainly visible to any half-wit inspector that got down there and saw it. Either he didn't go down or, more likely, what you suggest. Common problem in the industry, collusion of builders with code inspectors and home inspectors that serve the real estate clients. Always get your own inspector when deciding on buying...not what the realtor or builder suggest.
I hope she gets some help. Ridiculous they are brushing this off.
ALWAYS get a professional private home inspection before you close! Rule #1 when buying a house!
You and the other homeowners should try to find an attorney who would represent you all in a class action suit against Burke County and the builder and his insurer. 🤷♀️
Good luck to you all.🙏
You cannot. There are arbitration agreements in place to prevent this
All these inspections and the buyer being happy should be before money changes hand.
The city inspector is to blame!!!! Sue the city and the inspector!!!!!!
I live in NC. The amount of slop being built in record time is truly amasing to see. These builders would sell you 4 bare wall and a roof and nothing else if they could.
People need to do their own inspections and take a lot of pictures as your home is being build. You are spending a huge amount of your income and you should be knowledgeable of what you are buying. I took pictures of my home being built and I can see where all the plumbing and electrical was installed before insulation and drywall was done. There are many videos on proper construction including plumbing and electrical. I have a built a couple places myself and if I ever sell I will give all the documents on what was used and pictures to the buyer.
It's a package deal the builder and the inspector are in cahoots along with less than stellar craftsmanship and even in the face of irrefutable evidence the county takes no blame just sickening
I wouldn't even build a chicken coop on top of that messy block column and shimmed wooden beam claptrap. How many empty Modelo bottles did you find in the crawl space?
Always modelo!
Thank you so much for your action to help folks who may feel helpless.
Bank on the fact the final inspection was done from the drivers seat.
Time to look at who signed off on the inspection and sue the county
Don't buy a home newer than 20 years old. Skilled craftsmen have retired since then, now houses are built by laborers.
...that don't "habla Ingles".
Good point.
30 days and i have not gotten a permit from city after applying.
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
Carpenter Ants belie a moisture or water leak.
That’s shameful! This woman needs to be reimbursed for the issues that need to be repaired!
This is an enormous problem that nobody knows about….. it’s going on all over. I would NEVER buy a new house these days, I have been told buy multiple people in the business that they way new homes are being thrown up is criminal these days!
She should also go after the home inspector. WOW!
HOME INSPECTOR..!!!! He should go to jail and be sued
They shouldn’t need “suggestions” to do their job. I feel so bad for that woman. Moving into your own home is so thrilling, and should be a happy thing, not a stressor. It is an adorable home, though. I hope she gets things fixed properly.
Government workers don't care about anything that doesn't affect them..
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
WCNC please do a follow up. Thanks
Why have a Government if it doesn’t do what it has been tasked to do?
If you pause on the frame showing the inspection report, you'll see that the structural defects are actually pretty minor. The support piers need some small corrections, bugs are finding their way inside, and the crawlspace vapor barrier is incomplete. The latter two are easy DIY jobs.
While the "fit and finish" of most new construction homes is poor, it's insane to suggest that this house needs anything near $300k in repairs. I've seen far worse.
I will never buy a house in the USA. Condos are even worse. This country has gone off the cliff.
NO HOMES BUILT BETWEEN 1955 AND 2001 ARE OKAY
4th world 😢
buy older homes dont buy new homes
Other countries tend to be WORSE!
Russia won the cold war...
Check for relatives between the builder and inspector
Alamance Co permitted and inspected my neighbors building half on my property, that damaged septic field.
When he’s being paid off. She should sue him and the county. It’s obvious that he overlooked “major” red flags. The contractor needs to be sued and put out of business
Isnt she supposed to call a inspector before purchase?
Get a private inspector on retainer during your build. Have them inspect when the county does.
Yes. An inspector that checks on the build daily during construction. It doesn't take long to cover up some bad practices.
She needs to sue the builder and the county.
If the framing doesn’t pass inspection, How can you as a builder allow to insulate and drywall? Where I’m at if u do this u will be fine $600 a day until u fix the framing
I've never heard of that, I'm a builder in Pennsylvania, where are you located?
@ Wisconsin and in my city. They check every sub contractor and including their workers to make sure they have a journey man license from the state to perform the work. Who ever u put down in ur application must be the one who is doing the work. If not u as a general contractor will be fine.
@@Anthonycapone8146 inspectors will sometimes stop by to check on the sub contractors no lies. One of my electrician worker didn’t renew his license and the city make a big stink about it.
@tublisvaj8966 wow! That's extremely unusual, typically the majority of new construction workers are illegal immigrants. Except for the mechanical trades.
They ain't here like they are up North.
Home inspectors nowadays must be former Dollar Store employees....Home inspectors do not do their jobs and they are a drain on the state payroll if they let homes like that pass. I used to be a builder in NC and at that time they had some serious home inspections and if you didn't comply you didn't get the CO to move in. Without the CO the builder would not get the balance of his money for completion of the job plain and simple....Now home inspection is a joke....I recommend that people hire a qualified home inspector to inspect your new home as it is being constructed instead of at the end of construction. That might get costly but the alternative is more costly...Once these crooks finish and leave and then you find the defects then you are screwed. Inspect, inspect,inspect thats the answer.
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
Many states have contractor boards that regulate builders. In come cases they can order a resolution.
The address is clearly shown in the video.
Wouldn't be hard to find anyway.
They mentioned the name of the development.
This is how it goes, trust the the process and the county.
all we care about is the permit fee ...we see nothing, say nothing ,hear nothing lazy corrupt official's...
We had a similar problem in our county years ago. There was an inspector who buddied up with a bunch of contractors and let them slide on all kinds of questionable stuff. The state had to step in to sort it out.
Profit over people is a bad business model for a government
Sorry for your problems. You clearly deserve much better. Keep your head up and stay resilient❤
She mentions that she obtained a home inspector on her own, was that before or after her COE? Since she bought the house for $330,000 but then says she has $300,000 in damages. How is that possible? The land is worth at least $100,000 leaving $230,000 if the house is a total loss. Lets get real people.......
Not to mention the things she mentioned, aren't that big of a deal to repair.
I think she easily win in a lawsuit also
Yeah, you can build the house for $230k.. so to redo this whole house you just build the replacement on top of it! You are a GENIUS! Why remove the substandard original? And if it isn't the whole thing, say only the garage and a couple of bedrooms..just build the new sections on top of the old ones. Fixed!
Hold the government accountable and the builder.
This is unacceptable for a new house that has a cod
Dont know where Burke county is, but Tiffany Henyard would probably fit right in.
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
If you’re moving to NC from another state understand building standards and code enforce are pretty lax here. It’s the downside of a “business friendly” laissez faire kind of state. You must do your own due diligence because a lot of contractors don’t really know what they’re doing, they banked enough money working in some other field to get their GC license and they sub out all of the work (cheaply as possible) without having any first-hand construction experience, and no inspector or official can be relied on to keep them in check.
That's pretty much every Southern state. Virginia is the same way. Doesn't help that vocational education is largely a joke s how the hell is anyone supposed to learn the right way to do the job?
Damn, those pillars are about to give out
I'm from New England ,worked CARPENTRY in NC for a couple years , BASIC FOUNDATION items in NC are under built , Piers , cement , depth of sub foundations and pier support cement , floor ,attic and skirting lacking proper insulation , IF IT ISNT SEEN ITS SUBSTANDARD IN MY OPINION '
And that hurricanes recently kind of proved your point. In poor construction in some areas in NC.
That is clearly a man pretending to be a "woman" 😅 this is only news to promote changing your gender 🙄 mental heath is at a crisis nowadays 😳 terrible 😢
How was a certif of occ issued?
I would only have a home built by a well recommended builder that builds one home at a time.
I would also pay to have it inspected.
She did have it inspected
@@MonaDidWhat Not before she bought it.
The county takes taxes and permit fees to inspect. Then they take the bribes (a few beers and a lap dance at the local topless bar)
Why are the tax payers paying the inspection department if they don’t enforce building codes? I personally have seen standards become more lax in the last ten years. I preferred the old cranky guys that would argue with me about code specifics. Kept me sharp.
And you state you had a proper home inspection? Hogwash!
My suggestion to the homeowner is to make sure to get an ADT security system and record all events from here on in. For your own safety 🦺
builders use LLC's = NO skin in the game for them. cant have LLC's and deregulation-
Get a hold of your home inspector, he failed you, get a attorney,
Easy to say until you realize that attorneys charge $500 to $1,000 an HOUR and frequently don't deliver.
You are confusing county and private inspectors..
@ she stated she had a private home inspection done, they are licensed and insured for this reason, go after him. The county inspector will have immunity like all other public employees
How much are the county officials and peaple in the officials offices getting paid to not do anything about this
Her? How long?
This is fairly common for builders in the Southeast in high growth areas. Volume is the name of the game. I bought a new home in Atlanta and faced the same issue. But I had the home inspected before I bought it. I politely told the builder to fix the structural/code issues before we closed. He had a crew out there 24/7 because his money depended on it.
That’s her brother Kenny, right?
When we bought our home, it is a 2017, the inspector missed ALL of the major issues. Found tons of tiny things that I never even bothered fixing because they are not important, but had to spend over 20k fixing major issues he missed. The screwed up thing is he has zero repercussion from it, and there is no way to make them liable for those costs. If youre buying a home, new or used, just know that every person who touched it or inspected it is incompetent or lazy and get 2 or 3 seperate inspections done on it.
End qualified immunity.
I remember all those houses in South Florida had previously passed county inspection before they were blown apart by Hurricane Andrew. When insurance inspectors were examining the debris they noticed in many cases a total lack of nail holes in the roof sheathing, only thing holding the roof down was the tar paper. Other exterior wall sections would have ONE nail at the top tacking it to the next section. All those new houses,... passed inspections. When I had an addition put on my house the city inspector would drive up to the permit, roll down his window and sign it without ever getting out of the car. Those are your so called building inspectors,
Why are these cases common in Red States?
I use to do construction as a plumber in Maryland, and trust me it happens there too , I have seen houses pass inspection and the inspector never got out of the car same in DC
It only happens in states that have a government...so...all government is working HARD...for government interests only.
Sue the builder.