The easy part about buying your first home is feeling excited about it all. The tough part is covering all of your legal bases before making the purchase. We’re talking about getting a full inspection, buying homeowners insurance and getting a full review of the purchase-sale agreement. For more than 20 years, the attorneys at…
Of all the investments you make in your lifetime, buying your first home is undoubtedly one of the most exciting — and one of the riskiest. People say that what you don’t know can’t hurt you, but that simply isn’t true — especially when you’re buying a home. The reality is that many first-time homebuyers…
Attorney Seth Chastain recently represented a pair of homeowners in West Seattle who brought claims against a contractor for a botched home remodel project. The contractor’s substandard work left the homeowners with a number of construction defects in their home, including broken doors, cracked drywall, broken bathroom fixtures, and misapplied paint. After getting an independent…
A young family recently purchased a home in Seattle with what they thought was a finished basement. After moving in, they discovered significant defects in the foundation of the home and soon learned that the basement was not in fact finished. After learning from a local contractor that the sellers knew of these defects prior…
Attorney Dave von Beck of Levy ׀ von Beck ׀ Comstock scored a pair of recent successes for two of our Puget Sound-area condominium association clients, whose buildings had suffered construction defects and resulting damage. For a condominium in West Seattle, Dave was able to recover over $135,000 from the insurer of a contractor that…
If water makes its way in your basement or crawlspace, you need to take action fast. Particularly in basements or other heated spaces, water can cause mold, mildew, rot, and other damage very quickly if it is not promptly and properly removed. Causes of water infiltration Water can make its way into your home…
Recent, heavy storms here in the Pacific Northwest, with more wet and windy weather in the forecast, means that many homeowners will likely suffer property damage that may be covered under their homeowner’s policy. Here are some tips and a video to help you decide whether to make a claim, and some words of warning…
A leak in the roof of your home can cause extensive water damage that may go unnoticed for years before you finally discover the problem. Even a small leak can lead to mold, rot, and other damage in your attic, walls, ceilings and floors. Detecting a roof leak can be done with the help of…
The inspection report you obtain when buying a home may be full of red flags that you are not seeing. Don’t risk buying a lemon of a house.
