Builders, house flippers face more accountability
Texas is cracking down not just on builders, but remodelers and “flippers” as well it seems. I can’t help but wonder if the increased publicity from Texas area investors such as the Montelongos hasn’t helped to spur this legislation on.
Many remodelers and house flippers will fall under the purview of a state agency that regulates the building industry starting next month.
New changes to a state law have made home builders slightly more accountable if they build a defective home, and also have broadened the definition of who qualifies as a builder.Starting Sept. 1, remodelers who do more than $10,000 of work to a home will have to register with the Texas Residential Construction Commission. And if they get into a quarrel with a homeowner over the quality of work, the fight will have to go through the agency’s dispute-resolution process.
That remodeling work will have the same warranty that a builder gives on a new home — 10 years for structural elements, two years for systems such as water and air conditioning and one year for workmanship and materials, San Antonio attorney Gary Javore told members of the Greater San Antonio Builders Association last week.
14 August 2007 | Business, Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law | Comments
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