Need Attourney for BAD Foundation on BRAND NEW House. $70,000 foundation fix

Wanted to post this on F-Chat because I know alot of you guys deal with some big money issues. My family just came into a little money through an inheritance and my sister bought a new house that she dearly loves and supports her family of husband and 2 sons. It has truly been a blessing to have this house for her, but a foundation issue is really making things difficult and the builder SHOULD NOT HAVE LET THIS HAPPEN and NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF HIS PROBLEM. I'm looking for attorney ideas in the south Austin area, but if any of you have ideas, I would be glad to hear them and pass on the information to her. I see this as a Winning case, but she needs to move on this fast in my opinion. I'm pasting the information below. Thanks in advance guys!

So my Sister just got a brand new house built this past year in October, down South around the Buda/Kyle area by a builder called "Gehan Homes". It's a 3,200sq ft 2 story house so it should have had some special attention taken to the foundation as it is not a small house. Well since November, there have been cracks showing throughout the house and doors are no longer closing properly. The cracks have grown pretty bad over the months and my sister has been trying to work out negotiations with the Gehan builder but they are taking forever and trying to take the cheap way out of the situation and rarely return any calls or emails she sends out.

A 3rd party inspector was brought in to look at the foundation and he (and a few others) estimated it would be a $70,000 job to fix everything. That's how bad the house is! This thing is not even 5 months old mind you... It's very frustrating for her family and the rest of us because this is a major investment for them and it should have been done right the first time. For a "fix" on Gehan's part.. they want to come in and re-do the landscaping around the house and redirect water flow better. This is a $70,000 problem that they are trying to solve with a $3,000 fix. NO THANK YOU!!!

So, do any of you know any reputable Lawyers that you would recommend for taking a case like this? for the most part, this seems like a "no lose" case because other inspectors have been brought in and they agree Gehan was in the wrong and the house needs MAJOR fixes ASAP. My family is not the type to go around "suing" people, trying to get alot of money for things. But my sister is getting robbed here and needs to take the second step for action. THANKS!

 

Yes she does really like it. And to be honest, we have delt with another bad foundation in another house we had in Corpus and when the foundations get fixed now daws, they are fixed for life, so it's really better to have a slab that has been repaired because they become bullet proof.

 

Thank you.