There is nothing in your contract that would allow you to walk without loosing your deposit and possibly being sued for damages by the builder. The builder didn’t do anything wrong as far as I can tell from your description.
“There is nothing in your contract that would allow you to walk without loosing your deposit and possibly being sued for damages by the builder.”
There is usually a lot in the contract to allow someone to walk. If the home is damaged then at a minimum all the damage would have to be repaired prior to closing.
At most you’re at risk of losing the earnest money/deposit that you put down. I’d talk to a shyster first and let him talk to the builder. Its a heck of a lot better to lose the deposit than having a family member shot.
Our development had problems when it was being built out. Most of the problems were with empty houses. Once people moved in the problems seemed to go away.
Says who? I built my house and in the contract I could pull out at any time with my only penalty being loss of deposit ($1000.) I threatened to bail at least a half dozen times when work slowed to a crawl. That got them going.
They haven’t and they’ve been very good to us so far. My hope is they get proactive and take measures to prevent it and in turn prevent it from happening again. Maybe have a guard drive through there several times a night or pay the local LEOs to pass through between shifts. It’s their site and they are responsible.
They’re the ones that are losing the most money because they have to replace the windows, drywall, siding and repaint. It’s in their best interest to see it stops. I just hope they see it that way.
Delivering a damaged product is certainly grounds for dispute. The "complaint" covers a wide ground of issues and would encompass the property damage by vandals.