Family left distraught after learning stunning $400,000 new-build home is so poorly-constructed it could be knocked over by a gust of WIND

A Texas family has been near distraught aft learning their stunning $400,000 new-build location is truthful poorly constructed that it could beryllium knocked complete by a gust of wind.

Laci Booker said she moved into her Seguin location successful April 2023, but wrong conscionable a fewer weeks it became evident that nan corrective activity was extended - moreover though nan location appears good from nan outside.

'I consciousness very disappointed, I'm angry,' she told News 4 San Antonio. 

She said she hired her ain location inspector, who noticed astir 80 issues. Among them are inadequate interior and exterior wall braces.

'What that does is make nan location much susceptible to racking to nan upwind loads,' Mark Eberwine said. 'And not moreover tornado-level upwind loads, conscionable precocious winds.'

But nan first issues Booker said she noticed pinch nan two-story location were that nan walls were not consecutive - which she said made it difficult to unfastened and adjacent doors.

'And truthful we started asking nan warranty squad to travel successful and return a look astatine things,' she recounted.

They past recovered moreover much issues - and their newly-built location by Pulte Homes of Texas has go a vulnerable building zone.

Drywall was removed, exposing beams throughout.

'You locomotion successful and you're greeted by studs and drywall trim out,' Booker told nan section news station.

'The much activity that they've done nan much issues that they've found,' she added. 

As nan issues became much and much extensive, Booker said nan Pulte Group asked them to move into impermanent lodging astatine nan company's disbursal to let for much thorough repairs without nan consequence to wounded to her aliases her family.

'We springiness them 3 weeks they'd return attraction of those issues, and past we could travel backmost into our home,' she said.

Both sides past agreed to commencement activity aft nan wintertime holidays successful 2023 - but nan location is still undergoing repairs.

'I ne'er would person expected to beryllium dealing pinch thing for illustration this,' Booker said. 'It's conscionable been a tremendous affectional and intelligence strain connected us.'

The room is still ripped isolated and covered successful dust, and Booker said her surviving room 'where my family utilized to hangout and relax together is simply a regular building zone.' 

Pulte confirmed that nan repair activity started successful January, and noted that nan metropolis of Seguin conducted its ain inspection and they person resolved each nan issues that were identified successful that report.

They are besides moving to reside issues outlined successful his Eberwine's study and nan homebuilder said that framing repairs were needed, which subsequently resulted successful repairs to nan drywall and interior finishes.

But Eberwine said he believes location are moreover much issues hiding underneath nan surface.

'I'm perfectly definite astatine this point, if you were to propulsion this drywall, you're going to find much structural integrity issues,' Eberwine told nan section news station. 

He said he believes that is why nan repairs person dragged out.

Pulte, however, claims that moreover though nan family moved out, they did not ever fto nan repair crews successful - a declare that nan Booker family denies. 

'We are alert of and are addressing nan concerns raised by Mr. and Mrs. Booker, pinch repairs already underway, according to schedule,' a spokesperson for nan institution said. 

But because Booker has progressive lawyers, repairs person been halted and nan 2 sides are astatine an impasse.

Booker, though, says she conscionable wants nan institution to return nan location backmost 'and fto maine get far, acold distant from them.'

Eberwine agreed, saying, 'They request to bargain nan location backmost plain and simple.' 

Booker's complaints travel conscionable a fewer years aft nan owners of 8 homes successful Converse, Texas sued nan PulteGroup Inc, claiming their properties person galore creation and building defects that person caused 'unacceptable levels of cracking and buckling' to nan home's foundation.

That led to extended interior damage, including surgery tiles, divided trim and cracked wall boards that rendered nan homes 'unsafe, unsanitary aliases different unfit for living,' nan lawsuits state, according to nan San Antonio Express-News. 

Mold maturation was besides cited. 

The homeowners sued Pulte Homes of Texas for fraud, negligent building and breach of implied warranties.

Company spokesperson Jim Zeumer said astatine nan clip that it 'works difficult to present outstanding build value and wide customer experience.

'We are reviewing nan filings, but we guidelines down our warranty and look guardant to gathering pinch these homeowners to measure their issues.'

The group besides added successful a ineligible filing that it is 'not liable for normal wear, tear aliases deterioration,' nor is it liable 'for immoderate percent of damages caused by nan plaintiff's nonaccomplishment to return reasonable action to mitigate damages aliases to support nan residence.'