Ryland Homes (insurance, home builder, neighborhoods)

[sapphire]

MySA.com: Metro | State

OMG, how sad!

[AlamoCpl]

Originally Posted by sapphire

MySA.com: Metro | State

OMG, how sad!

It's not just sad it's scary! I hope the builder finds a way to resolve the issues and make things right for those people.

I've learned a lot about construction methods lately. I believe there are no city inspections if you're outside a certain area. There needs to be someone who's looking out for the intersts of the home buyers and the interests of the community as a whole.

[kevcrawford]

This all goes back to the recent discussion on new home inspections. The large builders are the absolute worst about it. If anyone out there has bought a new home in the last year, get an inspection done and go to the builder with a list of repairs before your 1 year warranty runs out.

[Steel Man]

Apparently, there have been several complaints against Ryland Homes in several states. Here is the link:

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Note: You have to type in name of home builder to search the database (you can also search by state).

[flgator]

" A county Web site said Ferguson and his neighbors live in a flood plain, although a letter he got from Ryland last year assured him that he didn't.

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How does a builder get a permit to build in a flood plain?

[SAnative]

UUUGHHH! That's one of the reasons we decided to buy an older home.

[winst0n]

I believe, if I'm not mistaken, flood plain is not unusual and that it is still allowed to build homes in a flood plain,... but you are required to get a flood insurance...

And if i'm not mistaken too, the builder is not required to disclose that info, only if requested. I think you can get that info in the county or maybe in the neighborhood's plot. So a lot of homeowners who did not ask or research, will be in shock to findout they are in flood plain, they will just find out from the insurance because they would be required to get a flood insurance. Accdg to my friend who is an engineer in the county, a lot of neighborhoods will have some area where it is marked as flood plain/zone... I think if some flooding had occured in a portion of the land within the last 100 yrs, they mark it as flood plain/zone..

but in this case, the buyer asked if the site he is buying is in flood plain and ryland certified it is not, but turned out it was a lie... that's where the fault is...

[slaleman]

Yes, builders can build in a flood plain...the foundations just have to be higher than the water height of the 100 year flood plain. The problem is that once developments start being build, the watershed changes, and places that may not have flooded before start to flood. There is a development (new leaf homes I think) on Hausman Road that is being built in the floodplain. There was an article in the Express News about it a couple of months back, but I can't find it now.