Insurer gives owners of sinking Gold Canyon home a 2nd look
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 มิ.ย. 2023
- Following our On Your Side report, Farmers Insurance is taking another look at a Gold Canyon couple's house that's caving in.
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This is the builder’s fault!
“Barking up the wrong tree”..this a contractor/subcontractor & building inspector issue.
The questions need to be asked: Who signed off in the final walkthrough inspection and why didn’t the building inspector catch it?
This is *not* Farmers fault nor are they obligated to cover lousy building inspections
Sounds like it goes back even farther ..... before construction or inspection. The problem goes back to the building plans. Someone involved with the engineering screwed up. I would also lay blame on whatever government agency (plans review perhaps) was responsible for reviewing and approving the building plans. Between the engineering firm and the government building plans reviewers, its disgraceful that the deficiencies in the building plans were not caught and corrected.
This is Farmers Problem. We buy insurance to cover our home in the event that all those crooked inspectors and homebuilders pull something like this. This is exactly waht insurance is for. You buy title insurrance when you close on a home in case everyone makes a mistake on the deed, transfer, property lines etc.. and this insurance protects you from all the human error. This is 100% Farmers problem. You must work for a crooked insurance company like Farmers.
Would love to know the builder and inspector that signed off on this?
How on earth were the original plans ever approved? Seems some engineer neglected to do their job.
Under-designed? An understatement, for sure. Shame on the architect and builder.
If the house was built incorrectly or due to builder error and built improperly, then it should fall under either the home builders warranty or under the insurance policy for improper construction and home builder negligence. check your policy under your insurance for improper installation/construction or the builder warranty for structural warranty. Worse case, file a claim with the city if the beam is not up to code, that they improperly signed off on a house that was not liveable/habitable and see who signed off on the inspection and the certificate of occupancy.
the structural engineer is responsible
This was a faulty build. 😢
Beams are horizontal structural elements. Vertical structural elements are called COLUMNS.
does AZ not have a 10 year builder's warranty?....1st segment said the house is 7 years old so should be the builder's responsibility NOT the insurance company
The first segment said the house was bought 7 years before, but didn’t mention when it was built. The view from the patio was what they fell in love with at the time.
@@Shells15 says 7 years so AS I said, NO 10 years builder's warranty in the stat?
It said they bought it then, not that it was built then. It could be 30 years old for all we know. No 10 year legislated warranty in Arizona, rather a statutory eight-year implied warranty per A.R.S. § 12-552.@@michaelkendall662
The report lacks of sufficient amount of details to comment. When was the stone fireplace added? Go to the county to check the permit application to find out the parties involved.
That's what I was thinking. Was the type of fireplace or placement of the fireplace changed after the building had started? Maybe the architect designed the house with bigger beams and the builder or subcontractor changed it. Inspectors failed in their jobs.
Yeah, the prior owners could have done a DIY.
Imagine if you will this was a commercial property who would be at fault obviously the architect, the general contractor and the local inspector! At this point, I believe, farmers should pay for the repair and immediately file lawsuits against the architect, the general contractor, the subcontractors, and most of all the city county or state inspector, who has one job, and that is to look out for the homebuyer! Also, if the homeowners paid for a home inspection prior to purchasing the structure in my mind that home inspector also has some responsibility here!
I hope the insurance company goes after the folks who designed and built the place.
Architects and engineers are supposed to know what they're doing.
Obviously, these didn't! Name and shame them!!
WHERE IS THE CITY HOME INSPECTER? NOT DOING HIS JOB. FIRE HIM.
Who was the builder? They need to fix their error at their expense.
Homeowners insurance does not cover construction defects or design flaws, so such claims will be denied. Instead, the builder or architect should have E&O insurance and warranties in place.
Who was the builder?? Maricopa county sucks at protecting consumers. Unacceptable..
Does insurance cover structural mistakes??? Why have this 'update' still pending insurance second look? Wait until there is a final answer.
I hate to be on the side of the insurance company but...
They are not responsible for the bad construction. The thing is if the structure collapsed they would have paid out the claim and gotten all the money back by taking the state to court. That is where the current owners are now stuck doing they need to get the value of the house back from the state that failed to do its job.
@@gotafarmyet4691 Then, why is Farmers Insurance issuing a policy on a defective property? Don't they even look at it?
Stop these people! This is not the insurance company’s responsibility. Sue City Code Enforcement for approving failed engineering. Sue the architect and builder but leave insurance out of it. These types of fraudulent claims drive homeowners insurance higher and higher for us that do not try to cheat the insurance company.
I am so sorry this happened to your beautiful home. Hopefully you can correct the problems. Prayers from Florida.
The comments here and in the previous video overwhelmingly are in favor of the insurance company. The policy is very clear in what it covers and this does not fit the coverage.
Yet another though niche reason to avoid two-storey homes which also require more and more expensive maintenance and repairs due to height. Even worse is silly old people (I'm old but not silly) forget stairs GUARANTEE eventual falls if you use them long enough. That's why many oldsters gradually stop using their second floor. Stairs also interfere with moving furniture.
The ideal home from a functional and safety standpoint is single-storey and it's not as if AZ lacks land. Anyone reading this should really think through the disadvantages of multi-storey dwellings without flippantly minimizing them because housing mistakes are not cheap.
Not compacted on the corner with the high wall in the driveway. They filled in with big rocks. They did not use good compacted soil. Rocks move with time. They need the compacted report.
I have feeling the home owner realized too late go after the builder (maybe house past warranty period), so they tried go after the insurance company…. But this not an insurance issue, it’s a design flaw…
There's no way homeowner's insurance should cover this. It's a design and/or building flaw. Farmers is caving in worse than the house.
yes it is
I hope they get the home psid in full and rebuilt correctly. I doobt that is the only problem with the home.
Sounds similar to the Florida condo disaster!😮
Disabled with a 2 story home?
Blind? Deaf? Insane? Paralyzed arms? There are many many disabilities that do not impact ones stair climbing ability. Stair lift "elevators" are also a thing for the stair climbing impaired. Also don't discount stair climbing canes, although anyone rich enough to buy that sort of house in Gold Canyon is unlikely to go for such a high effort poor mans solution.☺
farmers needs to pay for a lawyer to go after the builder and city inspector to make this right, thats the only fair way. the builder should pay for all repairs and the inspectors office/city should compensate the couple for temp living conditions while its fixed and fire the inspector, the couple did nothing wrong and should not come out of pocket a penny.
the insurance would stand behind their customer, the builder behind his construction and the inspector pay for missed mistake - sharing the burden.
Time to go to Home Depot and buy some jack posts
Did the prior owner put the fireplace in DIY?
Any updates
Did they get a home inspection before buying? Go back to that home inspector and previous owner builder.
This is so scary
This is an 8 month old video. Any updates?
Did they have it built?
Have a home Inspector before they bought the house!?
*Name the builder!*
It looks like insurance covers collapsed, not collapsing.
Your god gave you that house. Forget prayers. Sue the builder.
If the framing crew that did this work knew anything about what they were doing, I have no doubt they knew this would fail. The design and engineering looks like garbage. Luckily, this is not in a seismic area.
"Pray to God and put my faith in God." Right, ... pray to God, not the insurance company, the news company, or anyone else. See how well that works.
Maybe if the building regs were upgraded and the inspection done properly, then rubbish like this wouldnt happen. Personally the insurance company shouldnt be liable.
You have the money to fix it. It's not suddenly collapsed so why would it be covered on the insurance policy? Maybe it's built on a sinkhole?
It's structural...it was poorly designed.
OK. If the house totally caves in, it's covered, to whatever the limit of the insurance value may be. But to retrofit and correct the defects, which should be a fraction of replacement cost to Farmers Insurance, is not covered? Does this make sense? IMHO, Farmers would do well to correct the defects, and then go after everyone from the architect, developer, builder, and inspector.
Why would they cover a structural defect? I doubt they would actually cover it if it does collapse now because they know that it was a structural defect and would likely tell the homeowner to seek damages from whoever signed off on the build.
This is why GOD created Attorneys !
Trying to make Farmers pay for the builders/engineers mistakes.
Sue
God is not responsible for inept builders mistakes.
Quit bellyaching. You look pretty wealthy, pay for it yourself.
HA! FARMERS! Theres TWO KINDS IF PEOPLE YOU DONT! WANT TO PISS OFF!
A Good Lawyer With Connections and
A TV Reporter LOL! ....."We Are Farmers" And We Dont Care! "Bum Pa-Bum-Bum! Bum! Bum! Bum!"
too bad Karen
Aside from the awful hair, she doesn't come off as disabled.
This may not BE Farmer's fault, but it sure doesn't make them look like good guys. And to have builders not know which end of the screwdriver to use - that's even worse. I hope the Hammonds got some help on this.
I wonder how many policy holders called and cancelled with Farmers after the first story broke.
You can bet the reason they're suddenly playing nice in the sandbox is because of the bad publicity they've been getting.
Farmers insurance is the devil 👿
There is no devil, and why would the insurance company be liable for this?