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A Chatham County family says their dream home was built so poorly, they've been told by structural engineers it would be better to tear it down and rebuild rather than repair it.

Family fears home could collapse after county missed building code violations

QUICKLY THE LOTTERY COMMISSION CAN AWARD LICENSES AND SET UP REGULATIONS. A CHATHAM COUNTY FAMILY SAYS THEIR DREAM HOME WAS SO POORLY BUILD. THEY'VE BEEN TOLD THEY WOULD BE BETTER TO TEAR IT DOWN AND REBUILD THEM TO TRY AND REPAIR IT. >> COUNTY INSPECTORS MISSED SEVERAL ERRORS BY THE BUILDER. BUT INSIDE KEELY ARTHUR JOINS US TO TALK UP THE BUILDER AND COUNTY OFFICIALS TAKING NO RESPONSIBILITY. YES, THIS IS A HOMEOWNER'S NIGHTMARE. GERALD THEM ALL BACK. FAMILY HAS BEEN TOLD BY ENGINEERS THEIR HOME IS SO STRUCTURALLY COMPROMISED. IT COULD COLLAPSE. BUT TODAY THEY'RE STILL LIVING THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO PLACE ELSE TO GO. >> IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HOUSE, THE GIRLS TO GROW UP. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS CLOSE TO THAT WHERE I GREW UP, BUT NOW THEM ALL BACK. SO JUST HOPING THE HOUSE BUILT 3 YEARS AGO DOESN'T COLLAPSE WITH FEAR. YOU KNOW. >> IS THAT FAILURE IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND HOPEFULLY MY FAMILY'S NOT IN THE HOUSE AND IT DOES FLOORS OR BOAT SHEET ROCK IS CRACKED. CABINETS ARE PULLING AWAY FROM THE CEILING INDOORS. DON'T MATCH THE LAST DOESN'T MEET THE STRIKE. PLAY GAME MORE. >> ALL SYMPTOMS OF A BIGGER PROBLEM. THESE LOAD BEARING WALLS ALSO. AREN'T SUPPORTED OWN FLOOR. JOYCE. THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS ARE SO SEVERE, THE MOLE BOOKS HAVE BEEN TOLD BY ENGINEERS. THE HOUSE SIMPLY ISN'T WORTH 16. THEY'VE ALL BEEN CONFIDENT LIKE IT TAKES IT. >> BY THAT TIME I GET ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THIS TO WAR. THEY'RE LIGHT. YOU'RE PROBABLY ON THE BARREL TO UNDERSTAND THE START OF APPROXIMATELY 30 CODE VIOLATIONS WERE ALL MISSED BY CHATHAM COUNTY BUILDING INSPECTOR DANIELLE GUNTER. HE LATER LOST HIS CERTIFICATIONS AND IS NO LONGER WITH THE COUNTY. WE PAID THEM FOR THESE INSPECTIONS. BUT >> WHAT DID WE RECEIVE FOR OUR MONEY? YOU KNOW, IT SURELY WASN'T COMPETENT, ESPECIALLY MOTHER AS THE COUNTY FOR HAPPENED WHILE EXCHANGING E-MAILS WITH OFFICIALS. HE SAYS THIS E-MAIL FROM THE COUNTY'S DIRECTOR OF PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS. >> WAS ACCIDENTALLY FORWARDED TO HIM READING, QUOTE, THE FRAMING ISSUES APPEAR TO BE FAIRLY SERIOUS. AND THIS WAS DONE RECENTLY, OBVIOUSLY BE CAREFUL OF ANYTHING YOU SAY TO THE HOMEOWNER AND A SCREEN GRAB OF ANOTHER EMAIL MOBILE GAVE US. THE DIRECTOR SAYS MOLD. IT KEEPS ASKING IF HIS HOME IS SAFE. >> WHAT I CAN DO IS WRITE HIM BACK IN STATE AS OF THE DATE THAT LARRY INVESTIGATED HIS HOME, THAT HE DID NOT FEEL HIS HOME WAS UNSAFE, MEANING THAT FAILURE WAS NOT CONSIDERED IMMINENT OR EXTREMELY LIKELY TO OCCUR WITHIN WEEKS AND ADDS HIS HOME IS LIKELY TO BECOME UNSAFE PRIOR TO THE EXPECTED USEFUL AGE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT SINGS A STRUCTURAL FAILURE IS A POSSIBILITY AS WELL. >> OF THAT CAST THE BUILDER, THEN LEE BUILDERS, INC REPEATEDLY TO MAKE REPAIRS. BUT >> AFTER MONTHS OF NOT GETTING ANYWHERE, HE SUED THE BUILDER AND THE COUNTY. A JUDGE RULED THAT LINLEY BREACHED THE CONTRACT AND WARRANTY AND AWARD BACKS $225,000. THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY OF THAT MONEY. AND AS FOR THE COUNTY, THE JUDGE GRANTED THEM GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY. NOBODY NOBODY HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY. 5 ON YOUR SIDE CALLED AND EMAILED MULTIPLE COUNTY OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN THIS AS WELL AS ALL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. ALL WE GOT BACK WAS A STATEMENT SAYING THE COUNTY GREATLY EMPATHIZES WITH THE FAMILY, BUT THEY'RE NOT LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE. YOU ARE THE WE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE NOT PROTECTED IN ALL THIS. >> BACKS HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN THINK OF. THEY APPEALED TO EVERY POSSIBLE AGENCY OVERSIGHT BOARD AND INSURANCE COMPANY THAT THEY THOUGHT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP. YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN FAILED BY THE SYSTEM AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, EVERY DAY, A POOL IN THIS YARD AND SEE THIS HOUSE. I'VE SPENT OUR LIFE SAVINGS ON. IT MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH. THERE'S NO LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL THAT WE CAN SEE TO GET THIS RESOLVED RIGHT NOW. >> I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST STUCK THERE. IT WOULD COST ABOUT $500,000 TO FIX THEM ALL BECAUSE HOME THEY TELL US THEY FOR THAT. THEY'RE HOPING THAT JUDGMENT MONEY COMES THROUGH, BUT IT WOULD REALLY ONLY BE A FRACTION OF THE COST FOR REPAIRS AND ALL THE LEGAL FEES THAT HAVE PILED ON THIS POOR FAMILY. SO WHAT THE BUILDERS SAY ABOUT THIS, OUR PRODUCER, PRITCHARD STRONG, GOT HIM ON THE PHONE. JEREMY LIN LI. HE SAID THAT IT'S NOT THAT BAD THAT THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES BUT PROBABLY COST ABOUT $50,000 TO REPAIR. BUT THEY HAVE CIVIL ENGINEERS. THE FAMILY DOES TESTIFYING SAYING THAT WILL NOT EVEN SCRATCHED THE SURFACE IN TERMS OF WHAT NEEDS TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN FOR THIS FAMILY. IT'S A NIGHTMARE. I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE HOW FRUSTRATING. AND LIKE THEY SAID THERE, THERE WAS NOTHING IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE FAMILY LIVING THERE. IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY DISTURBING. WE KNOW YOU'LL STAY ON TOP OF THIS ONE.

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