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Westview Estates Homeowners Association

Westview Estates is a residential community comprising of 24 single family detached homes, located in South Seattle. Construction began in 2000, upon receipt by the developer of a three million dollar development loan by Washington First International Bank. Eventually, over the course of three years of construction, the loan was increased to slightly more than four million dollars. Despite the additional money, by 2004 it was clear the developer was unable to complete and sell more than 12 of the 24 homes. The developer defaulted on its Washington First International Bank loan in early 2004. Thereafter, the Bank took the property back from the original developer and created its own, wholly owned subsidiary, RE Property. The Bank created RE to complete the construction and sell the homes for a profit. However, in 2007 the City stopped the Bank and its subsidiary from attempting to sell any more of the homes. In 2007 City of Seattle building inspectors identified significant construction defects pertaining to the underground utilities, retaining walls and other aspects of the construction and, as a result, issued multiple Notices of Violation, with associated fines and penalties.

Somerset Park Condominium Association v. The Quadrant Corp. v. ET. al.

Somerset Park is a 134-unit condominium community located in Everett, Washington. Somerset was built between 1998 and 1999, and developed by The Quadrant Corporation.

Approximately five years after the project was completed, the Somerset Homeowners Association commissioned an envelope study. The inspection revealed numerous violations of the building code, architectural plans and construction industry standards. The defects included: improper roof installation; problems with the installation of the weather resistive barrier; improper foundation and concrete work; siding and window installation issues; and installation problems with the project’s gutters.

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Testimonials

Tony Baker, Westview Homeowner

I want to pass Laura and my great appreciation to Casey and you all for your great work and dedication to our problem! You’ve really made a difference in our lives here!

Anita Thompson, Westview Estates HOA president

Even though you and Adil are pros, the board and plantiffs at Westview Estates sometimes felt as if we were engaged in a David versus Goliath battle against some very high-powered and well-financed players.

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At Casey & Skoglund we believe every homeowner deserves a home free from poor workmanship and defective construction. We are a construction defect firm dedicated to holding responsible those willing to cut corners for profit. Unique to our firm, at Casey & Skoglund we measure success by the attention and value we bring each individual client, not by the number of cases managed at any one time.

We obtain results.

CASEY & SKOGLUND'S ATTEMPT TO MAKE NEW LAW TO BENEFIT HOMEOWNERS

In February 2004 Casey & Skoglund filed a lawsuit on behalf of six homeowners who were ignored by their developer, Richard Hunter, and despite evidence of severe water intrusion into the owners' homes. C&S asserted a Breach of Warranty of Habitability cause of action. In the past this cause of action was extremely limited. In some cases it was necessary to prove a home was actually nearing a state of collapse. C&S argued that developers' and builders' assertion that homeowners must prove their homes were nearing a state of collapse was an unfair interpretation... of the Warranty of Habitability cause of action.

Costs of Investigation Are Recoverable

Casey & Skoglund succeed in convincing the court owners' costs of investigation are recoverable.

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Casey & Skoglund go after MacDonald Miller Residential and, on behalf of their clients, SCORE A BIG ONE!

The question remains who is going to pay for this mess. One target is MacDonald-Miller, although Chris Casey, an attorney for the homeowners, said that MacDonald-Miller is arguing that the corporate entity that installed the systems no longer exists.